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Economic benefits compulsorily paid or payable to public sector entities in accordance with laws and/or regulations established to provide income to the government.   Taxes exclude fines …

Accounting policies are defined in paragraph 5 of AASB 108 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors , and the term is used in this Standard with the same …

General purpose financial statements (referred to as ‘financial statements’) are those intended to meet the needs of users who are not in a position to require an entity to prepare reports tailored to their particular information …

Impracticable Applying a requirement is impracticable when the entity cannot apply it after making every reasonable effort to do so. …

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) are Standards and Interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). They comprise: (a) International Financial Reporting Standards; (b) International Accounting Standards; …

Material: Information is material if omitting, misstating or obscuring it could reasonably be expected to influence decisions that the primary users of general purpose financial statements make on the basis of those financial statements, which provide …

Notes contain information in addition to that presented in the statement of financial position, statement(s) of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, separate income statement (if presented), statement of changes in equity and statement of cash …

Other comprehensive income comprises items of income and expense (including reclassification adjustments ) that are not recognised in profit or loss as required or permitted by other Australian Accounting Standards. The components of other comprehensive …

Owners are holders of instruments classified as equity. …

Profit or loss is the total of income less expenses, excluding the components of other comprehensive income. …