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TPP21-10 Accounting for Financial Instruments

The purpose of this Treasury Policy Paper is to provide guidance and outline NSW Treasury’s requirements for applying AASB 9 Financial Instruments and AASB 132 Financial Instruments

Issued: 1 September 2021 by Treasury

Key information

Status
Active
Type
NSW Treasury Policy and Guidelines Paper
Identifier
TPP21-10
Compliance
Mandatory

Who needs to know and/or comply with this?

  • Departments
  • Executive agencies related to Departments
  • Separate agencies
  • State Owned Corporations
  • Statutory Authorities/Bodies
  • Subsidiaries of the NSW Government established under the Corporations Act

About

The purpose of this Treasury Policy Paper is to provide guidance and outline NSW Treasury’s requirements for applying AASB 9 Financial Instruments and AASB 132 Financial Instruments

The purpose of this Treasury Policy Paper is to provide guidance and outline NSW Treasury’s requirements for applying AASB 9 Financial Instruments and AASB 132 Financial Instruments: Presentation by agencies, including:

  • general requirements for the classification, recognition and measurement of financial instruments in accordance with AASB 9 and AASB 132 (sections 2 to 6)

  • restrictions on the use of the following categories of financial instruments:

    • fair value designation option (sections 3.4.3 and 4.1);

    • fair value through other comprehensive income of equity instruments designation option (section 3.3)

  • guidance and requirements regarding accounting for:

    • impairment for expected losses (section 7)

    • hedge accounting (section 8).

Contacts

Contact
https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/nsw-treasury/about-us/contact-us
Phone
Not provided
Publishing Agency
Treasury
Issuing Authority
Treasury