The Board decided that the new standard on Agriculture should be applied retrospectively, with transition relief for agricultural producers.

provides transitional GST/HST relief on the initial asset transfer by a foreign bank that restructures its Canadian subsidiary into a Canadian branch;

However, entities would be permitted to assess whether the requirements in IAS 12 to recognise deferred tax assets are met only at the date of transition (transition relief)

However, entities would be permitted to assess whether the requirements in IAS 12 to recognise deferred tax assets are met only at the date of transition (transition relief).

Also, amendments were made to IFRS 11 and IFRS 12 to eliminate the requirement to provide comparative information for periods prior to the immediately preceding period.

Also, amendments to IFRS 11 and IFRS 12 eliminate the requirement to provide comparative information for periods prior to the immediately preceding period.

The amendments are intended to provide additional transition relief in IFRS 10, IFRS 11 and IFRS 12, by “limiting the requirement to provide adjusted comparative information to only the preceding comparative period”.

The amendment to the GST legislation provides transitional GST/HST relief on the initial asset transfer by a foreign bank that restructures its Canadian subsidiary into a Canadian branch.

The amendment to the GST legislation provides transitional GST-HST relief on the initial asset transfer by a foreign bank that restructures its Canadian subsidiary into a Canadian branch.