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Insights to PFRS 2 - Two new articles released

Background

This Accounting Alert is issued to circulate the next 2 articles related to PFRS 2.

PFRS 2 was introduced in 2004 and the accounting principles have remained largely unchanged since. Share-based payments have become increasingly popular over the years, with many entities using equity instruments or cash and other assets based on the value of equity instruments as a form of payment to directors, senior management, employees and other suppliers of goods and services.

The accounting of share-based payments is an area that remains not well understood and this is evidenced by a number of Interpretations and agenda decisions being issued by the IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) and Philippine Interpretations Committee (PIC). Considerable care needs to be applied in evaluating the requirements set out in PFRS 2 and other authoritative guidance to increasingly complex and innovative share-based payment arrangements.

The series is aimed at demystifying the Standard by explaining the fundamentals of accounting for share-based payments using relatively simple language and providing insights to help entities cut through some of the complexities associated with accounting for these types of arrangements.

The following articles are now available:

1. Insights into PFRS 2: Equity-settled share-based payment arrangements with employees

This article discusses the basic principles that apply to both equity-settled and cash-settled share-based payment transactions with employees or others providing similar services.


2. Insights into PFRS 2: Basic principles of share-based payment arrangements with employees

This article discusses the accounting for equity-settled share-based payment transactions with employees.

Equity-settled share-based payment

Equity-settled share-based payment

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Basic principles of share-based payment arrangements

Basic principles of share-based payment arrangements

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