International Accounting Standard 23
Borrowing Costs
(IAS 23) is set out in paragraphs
1–30 and the Appendix. All of the paragraphs have equal authority but retain the IASC
format of the Standard when it was adopted by the IASB. IAS 23 should be read in the
context of its core principle and the Basis for Conclusions, the
Preface to International
Financial Reporting Standards
and the
Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting
. IAS 8
Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors
provides a basis for selecting
and applying accounting policies in the absence of explicit guidance