accounting standard aasb 123澳大利亚会计准则会计准则123 —外文翻译学位论文.doc

PAGE  PAGE 11 ACCOUNTING STANDARD AASB 123 BORROWING COSTS AASB 123 2 COPYRIGHT Abstract The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) is implementing the Financial Reporting Council’s policy of adopting the Standards of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) for application to reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005. The AASB has decided it will continue to issue sector-neutral Standards, that is, Standards applicable to both for-profit and not-for-profit entities, including public sector entities.Except for Standards that are specific to the not-for-profit or public sectors or that are of a purely domestic nature, the AASB is using the IASB Standards as the “foundation” Standards to which it adds material detailing the scope and applicability of a Standard in the Australian environment. Additions are made, where necessary, to broaden the content to cover sectors not addressed by an IASB Standard and domestic, regulatory or other issues. Core Principle 1 Borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition,construction or production of a qualifying asset form part of the cost of that asset. Other borrowing costs are recognised as an expense. Application Aus1.1 This Standard applies to: (a) each entity that is required to prepare financial reports in accordance with Part 2M.3 of the Corporations Act and that is a reporting entity; (b) general purpose financial reports of each other reporting entity; and (c) financial reports that are, or are held out to be, general purpose financial reports. Aus1.2 This Standard applies to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2009.Aus1.3 This Standard may be applied to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before1 January 2009. When an entity applies this Standard to such an annual reporting period, it shall disclose that fact.Aus1.4 The requirements specified in this Standard apply