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AASB 7 - Financial Instruments: Disclosures - August 2015
5This Standard applies to contracts to buy or sell a non-financial item that are within the scope of AASB 9.
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5 This Standard applies to contracts to buy or sell a non-financial item that are within the scope of AASB 9.
5A The credit risk disclosure requirements in paragraphs 35A–35N apply to those rights that AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers specifies are accounted for in accordance with AASB 9 for the purposes of recognising impairment gains or losses. Any reference to financial assets or financial instruments in these paragraphs shall include those rights unless otherwise specified.
5B Paragraph 30A applies only to contracts to buy nature-dependent electricity that satisfy the requirements in paragraph 2.3A of AASB 9 and are outside the scope of that Standard in accordance with paragraphs B2.7–B2.8 of AASB 9.
5C Paragraph 30B applies only to contracts that satisfy the requirements in paragraph 2.3A of AASB 9 and have been designated in a cash flow hedging relationship in accordance with paragraph 6.10.1 of AASB 9.
5D Paragraph 30C applies only to contracts that satisfy the requirements in paragraph 2.3A of AASB 9 and have been entered into with regards to an entity’s electricity purchases. These contracts comprise those:
within the scope of AASB 9; and
outside the scope of AASB 9 in accordance with paragraph 2.4 of that Standard, including those excluded in accordance with paragraphs B2.7–B2.8 of that Standard.
Classes of financial instruments and level of disclosure
6 When this Standard requires disclosures by class of financial instrument, an entity shall group financial instruments into classes that are appropriate to the nature of the information disclosed and that take into account the characteristics of those financial instruments. An entity shall provide sufficient information to permit reconciliation to the line items presented in the statement of financial position.
Significance of financial instruments for financial position and performance
7 An entity shall disclose information that enables users of its financial statements to evaluate the significance of financial instruments for its financial position and performance.
Statement of financial position
Categories of financial assets and financial liabilities
8 The carrying amounts of each of the following categories, as specified in AASB 9, shall be disclosed either in the statement of financial position or in the notes:
(a) financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss, showing separately (i) those designated as such upon initial recognition or subsequently in accordance with paragraph 6.7.1 of AASB 9; (ii) those measured as such in accordance with the election in paragraph 3.3.5 of AASB 9; (iii) those measured as such in accordance with the election in paragraph 33A of AASB 132 and (iv) those mandatorily measured at fair value through profit or loss in accordance with AASB 9.
(b)–(d) \[deleted\]
(e) financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, showing separately (i) those designated as such upon initial recognition or subsequently in accordance with paragraph 6.7.1 of AASB 9 and (ii) those that meet the definition of held for trading in AASB 9.
(f) financial assets measured at amortised cost.
(g) financial liabilities measured at amortised cost.
(h) financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, showing separately (i) financial assets that are measured at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with paragraph 4.1.2A of AASB 9; and (ii) investments in equity instruments designated as such upon initial recognition in accordance with paragraph 5.7.5 of AASB 9.