Ind AS 2023 Amendments – Ind AS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements

DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNTING POLICY INFORMATION

Ind AS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements is amended to require disclosure of material accounting policy information, instead of disclosure of significant accounting policies. Because ‘significant’ is not defined in Ind AS Standards, entities can have difficulty assessing whether an accounting policy is ‘significant’ and understanding the difference, if any, between ‘significant’ and ‘material’ accounting policies. Because ‘material’ is defined in Ind AS Standards and is well understood by stakeholders, the standard setters decided to require entities to disclose their material accounting policy information instead of their significant accounting policies.

Accounting policy information is material if, when considered together with other information included in an entity’s financial statements, it can reasonably be expected to influence decisions that the primary users of general-purpose financial statements make on the basis of those financial statements. An entity shall apply the change for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1st April, 2023.

Accounting policy information that relates to immaterial transactions, other events or conditions is immaterial and need not be disclosed. Accounting policy information may nevertheless be