Disclosures of Financial Instruments (Ind AS 107)

The objective of the Ind AS 107 is to require entities to provide disclosures in their financial statements that enable users to evaluate:

• The significance of financial instruments for the entity’s financial position and performance; and
• the nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments to which the entity is exposed during the period and at the end of the  reporting period, and how the entity manages those

The qualitative disclosures describe management’s objectives, policies and processes for managing those risks. The quantitative disclosures provide information about the extent to which the entity is exposed to risk, based on information provided internally to the entity’s key management personnel. Together, these disclosures provide an overview of the entity’s use of financial instruments and the exposures to risks they create

The Ind AS applies to all entities, including entities that have few financial instruments (e.g., a manufacturer whose only financial instruments are accounts receivable and accounts payable) and those that have many financial instruments (e.g., a financial institution most of whose assets and liabilities are financial instruments).

When this Ind AS requires disclosures by class of financial instrument, an entity shall group financial instruments into classes that are appropriate to the nature of the information disclosed and that take into account the characteristics of those financial instruments. An entity shall provide sufficient information to permit reconciliation to the line items presented in the statement of financial position.

Objective

1. The objective of this Indian Accounting Standard is to require entities to provide disclosures in their financial statements that enable users to evaluate:

(a) The significance of financial instruments for the entitys financial position and performance; and

(b) the nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments to which the entity is exposed during the period and at the end of the reporting period, and how the entity manages those risks.

The principles in this Indian Accounting Standard complement the principles for recognising, measuring and presenting financial assets and financial liabilities in Ind AS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement and Ind AS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation.

Scope

This Indian Accounting Standard shall be applied by all entities to all types of financial instruments, except:

(a) Those interests in subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures that are accounted for in accordance with Ind AS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements, Ind AS 28 Investments in Associates or Ind AS 31 Interests in Joint Ventures. However, in some cases, Ind AS 27, Ind AS 28, and Ind AS 31 permits an entity to account for an interest in a subsidiary, associate or joint venture using Ind AS 39; in those cases, entities shall apply the requirements of this Indian Accounting Standard. Entities shall also apply this Indian Accounting Standard to all derivatives linked to interests in subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures unless the derivative meets the definition of an equity instrument in Ind AS 32.

(b) Employers rights and obligations arising from employee benefit plans, to which Ind AS 19 Employee Benefits applies.

(c) [Refer to Appendix 1]

(d) Insurance contracts as defined in Ind AS 104 Insurance Contracts. However, this Indian Accounting Standard applies to derivatives that are embedded in insurance contracts if Ind AS 39 requires the entity to account for them separately. Moreover, an issuer shall apply this Indian Accounting Standard to financial guarantee contracts if the issuer applies Ind AS 39 in recognising and measuring the contracts, but shall apply Ind AS 104 if the issuer elects, in accordance with paragraph 4(d) of Ind AS 104, to apply Ind AS 104 in recognising and measuring them.

(e) Financial instruments, contracts and obligations under share-based payment transactions to which Ind AS 102 Share-based Payment applies, except that this Indian Accounting Standard applies to contracts within the scope of paragraphs 57 of Ind AS 39.

(f) Instruments that are required to be classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A and 16B or paragraphs 16C and 16D of Ind AS 32.

This Indian Accounting Standard applies to recognised and unrecognised financial instruments. Recognised financial instruments include financial assets and financial liabilities that are within the scope of Ind AS 39. Unrecognised financial instruments include some financial instruments that, although outside the scope of Ind AS 39, are within the scope of this Indian Accounting Standard (such as some loan commitments).

This Indian Accounting Standard applies to contracts to buy or sell a non-financial item that are within the scope of Ind AS 39 (see paragraphs 57 of Ind AS 39).

Classes of Financial Instruments and Level of disclosure

When this Indian Accounting Standard requires disclosures by class of financial instrument, an entity shall group financial instruments into classes that are appropriate to the nature of the information disclosed and that take into account the characteristics of those financial instruments. An entity shall provide sufficient information to permit reconciliation to the line items presented in the balance sheet.