IAS 2

International Accounting Standard 2

Inventories
This version includes amendments resulting from IFRSs issued up to 17 January 2008. IAS 2 Inventories was issued by the International Accounting Standards Committee in December 1993. It replaced IAS 2 Valuation and Presentation of Inventories in the Context of the Historical Cost System (originally issued in October 1975). The Standing Interpretations Committee developed SIC-1 Consistency—Different Cost Formulas for Inventories, which was issued in December 1997. Limited amendments to IAS 2 were made in 1999 and 2000. In April 2001 the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) resolved that all Standards and Interpretations issued under previous Constitutions continued to be applicable unless and until they were amended or withdrawn. In December 2003 the IASB issued a revised IAS 2, which also replaced SIC-1. IAS 2 was amended by IFRS 8 Operating Segments (issued November 2006). The following Interpretation refers to IAS 2: • SIC-32 Intangible Assets—Web Site Costs (issued March 2002 and subsequently amended).

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CONTENTS paragraphs INTRODUCTION IN1–IN17

INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD 2 INVENTORIES
OBJECTIVE SCOPE DEFINITIONS MEASUREMENT OF INVENTORIES Cost of inventories Costs of purchase Costs of conversion Other costs Cost of inventories of a service provider Cost of agricultural produce harvested from biological assets Techniques for the measurement of cost Cost formulas Net realisable value RECOGNITION AS AN EXPENSE DISCLOSURE EFFECTIVE DATE WITHDRAWAL OF OTHER PRONOUNCEMENTS APPENDIX Amendments to other pronouncements APPROVAL OF IAS 2 BY THE BOARD BASIS FOR CONCLUSIONS 1 2–5 6–8 9–33 10–22 11 12–14 15–18 19 20 21–22 23–27 28–33 34–35 36–39 40 41–42

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International Accounting Standard 2 Inventories (IAS 2) is set out in