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Insights into IFRS 8

Insights into IFRS 8

Insights into IFRS 8 Series

Unsere Reihe "Insights into IFRS 8" befasst sich mit den wichtigsten Umsetzungsfragen und bietet Auslegungshilfen für bestimmte Problembereiche. Außerdem beinhaltet sie mehrere Beispiele zur Veranschaulichung der Anforderungen des Standards.

Principles in brief

IFRS 8

Our ‘Insights into IFRS 8’ series considers key implementation issues and provides interpretational guidance in certain problematic areas. We also include several examples illustrating the Standard’s requirements. This introductory article summarises the requirements and scope of IFRS 8 and explains the key steps in determining reportable segments.

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Identifying operating segments

IFRS 8

Our ‘Insights into IFRS 8’ series considers some key implementation issues and includes interpretational guidance in certain problematic areas. We also include several examples illustrating the Standard’s requirements. This article sets out the requirements when identifying operating segments.

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Aggregation of operating segments

IFRS 8

Our ‘Insights into IFRS 8’ series considers some key implementation issues and includes interpretational guidance in certain problematic areas. We also include several examples illustrating the Standard’s requirements. This article sets out the requirements when aggregating operating segments, which is closely linked to reportable segments.

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Reportable segments

IFRS 8

Our ‘Insights into IFRS 8’ series considers some key implementation issues and includes interpretational guidance in certain problematic areas. We also include several examples illustrating the Standard’s requirements. This article sets out the requirements of identifying reportable segments, which is closely linked to aggregating operating segments.

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Segment information to be disclosed

IFRS 8

Segment reporting is intended to give information to investors and stakeholders regarding the financial results and financial position of the entity that are used by the entity’s chief operating decision maker (CODM). Given this, IFRS 8 ‘Operating Segments’ provides the guidance to preparers on this area.

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Entity-wide disclosures

IFRS 8

Generally, financial information is required to be reported on the same basis as is used internally for evaluating operating segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources to operating segments. IFRS 8 ‘Operating Segments’ sets out these requirements and asks for reconciliations of total reportable segment revenues, total profit or loss, total assets, liabilities and other amounts disclosed for reportable segments to corresponding amounts in the entity’s financial statements.

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Other application issues and Standards involving operating segments

IFRS 8

High quality management accounts enable management to monitor performance, allocate resources and devise business and market strategies. Therefore, they are particularly important for entities that operate in a variety of classes of business, geographical locations, regulatory or economic environments or markets.

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Disclosures for annual financial statements

IFRS 8

Segmental information is a way of increasing transparency in financial statements prepared for investors and creditors, especially for areas of the business that are significant and drive the entity’s overall business strategy. IFRS 8 ‘Operating Segments’ requires this information that is provided to management to be disclosed in the annual financial statements, so that investors and other users of entities’ financial statements can review an entity’s operations from the same perspective.

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Disclosures for interim financial statements

IFRS 8

Understanding how an entity is performing from management’s point of view during an interim reporting period can be just as important as the annual disclosures that are required when following IFRS 8 ‘Operating Segments’ – which sets out the minimum disclosure requirements for annual reporting periods.

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