In August 2023 the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued Lack of Exchangeability, which amended IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates.
The amendments will become effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2025. Early application is permitted.
IAS 21 sets out the exchange rate a company uses when it reports foreign currency transactions or a foreign operation’s results in a different currency.
IAS 21 specifies the exchange rate to use in reporting foreign currency transactions when exchangeability between two currencies is temporarily lacking but does not specify what an entity is required to do when a lack of exchangeability is not temporary.
The amendments aim to improve the usefulness of the information by:
The UKEB actively influenced the development of these amendments. Refer to work performed as part of the ‘Influencing Project’.
The UKEB published its [Draft] Endorsement Criteria Assessment (DECA) Lack of Exchangeability on 5 February 2024. It was open for public consultation until 6 May 2024. The consultation is now closed.
The relevant documents are available at the end of this page:
The UKEB project outreach included discussions with the UKEB advisory groups, targeted outreach with some companies that are impacted and public consultation on the UKEB’s DECA.
The Amendments will be discussed in the following UKEB meetings: