Technical Accounting Alert | TA 2025-2
ASIC focus areas for FY 2025-26 financial reports
ASIC focus areas for FY 2025-26 financial reports
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Mergers and acquisitions (business combinations) can have a fundamental impact on the acquirer's operations, resources and strategies. For most companies such transactions are infrequent and each is unique.
IFRS 3 Business Combinations (IFRS 3) and IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements (IAS 27), were revised in January 2008 and apply to business combinations occurring on or after 1 July 2009. The revised Standards made major changes to business combination accounting and make this a challenging area in financial reporting.