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Updating IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures

Summary

The Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) participated in the International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) project, Updating IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures

In developing the reduced disclosure requirements in the new IFRS Accounting Standard, IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures, the IASB considered the disclosure requirements in other IFRS Accounting Standards as of February 28, 2021. When the new standard was issued, it did not contain reduced versions of any disclosure requirements that were added or amended after that date. Consequently, the IASB published an exposure draft that set out whether and how to reduce these additions and amendments to disclosure requirements in the new standard post – February 28, 2021. 

Refer to the IASB’s Updating IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures project page for more information.

Staff Contact(s)

Mark Squire, CPA, CA Principal, Accounting Standards Board

Project Status

  • Information gathering
  • Approving project

    The IASB added the project to its workplan in November 2023​

  • Engaging communities

    The IASB issued its Exposure Draft, “Amendments to IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures” in July 2024

    The AcSB issued its Exposure Draft that corresponds to the IASB’s Exposure Draft

  • Deliberating feedback

    The IASB deliberated comments on their Exposure Draft

  • Final pronouncement

    The IASB issued amendments to IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosure in August 2025

    The AcSB endorsed the IASB’s amendments, and they have been incorporated into Canadian GAAP with an effective date beginning on or after January 1, 2027. Earlier application is permitted

News and Resources


November 28, 2025

News

AcSB endorses amendments to IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures

The amendments, which include reduced disclosure requirements for new and amended IFRS Accounting Standards issued between February 2021 and May 2024, are now in Part I of the CPA Canada Handbook.

These are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2027, with earlier application permitted.

Disclaimer

This project summary has been prepared for information purposes only. Decisions reported are tentative and reflect only the current status of discussions on this project, which may change after further Board deliberations. Decisions to publish Handbook material are final only after a formal voting process.