ob体育 has extended the operation of the parent entity financial reporting and auditor independence legislative instruments.
and (the Principal Instruments) were due to expire on 1 April 2024 and 30 April 2024 respectively. ob体育 has issued to extend the relief under the Primary Instruments for an additional five years.
ob体育 has also amended the Principal Instruments to provide the same relief to registrable superannuation entities that is currently granted to companies, registered managed investment schemes and other disclosing entities. This aligns the treatment of registrable superannuation entities with that of other statutory audit clients.
A summary of our consultation process is outlined below.
Extension and amendment of the principal instruments
On 17 November 2023, ob体育 announced a consultation to extend the relief in the Principal Instruments for a further five years seeking feedback on our proposal prior to 8 December 2023.
We received four submissions, which supported extending the operation of the Principal Instruments. Two submissions specifically supported further amendments to the Principal Instruments to align the treatment of registrable superannuation entity audit clients with that of other statutory audit clients.鈥�
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鈥痑llows a parent entity, which is required to include consolidated financial statements in its financial report to also include its single entity financial statements in that report.
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