FRS 20: Share-based payment
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The accounting standard FRS 20 set out the accounting treatment and disclosures required by reporting entities making share-based payments. It was issued by the Accounting Standards Board in April 2004 and subsequently amended in March 2008, December 2008 and December 2009. FRS 20 was identical to the IASB's IFRS 2: Share-based Payment and therefore has the effect of implementing the International Financial Reporting Standard in the UK.
This standard and all other old UK GAAP FRSs have been withdrawn for reporting periods starting on or after 1 January 2015. Topics within share-based payment are covered by Section 26 of FRS 102 under new UK GAAP.
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Consolidated standard
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Unconsolidated standard and amendments as first issued
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The following amendments, as first issued, are freely available online:
Improvements to Financial Reporting Standards 2009
Amendment issued by the ASB in December 2009.
Improvements to Financial Reporting Standards
Amendment issued by the ASB in December 2008.
Summaries
Share-based Payment
Summary published by the Financial Reporting Council.
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FRC news
ASB issues Improvements to Financial Reporting Standards 2009
Press notice issued by the ASB on 1 December 2009.
ASB issues Amendment to FRS 20 on Group Cash-settled Share-based Payment Transactions
Press notice issued by the ASB on 28 August 2009.
ASB issues Amendment to FRS 20 ‘Share-based Payment – Vesting Conditions and Cancellations‘
Press notice issued by the ASB on 27 March 2008 summarising changes to the standard.
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