Adoption of Accounting Standards and Philippine Interpretations Committee Questions and Answers (PIC Q&As)

March 12, 2020 SEC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 8, S. 2020 SUBJECT : Adoption of Accounting Standards and Philippine Interpretations Committee Questions and Answers (PIC Q&As) The Commission, in its meeting held on 12 March 2020, approved the adoption of the following pronouncements as part of SEC's rules and regulations on financial reporting: A. Accounting Standards Pronouncement Effectivity date PFRS 17, Insurance Contracts Effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2021. Amendments to PAS 19, Plan Amendment, Curtailment or Settlement Effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019. Annual Improvements to PFRSs 2015-2017 Cycle Effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019. Amendments to PFRS 3, Definition of a Business Effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020. Amendments to PAS 1 and PAS 8, Definition of Material Effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020. Philippine Interpretation IFRIC 23, Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments Effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019. B. PIC Q&As Pronouncement Effectivity date PIC Q&A No. 2018-01, PAS 8 Voluntary changes in accounting policy The consensus in this Q&A is effective from the date of the approval by the FRSC. PIC Q&A No. 2018-02, PAS 36 Non-controlling interests and goodwill impairment test The consensus in this Q&A is effective from the date of the approval by the FRSC. PIC Q&A No. 2018- PFRS 13, PAS 16 and PAS 36 Fair value of property, plant and equipment and depreciated replacement cost The consensus in this Q&A is effective from the date of the approval by the FRSC. PIC Q&A No. 2018-04, PAS 41 Inability to measure fair value reliably for biological assets within the scope of PAS 41, Agriculture The consensus in this Q&A is effective from the date of the approval by the FRSC. PIC Q&A No. 2018-05, PAS 37 Liability arising from maintenance requirement of an asset held under a lease The consensus in this Q&A is effective from the date of the approval by the FRSC. PIC Q&A No. 2018-06, PAS 27 Cost of investment in subsidiaries in separate financial statements when pooling is applied in consolidated financial statements The consensus in this Q&A is effective from the date of the approval by the FRSC. PIC Q&A No. 2018-07, PAS 27 and PAS 28 Cost of an associate, joint venture, or subsidiary in separate financial statements The consensus in this Q&A is effective from the date of the approval by the FRSC. PIC Q&A No. 2018-08, PFRS 10 and PFRS 3 Accounting for the acquisition of a non-wholly owned subsidiary that is not a business The consensus in this Q&A is effective from the date of the approval by the FRSC. PIC Q&A No. 2018-09, PAS 21 Classification of deposits and progress payments as monetary or nonmonetary items The consensus in this Q&A is effective from the date of the approval by the FRSC. PIC Q&A No. 2018-10, PAS 2 Scope of disclosure of inventory write-downs The consensus in this Q&A is effective from the date of the approval by the FRSC. PIC Q&A No. 2018-11, Classification of land by real estate developer The consensus in this Q&A is effective from the date of the approval by the FRSC. PIC Q&A No. 2018-13, Conforming Changes to PIC Q&As Cycle 2018 The effective date of the amendments is included in the affected Q&As. PIC Q&A No. 2018-14, PFRS 15 Accounting for Cancellation of Real Estate Sales 1 The effective date and transition provision of this Q&A follow those of PFRS 15 Appendix C, upon approval by the FRSC. PIC Q&A No. 2018-15, PAS 1 Classification of Advances to Contractors in the Nature of Prepayments: Current vs. Non-current The consensus in this Q&A is effective from the date of approval of the FRSC and should follow the provisions under PAS 8, Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors. PIC Guidance of Financial Reporting June 2018 The effective date of the amendments is included in the Q&As affected. All of the foregoing pronouncements have been adopted by the Philippine Financial Reporting Standards Council and approved by the Board of Accountancy and Professional Regulation Commission and published in the Official Gazette. Issued this March 12, 2020 at Pasay City, Philippines. For the Commission: (SGD.) EMILIO B. AQUINO Chairman Footnotes 1. Deferred by SEC until December 31, 2020.