FRS 4: Capital instruments
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The accounting standard FRS 4 set out the way in which reporting entities treated capital instruments in financial statements. It was issued by the Accounting Standards Board in December 1993.
This standard and all other old UK GAAP FRSs have been withdrawn for reporting periods starting on or after 1 January 2015. Topics within the treatment of capital instruments in financial statements are covered by Section 11 of FRS 102 under new UK GAAP.
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Unconsolidated standard and amendments as first issued
Financial Reporting Standard 4: Capital Instruments
This is the full text of the original standard as issued by the Accounting Standards Board in December 1993.
FRS 4 was withdrawn following the implementation of FRS 25: Financial Instruments: Disclosure and Presentation and FRS 26: Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement with the exception of ‘material on the measurement of debt and gains and losses on the repurchase of debt’, which remains applicable for entities that do not have to apply the measurement requirements of FRS 26.
Summaries
Capital Instruments
Summary published by the Financial Reporting Council.
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FRC news
ASB Issues Convergence Standards
Press notice issued by the Financial Reporting Council on 2 December 2004.
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