PKF Insight | June 2025
This newsletter outlines key accounting considerations under FRS 10 – Events after the Reporting Period, with a focus on how entities should assess and disclose the financial reporting impacts of newly imposed tariffs. It is structured in three parts to provide guidance through the relevant scenarios.
Although tariffs are not new, recent U.S. actions to impose baseline and reciprocal tariffs have reignited concerns over escalating trade tensions. These developments introduce fresh economic uncertainty that may significantly impact the operations, financial performance, and reporting obligations of many entities.
Part 1: This section includes illustrative disclosures on non-adjusting event after reporting period for items such as loan covenants, fair value impacts, impairment assessments, and expected credit losses.
Part 2: This section includes illustrations on current period event and adjusting event after reporting period for items such as loan covenants, fair value impacts, impairment assessments, and expected credit losses.
Part 3: A set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) addressing practical issues such as going concern assessments, capitalisation of tariff-related costs, impairment indicators, expected credit loss adjustments, and onerous contract evaluations.