Scope
[Footnote [1] to the title of the Standard]
1
This Standard shall be applied in accounting for, and in the disclosure of, government grants and in the disclosure of other forms of government assistance.
2
This Standard does not deal with:
(a) the special problems arising in accounting for government grants in financial statements reflecting the effects of changing prices or in supplementary information of a similar nature.
(b) government assistance that is provided for an entity in the form of benefits that are available in determining taxable profit or tax loss, or are determined or limited on the basis of income tax liability. Examples of such benefits are income tax holidays, investment tax credits, accelerated depreciation allowances and reduced income tax rates.
(c) government participation in the ownership of the entity.
(d) government grants covered by AASB 141 Agriculture.
As part of AASB 2008-5 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from the Annual Improvements Project issued in July 2008 the Board amended terminology used in this Standard to be consistent with other Australian Accounting Standards as follows: (a) ‘taxable income’ was amended to ‘taxable profit or tax loss’, (b) ‘recognised as income/expense’ was amended to ‘recognised in profit or loss’, (c) ‘credited directly to shareholders’ interests/equity’ was amended to ‘recognised outside profit or loss’, and (d) ‘revision to an accounting estimate’ was amended to ‘change in accounting estimate’.