A contentious proposal in the IASB’s
exposure draft that preceded the
amendments would have required the
statement of comprehensive income to
be presented as a single, continuous
statement (i.e., eliminating the current
option of presenting two separate
statements). However, this was not
carried forward in the final amendments.
Consequently, reporting entities continue
to have the option to present profit or loss
and OCI either in a single continuous
statement or in two separate, but
consecutive, statements.