International Accounting Standards – IAS

The International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) has released a set of guidelines known as International Accounting Standards (IAS) with the goal of unifying financial reporting throughout the world. Purpose of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) is to guarantee transparency, comparability, and consistency in financial statements across different countries. The standards cover a wide range of accounting issues including how to recognize, measure, present, and disclose transactions and other events in financial statements.

List Of International Accounting Standards (IAS):

Serial            

Names of IAS

Effective Date

Status

IAS~1

Presentation of Financial statement

2007

Active
Will be superseded in 2027 by IFRS 18

IAS~2

Inventories

2005

Active

IAS~3

Consolidated Financial Statements Originally issued 1976, Effective 1
Jan 1977.

1977

Superseded in 1989 by IAS 27 and IAS 28.

IAS~4

Depreciation Accounting

1976

Withdrawn in 1999

IAS~5

Information to be Disclosed in Financial statements

1976

Superseded by IAS 1 in 1997

IAS~6

Accounting Responses to Changing Prices

1978

Superseded by IAS 15 Which was withdrawn December 2003

IAS~7

Statement of Cash Flow

1992

Active

IAS~8

Accounting policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors

2003

Active

IAS~9

Accounting for research and Development Activities

1980

Superseded by IAS 38

IAS~10

Events After the Reporting Period

2003

Active

IAS~11

Construction contracts

1993

Superseded by IFRS 38 in 2018

IAS~12

Income Taxes

1996

Active

IAS~13

Presentation of current Assets and current Liabilities

1981

Superseded by IAS 1 in 1998

IAS~14

Segment Reporting

1997

Superseded by IFRS 8 effective 1 January 2009

IAS~15

Information Reflecting the Effects of Changing Price Withdrawn December 2003

2003

Withdrawn December 2003

IAS~16

Property, Plant and Equipment

2003

Active

IAS~17

Leases

2003

Superseded in 2019 by IFRS 16

IAS~18

Revenue

1993

Superseded in 2018 by IFRS 15

IAS~19

Employee Benefits

2011

Active

IAS~20

Accounting for Govt. Grants and Disclosure of Govt. Assistance

1983

Active

IAS~21

The Effects of changes in Foreign Exchange Rates

2003

Active

IAS~22

Business Combinations

1998

Superseded by IFRS 3 effective 31 March 2004

IAS~23

Borrowing Costs  

2007

Active

IAS~24

Related Party Disclosures

2009

Active

IAS~25

Accounting For Investments

1987

Superseded by IAS 39 and IAS 40 effective 2001

IAS~26

Accounting and Reporting by Retirement Benefit Plants

1987

Active

IAS~27

Separate financial Statements

2011

Active

IAS~27

Consolidated and separate financial Statements

2003

Superseded by IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 27 (2011) effective 1 January
2013

IAS~28

Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures (2011)

2011

Active

IAS~28

Investments in Associates

2003

Superseded by IAS 28 (2011) and IFRS 12 effective 1 January 2013

IAS~29

Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economics

1989

Active

IAS~30

Disclosures in the Financial Statements of Banks and Similar financial
Institutions.

1990

Superseded by IFRS 7 effective 2007

IAS~31

Interests in Joint Ventures

2003

Superseded by IFRS 11 and IFRS 12 effective 1 January 2013

 

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