SEC Memorandum Circular No. 08 Series of 2021: Amendment to Clarify Transitory Provisions for Real Estate Accounting

 PICC Secretariat Building, Pasay City |  (+632) 818-6120 / (+632) 818-9763 www.sec.gov.ph | inquiry@sec.gov.ph SEC Memorandum Circular No.___ Series of 2021 SUBJECT : AMENDMENT TO SEC MEMORANDUM CIRCULARS NO. 14, SERIES OF 2018, NO. 3, SERIES OF 2019, NO. 4, SERIES OF 2020 and NO. 34, SERIES OF 2020 TO CLARIFY TRANSITORY PROVISION The Commission on various dates issued the following Memorandum Circulars (MCs) relative to pronouncements issued by the Philippine Interpretations Committee (PIC) and International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) on the implementation of Philippine Financial Reporting Standards 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers:
Memorandum
Circular
Rule/Guideline Date Issued
SEC MC No. 14,
Series of 2018
Deferral of the application of the provisions of PIC Q&A No. 2018-12 with respect to the accounting for significant financing component, and the treatment of uninstalled materials and land in the calculation of the percentage of completion (POC) for a period of three (3) years. 29 October 2018 SEC MC No. 3, Series of 2019 Deferral of PIC Q&A 2018-12(H) on Accounting for Common Usage Service Area (CUSA) Charges and PIC Q&A 2018-14 on Accounting for Cancellation of Real Estate Sales until December 31, 2020. 08 February 2019 SEC MC No. 4, Series of 2020 Deferral of the Implementation of IFRIC Agenda Decision on Over Time Transfer of Constructed Goods [Philippine Accounting Standards (PAS) 23-Borrowing Cost] for the Real Estate Industry until December 31, 2020. 21 February 2020 SEC MC No. 34, Series of 2020 Deferral of PIC Q&A 2018-12 and IFRIC Agenda Decision On Over Time Transfer of Constructed Goods (PAS 23- Borrowing Cost) for the Real Estate Industry for Another Period of Three (3) Years or Until 2023. 17 December 2020 The aforesaid MCs, except SEC MC NO. 34, Series of 2020, contain a transitional provision which states that effective January 1, 2021, real estate companies will adopt the above PIC’s Questions and Answers/IFRIC Agenda Decision and any subsequent amendments thereof retrospectively or as the SEC will later prescribe. On the other hand, SEC MC No. 34, Series of 2020 further 8 Published:
Manila Standard, 14 July 2021
Manila Times, 14 July 2021
File with UP Law Center: 13 July 2021

extended the deferral of application of the provisions of PIC Q&A No. 2018-12 with respect to the accounting for significant financing component and the exclusion of land in the calculation of percentage of completion and IFRIC Agenda Decision on Overtime Transfers of Constructed Goods under PAS 23-Borrowing Cost, for another three (3) years or until 2023. To assist real estate companies to finally adopt the said PIC and IFRIC pronouncements and enable them to fully comply with PFRS 15 and revert to full PFRS, the Commission en banc, in its meeting held on July 8, 2021, approved the amendment to the transitional provisions in the above MCs which would provide real estate companies the accounting policy option of applying either the full retrospective approach or modified retrospective approach when they apply the provisions of the PIC and IFRIC pronouncements. The Commission en banc, in the same meeting, likewise approved that the policy option be available to entities that cease availing of the above SEC financial reporting reliefs whether in full or in part. Issued this __ July 2021 at Pasay City, Philippines. For the Commission:
EMILIO B. AQUINO
Chairman
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