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2013

Technical Summary

IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements


as issued at 1 January 2013. Includes IFRSs with an effective date after 1 January 2013 but not the IFRSs they will replace.
This extract has been prepared by IFRS Foundation staff and has not been approved by the IASB. For the requirements reference must be made to International Financial Reporting Standards.

The objective of this IFRS is to establish principles for the presentation and preparation of consolidated financial statements when an entity controls one or more other entities. To meet the objective, this IFRS: (a) requires an entity (the parent) that controls one or more other entities (subsidiaries) to present consolidated financial statements; (b) defines the principle of control, and establishes control as the basis for consolidation; (c) sets out how to apply the principle of control to identify whether an investor controls an investee and therefore must consolidate the investee; and (d) sets out the accounting requirements for the preparation of consolidated financial statements. Consolidated financial statements are the financial statements of a group in which the assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows of the parent and its subsidiaries are presented as those of a single economic entity.

Presentation of consolidated financial statements


The IFRS requires an entity that is a parent to present consolidated financial statements. A limited exemption is available to some entities. The IFRS defines the principle of control and establishes control as the basis for determining which entities are consolidated in the consolidated financial statements. An investor controls an investee when it is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the investee.

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