IFRS 8

International Financial Reporting Standard 8

Operating Segments
IFRS 8 was issued in November 2006 and this version includes amendments resulting from IFRSs issued up to 31 December 2008. Its effective date is 1 January 2009. IAS 14 Segment Reporting was issued by the International Accounting Standards Committee in August 1997. It replaced IAS 14 Reporting Financial Information by Segment (issued in August 1981 and reformatted in 1994). In April 2001 the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) resolved that all Standards and Interpretations issued under previous Constitutions continued to be applicable unless and until they were amended or withdrawn. IAS 14 was subsequently amended by the following IFRSs: • • • • • • • IAS 2 Inventories (as revised in December 2003) IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors (issued December 2003) IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment (as revised in December 2003) IFRS 3 Business Combinations (issued March 2004) IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations (issued March 2004) IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures (issued August 2005) IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (as revised in September 2007).*

In November 2006 the IASB issued IFRS 8 Operating Segments, which replaced IAS 14. IFRS 8 has been amended by IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (as revised in September 2007).*

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effective date 1 January 2009 (earlier application permitted)

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION

paragraphs IN1–IN18

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD 8 OPERATING SEGMENTS
CORE PRINCIPLE SCOPE OPERATING SEGMENTS REPORTABLE SEGMENTS Aggregation criteria Quantitative thresholds DISCLOSURE General information Information about profit or loss, assets and liabilities MEASUREMENT Reconciliations Restatement of previously reported information ENTITY-WIDE DISCLOSURES Information about products and services Information about