AASB 127 - Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements - March 2008
34If a parent loses control of a subsidiary, it:
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34 If a parent loses control of a subsidiary, it:
(a) derecognises the assets (including any goodwill) and liabilities of the subsidiary at their carrying amounts at the date when control is lost;
(b) derecognises the carrying amount of any non-controlling interests in the former subsidiary at the date when control is lost (including any components of other comprehensive income attributable to them);
(c) recognises:
(i) the fair value of the consideration received, if any, from the transaction, event or circumstances that resulted in the loss of control; and
(ii) if the transaction that resulted in the loss of control involves a distribution of shares of the subsidiary to owners in their capacity as owners, that distribution;
(d) recognises any investment retained in the former subsidiary at its fair value at the date when control is lost;
(e) reclassifies to profit or loss, or transfers directly to retained earnings if required in accordance with other Australian Accounting Standards, the amounts identified in paragraph 35; and
(f) recognises any resulting difference as a gain or loss in profit or loss attributable to the parent.
35 If a parent loses control of a subsidiary, the parent shall account for all amounts recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to that subsidiary on the same basis as would be required if the parent had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities. Therefore, if a gain or loss previously recognised in other comprehensive income would be reclassified to profit or loss on the disposal of the related assets or liabilities, the parent reclassifies the gain or loss from equity to profit or loss (as a reclassification adjustment) when it loses control of the subsidiary. For example, if a subsidiary has cumulative exchange differences relating to a foreign operation and the parent loses control of the subsidiary, the parent shall reclassify to profit or loss the gain or loss previously recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to the foreign operation. Similarly, if a revaluation surplus previously recognised in other comprehensive income would be transferred directly to retained earnings on the disposal of the asset, the parent transfers the revaluation surplus directly to retained earnings when it loses control of the subsidiary.
36 On the loss of control of a subsidiary, any investment retained in the former subsidiary and any amounts owed by or to the former subsidiary shall be accounted for in accordance with other Australian Accounting Standards from the date when control is lost.
37 The fair value of any investment retained in the former subsidiary at the date when control is lost shall be regarded as the fair value on initial recognition of a financial asset in accordance with AASB 9 Financial Instruments or, when appropriate, the cost on initial recognition of an investment in an associate or jointly controlled entity.