Accounting Standard AASB 137 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets as amended
This compiled Standard applies to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. It takes into account amendments up to and including 21 January 2015 and was prepared on 20 March 2015 by the staff of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB).
This compilation is not a separate Accounting Standard made by the AASB. Instead, it is a representation of AASB 137 (July 2004) as amended by other Accounting Standards, which are listed in the Table below.
Table of Standards
Standard
Date made
Application date(annual reporting periods … on or after …)
Application, saving or transitional provisions
AASB 137
15 Jul 2004
(beginning) 1 Jan 2005
AASB 2007-4
30 Apr 2007
(beginning) 1 Jul 2007
see (a) below
AASB 2007-8
24 Sep 2007
(beginning) 1 Jan 2009
see (b) below
AASB 2007-9
13 Dec 2007
(beginning) 1 Jul 2008
see (c) below
AASB 2007-10
13 Dec 2007
(beginning) 1 Jan 2009
see (b) below
AASB 2008-3
6 Mar 2008
(beginning) 1 Jul 2009
see (d) below
AASB 2009-6
25 Jun 2009
(beginning) 1 Jan 2009and (ending) 30 Jun 2009
see (e) below
AASB 2009-12
15 Dec 2009
(beginning) 1 Jan 2011
see (f) below
AASB 2010-2
30 Jun 2010
(beginning) 1 Jul 2013
see (g) below
AASB 2010-5
27 Oct 2010
(beginning) 1 Jan 2011
see (f) below
AASB 2010-7
6 Dec 2010
(beginning) 1 Jan 2018
see (h) below
AASB 2012-10
18 Dec 2012
(beginning) 1 Jan 2013
see (i) below
AASB 2013-9
20 Dec 2013
Pt B (beginning) 1 Jan 2014
see (j) below
AASB 2014-1
4 Jun 2014
Pt A (beginning) 1 Jul 2014Pt E (beginning) 1 Jan 2018
see (k) belowsee (l) below
AASB 2014-5
12 Dec 2014
(beginning) 1 Jan 2017
see (m) below
AASB 2014-7
17 Dec 2014
(beginning) 1 Jan 2018
see (n) below
AASB 2015-1
21 Jan 2015
(beginning) 1 Jan 2016
see (o) below
(a) Entities may elect to apply this Standard to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 July 2007.
(b) Entities may elect to apply this Standard to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 January 2009, provided that AASB 101 Presentation of Financial Statements (September 2007) is also applied to such periods.
(c) Entities may elect to apply this Standard to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 July 2008, provided that the Standards and Interpretation listed in paragraph 6 of AASB 2007-9 are also applied to such periods.
(d) Entities may elect to apply this Standard to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 30 June 2007 but before 1 July 2009, provided that AASB 3 Business Combinations (March 2008) and AASB 127 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements (March 2008) are also applied to such periods.
(e) Entities may elect to apply this Standard to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 January 2009, provided that AASB 101 Presentation of Financial Statements (September 2007) is also applied to such periods, and to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2009 that end before 30 June 2009.
(f) Entities may elect to apply this Standard to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 January 2011.
(g) Entities may elect to apply this Standard to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 July 2009 but before 1 July 2013, provided that AASB 1053 Application of Tiers of Australian Accounting Standards is also applied to such periods.
(h) AASB 2010-7 has been amended by AASB 2010-10 (made 31 December 2010) and AASB 2012-6 (made 10 September 2012). Part E of AASB 2014-1 (made 4 June 2014) updated the application date of the amendments in this Standard to 1 January 2018.
Entities may elect to apply the amendments in this Standard as set out in paragraph 6 of AASB 2010-7.
(i) Entities may elect to apply this Standard to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 January 2013.
(j) Early application of Part B of this Standard is not permitted.
(k) Entities may elect to apply Part A of this Standard to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 July 2014.
(l) Entities may elect to apply Part E of this Standard to annual reporting periods ending on or after 31 December 2009 that begin before 1 January 2018, provided that AASB 9 Financial Instruments (2009) or AASB 9 Financial Instruments (2010) is also applied to such periods.
(m) Entities may elect to apply this Standard to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 January 2017, provided that AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers is also applied to such periods.
(n) Entities may elect to apply this Standard to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 24 July 2014 but before 1 January 2018, provided that AASB 9 Financial Instruments (2014) is also applied to such periods.
(o) Entities may elect to apply this Standard to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 January 2016.
References to ‘reporting date’ and ‘each reporting date’ were amended to ‘end of the reporting period’ and ‘the end of each reporting period’ respectively by AASB 2007-8. These amendments are not shown in the above Tables of Amendments.