AASB 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements
Objective, scope and general requirements for financial statements (paragraphs 1 to 40) – AASB 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements

AASB 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements 15-20: Use the distinct roles of the primary statements and the notes to decide where information goes, apply materiality, and add disclosures where the specific requirements are not enough

What does 15-20 require?

Only material information need be presented or disclosed. The primary statements exist to give structured summaries of the entity's recognised assets and liabilities, its equity, its income and expenses and its cash flows, summaries that support an overview, comparisons and the identification of areas to explore; the notes exist to make the line items understandable and to supplement the primary statements. Because of these roles the primary statements carry more aggregated information and the notes carry the detail, including disaggregation of what is presented. A specific presentation or disclosure called for by a Standard can be omitted when the resulting information is immaterial, even where the Standard describes it as a minimum, and conversely the entity must consider adding disclosures where meeting the specific requirements alone would not let users understand the effect of transactions and conditions on its position and performance.

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  • 16-17 Disclose the nature and estimated magnitude of any item without which the concise report would be misleading, treating the prescribed content as a minimum and adding industry-specific information where significant

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