IASB issued new standard IFRS 18
On 9 April 2024, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published its new standard IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosures in Financial Statements that will replace IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Sta…
IASB publishes amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7 regarding supplier finance arrangements
On 25 May 2023, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published 'Supplier Finance Arrangements (Amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7)' to add disclosure requirements, and ‘signposts’ within existing disclosure requirements, that ask entities to provide qualitative and quantitative information about supplier finance arrangements.
Background
In December 2020, the IFRS Interpretations Committee published an agenda decision on supply chain financing arrangements, which explains the requirements in IFRS Accounting Standards that apply to such arrangements. Feedback on the draft agenda decision suggested that the information an entity is required to provide about this form of financing falls short of meeting user information needs. The IASB considered this feedback and decided to address the issue by amending IAS 7 and IFRS 7.
The amendments to IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows
The amendments add a disclosure objective to IAS 7 stating that an entity is required to disclose information about its supplier finance arrangements that enables users of financial statements to assess the effects of those arrangements on the entity’s liabilities and cash flows and the entity’s exposure to liquidity risk.
Supplier finance arrangements are characterised by one or more finance providers offering to pay amounts an entity owes its suppliers and the entity agreeing to pay according to the terms and conditions of the arrangements at the same date as, or a date later than, suppliers are paid. These arrangements provide the entity with extended payment terms, or the entity’s suppliers with early payment terms, compared to the related invoice payment due date. Supplier finance arrangements are often referred to as supply chain finance, payables finance or reverse factoring arrangements.
The amendments note that arrangements that are solely credit enhancements for the entity or instruments used by the entity to settle directly with a supplier the amounts owed are not supplier finance arrangements.
The amendments to IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures
Under the existing Application Guidance in IFRS 7, an entity is required to disclose a description of how it manages the liquidity risk resulting from financial liabilities. The amendments include as an additional factor whether the entity has accessed, or has access to, supplier finance arrangements that provide the entity with extended payment terms or the entity’s suppliers with early payment terms.
Effective date and transition
An entity applies the amendments to IAS 7 for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024 (with earlier application permitted) and the amendments to IFRS 7 when it applies the amendments to IAS 7.
