SIC Interpretation 25: Income taxes - Changes in the tax status of an entity or its shareholders. This version includes amendments resulting from IFRSs issued up to 31 December 2008. SIC-25 Income taxes - Changes in the tax status of an entity or its shareholders was developed by the Standing Interpretations Committee and issued in July 2000. | SIC-25 SIC Interpretation 25 Income Taxes—Changes in the Tax Status of an Entity or its Shareholders This version includes amendments resulting from IFRSs issued up to 31 December 2008. SIC-25 Income Taxes—Changes in the Tax Status of an Enterprise or its Shareholders was developed by the Standing Interpretations Committee and issued in July 2000. In April 2001 the International Accounting Standards Board resolved that all Standards and Interpretations issued under previous Constitutions continued to be applicable unless and until they were amended or withdrawn. Since then, SIC-25 and its accompanying Basis for Conclusions have been amended by the following IFRSs: • IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors (issued December 2003) • IFRS 3 Business Combinations (issued March 2004) • IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (as revised in September 2007).* * effective date 1 January 2009 © IASCF 2711 SIC-25 SIC Interpretation 25 Income Taxes—Changes in the Tax Status of an Entity or its Shareholders (SIC-25) is set out in paragraph 4. SIC-25 is accompanied by a Basis for Conclusions. The scope and authority of Interpretations are set out in paragraphs 2 and 7–17 of the Preface to International Financial Reporting Standards. 2712 © IASCF SIC-25 SIC Interpretation 25 Income Taxes—Changes in the Tax Status of an Entity or its Shareholders References • IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (as revised in 2007) • IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors • IAS 12 Income Taxes Issue 1 A change in the tax status of an entity or of its shareholders may have consequences for an entity by increasing or decreasing its tax liabilities or assets. This may, for example, occur upon the public listing of an entity’s equity instruments or upon the restructuring of an entity’s equity. It may also occur upon a controlling shareholder’s move to a foreign country. As a result of such an event, an .
