AASB 10 Consolidated Financial Statements
Assessing control: power, returns and the link between them (paragraphs 5 to 18, B2 to B85) – AASB 10 Consolidated Financial Statements

AASB 10 Consolidated Financial Statements 17-18,B58-B72: Link between power and returns, principal or agent: a decision maker acting as agent for others does not control; decide by the scope of authority, others' rights (especially single-party removal rights), remuneration and other interests

What does 17-18,B58-B72 require?

Control also requires that the investor can use its power to affect its own returns, so a decision maker must determine whether it acts as principal or agent. An agent acts mainly for others and does not control the investee when exercising delegated rights; the principal is treated as holding those rights. The assessment weighs the breadth of decision-making authority and how the investee was designed, rights of other parties, the decision maker's remuneration, and its exposure to variability from other interests. A single party able to remove the decision maker without cause makes it an agent on that factor alone. Remuneration that is commensurate with the services and contains only customary market terms is needed for agency, though it does not prove it; significant exposure through other interests such as co-investments or guarantees points to principal status, with the size and variability of the aggregate economic interest considered.

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The graph holds this control, the 0 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.