Appendix A -- Defined terms

Contributions | Contributions by owners | Non-reciprocal transfer | Restructure of administrative arrangements

This Appendix is an integral part of AASB 1004.

Contributions

A[1]

Non-reciprocal transfers to the entity.

Contributions by owners

A[2]

Future economic benefits that have been contributed to the entity by parties external to the entity, other than those which result in liabilities of the entity, that give rise to a financial interest in the net assets of the entity which:

(a)            conveys entitlement both to distributions of future economic benefits by the entity during its life, such distributions being at the discretion of the ownership group or its representatives, and to distributions of any excess of assets over liabilities in the event of the entity being wound up; and/or

(b)            can be sold, transferred or redeemed.

Non-reciprocal transfer

A[3]

A transfer in which the entity receives assets or services or has liabilities extinguished without directly giving approximately equal value in exchange to the other party or parties to the transfer.

Restructure of administrative arrangements

A[4]

The reallocation or reorganisation of assets, liabilities, activities and responsibilities amongst the entities that the government controls that occurs as a consequence of a rearrangement in the way in which activities and responsibilities as prescribed under legislation or other authority are allocated between the government’s controlled entities.

The scope of the requirements relating to restructures of administrative arrangements is limited to the transfer of a business (as defined in AASB 3 Business Combinations). The requirements do not apply to, for example, a transfer of an individual asset or a group of assets that is not a business.