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AASB 119 - Employee Benefits - August 2015
148If an entity participates in a multi-employer defined benefit plan, it shall disclose:
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148 If an entity participates in a multi-employer defined benefit plan, it shall disclose:
(a) a description of the funding arrangements, including the method used to determine the entity’s rate of contributions and any minimum funding requirements.
(b) a description of the extent to which the entity can be liable to the plan for other entities’ obligations under the terms and conditions of the multi-employer plan.
(c) a description of any agreed allocation of a deficit or surplus on:
(i) wind-up of the plan; or
(ii) the entity’s withdrawal from the plan.
(d) if the entity accounts for that plan as if it were a defined contribution plan in accordance with paragraph 34, it shall disclose the following, in addition to the information required by (a)–(c) and instead of the information required by paragraphs 139–147:
(i) the fact that the plan is a defined benefit plan.
(ii) the reason why sufficient information is not available to enable the entity to account for the plan as a defined benefit plan.
(iii) the expected contributions to the plan for the next annual reporting period.
(iv) information about any deficit or surplus in the plan that may affect the amount of future contributions, including the basis used to determine that deficit or surplus and the implications, if any, for the entity.
(v) an indication of the level of participation of the entity in the plan compared with other participating entities. Examples of measures that might provide such an indication include the entity’s proportion of the total contributions to the plan or the entity’s proportion of the total number of active members, retired members, and former members entitled to benefits, if that information is available.
Defined benefit plans that share risks between entities under common control
149 If an entity participates in a defined benefit plan that shares risks between entities under common control, it shall disclose:
(a) the contractual agreement or stated policy for charging the net defined benefit cost or the fact that there is no such policy.
(b) the policy for determining the contribution to be paid by the entity.
(c) if the entity accounts for an allocation of the net defined benefit cost as noted in paragraph 41, all the information about the plan as a whole required by paragraphs 135–147.
(d) if the entity accounts for the contribution payable for the period as noted in paragraph 41, the information about the plan as a whole required by paragraphs 135–137, 139, 142–144 and 147(a) and (b).
150 The information required by paragraph 149(c) and (d) can be disclosed by cross-reference to disclosures in another group entity’s financial statements if:
(a) that group entity’s financial statements separately identify and disclose the information required about the plan; and
(b) that group entity’s financial statements are available to users of the financial statements on the same terms as the financial statements of the entity and at the same time as, or earlier than, the financial statements of the entity.