IFRIC 12 — Service Concession Arrangements

First effective as Canadian GAAP under Part I for interim and annual financial statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. Earlier application of Part I was permitted.

Published by the IASB:

Included in Part I of CPA Canada Handbook:

Overview

A service concession arrangement is an arrangement whereby a government or other public sector body contracts with a private operator to develop (or upgrade), operate and maintain the grantor's infrastructure assets such as roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, energy distribution networks, prisons or hospitals. The grantor controls or regulates what services the operator must provide using the assets, to whom, and at what price, and also controls any significant residual interest in the assets at the end of the term of the arrangement.

The objective of IFRIC 12 Service Concession Arrangements is to clarify how certain aspects of existing IASB literature are to be applied to service concession arrangements.

History of IFRIC 12

The following table shows the history of this standard subsequent to the adoption of IFRS in Canada.

Development

Included in Part I of the CPA Canada Handbook 2

Part I of the CPA Canada Handbook issued

Effective for interim and annual financial statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. Earlier application is permitted.

Notes

  1. For further details of relevant developments prior to this, please refer to our Deloitte Global section.
  2. Newly issued, amended or revised IFRSs are part of Canadian GAAP only after they are approved by the Accounting Standards Board in accordance with its due process.

The above summary does not include details of consequential amendments made as the result of other projects.

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