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Standards - approved and effective
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Preface to the Standards of Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 60 Kb Download More...
GRAP 1 - Presentation of Financial Statements 217 Kb Download More...
GRAP 2 - Cash Flow Statements 87 Kb Download
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GRAP 3 - Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors 90 Kb Download
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GRAP 5 - Borrowing Costs 930 Kb Download
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GRAP 7 - Investments in Associate 100 Kb Download
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GRAP 4 - The Effects of changes in Foreign Exchange Rates 102 Kb Download
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GRAP 6 - Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements 91 Kb Download
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GRAP 8 - Interest in Joint Ventures 80 Kb Download
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GRAP 9 - Revenue from Exchange Transactions 131 Kb Download
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GRAP 10 - Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies 69 Kb Download
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GRAP 11 - Construction Contracts 99 Kb Download
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GRAP 12 - Inventories 82 Kb Download
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GRAP 13 - Leases 128 Kb Download
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GRAP 14 - Events after the reporting date 71 Kb Download
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GRAP 16 - Investment Property 105 Kb Download
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GRAP 17 - Property Plant and Equipment 103 Kb Download
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GRAP 19 - Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets 202 Kb Download
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GRAP 100 - Non-current Assets held for Sale and Discontinued Operations 112 Kb Download
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GRAP 101 - Agriculture 95 Kb Download
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GRAP 102 - Intangible Assets 145 Kb Download
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Asset Decision Tree 40 Kb Download More...

Standards - approved but not effective
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GRAP 18 - Segment Reporting 104 Kb Download More...
GRAP 21 - Impairment of non-cash-generating assets 4071 Kb Download More...
GRAP 23 - Revenue from Non-exchange Transactions (Taxes and Transfers) 163 Kb Download
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GRAP 24 - Presentation of Budget Information in Financial Statements 194 Kb Download More...
GRAP 25 - Employee Benefits 289 Kb Download More...
GRAP 26 - Impairment of cash-generating assets 212 Kb Download More...
GRAP 103 - Heritage Assets 2344 Kb Download More...
GRAP 104 - Financial Instruments 890 Kb Download
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Standards of GAMAP
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Standards of GAMAP 318 Kb Download More...

Exposure drafts
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ED 78 Invitation to comment on Segment Reporting 474 Kb Download More...
ED 77 Invitation to comment on Transfer of Functions between Entities not under Common Control 283 Kb Download More...
ED 76 Invitation to comment on Amendments to GRAP 6,7 and 8 504 Kb Download More...
ED 75 Invitation to comment on Transfer of Functions between Entities under Common Control and Mergers 247 Kb Download More...
ED 74 Determining the GRAP Reporting Framework for Legislatures 2033 Kb Download More...
ED 73 Transitional Provisions for Legislatures 1766 Kb Download More...
ED 72 Amendments to Directive 5 1938 Kb Download More...
ED 71- Service Concession Arrangements 376 Kb Download
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ED 70 - Proposed Directive 8 Transitional Provisions for Parliament 1844 Kb Download More...
ED 69 - Proposed Amendment to Directives 2 to 4 53 Kb Download
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ED 68 - Reporting on the Long-Term Sustainability of Public Finances 468 Kb Download
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ED 67 - GRAP reporting framework for 2010/2011 57 Kb Download More...
ED 66 - Application of Deemed Cost on Initial Adoption of Standards of GRAP 994 Kb Download More...
ED 65 - Proposed transitional provisions for GRAP 21 & GRAP 26 51 Kb Download More...
ED 64 - Interpretations of the Standards of GRAP 446 Kb Download
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ED 63 - Improvements to GRAP 1759 Kb Download
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ED 62 - Entity Combinations for Exchange Transactions 40 Kb Download
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ED 61 - Intangible assets 42 Kb Download
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ED 60 - Invitation to comment on the proposed International Public Sector Accounting Standards on Financial Instruments 463 Kb Download
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ED 59 - Concurrent exposure of IPSAS on Agriculture 117 Kb Download
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ED 58 - Employee Benefits 6564 Kb Download
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ED 57 - Invitation to comment on proposed directive 6: Transitional provisions for the SARS sdministered revenue 47 Kb Download More...
ED - 56 Transitional provisions for initial adoption of GRAP 23, 24 & 103 814 Kb Download More...
ED 55 - Interpretations of Standards of GRAP 122 Kb Download More...
ED 54 - Determining the GRAP Reporting Framework 94 Kb Download More...
ED 53 - Amendment to Directives 2 to 4 77 Kb Download More...
ED 52 - Proposed Standard of GRAP on Financial Instruments 733 Kb Download
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ED 51 - Consequential amendments 38 Kb Download
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ED 50 - Borrowing Costs 229 Kb Download More...
ED 50 - Invitation to comment 378 Kb Download More...
ED 49 - Employee Benefits 534 Kb Download
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ED 48 - Invitation to Comment 60 Kb Download More...
ED 47 - Guideline on accounting for PPPs 328 Kb Download More...
ED 46 - Impairment of Cash-generating Assets 202 Kb Download More...
ED 45 and 46 Invitation to comment 49 Kb Download More...
ED 45 - Impairment of Non-cash-generating Assets 217 Kb Download More...
ED 44 - Heritage Assets 181 Kb Download More...
ED 43 - Directive on Transitional Provisions for Parliament 79 Kb Download More...
ED 42 - Directive on amended Tansitional Provisions for Medium and Low Capacity Municipalities 121 Kb Download More...
ED 41 - Directive on amended Transitional Provisions for High Capacity Municipalities 104 Kb Download More...
ED 40 - Directive on amended Transitional Provisions for Public Entities 80 Kb Download More...
ED 39 - Deletion of Transitional Provisions from Standards of GRAP 31 Kb Download More...
ED 38 - Non-Exchange Transactions (Taxes and Transfers) 211 Kb Download More...
ED 37 - Presentation of Budget Information in Financial Statements 156 Kb Download More...
ED 36 - Borrowing Costs 90 Kb Download More...
ED 35 - Contributions from Owners 45 Kb Download More...
ED 34 - Employee Benefits 409 Kb Download More...
EDs 31 to 33 - Request for comment 55 Kb Download More...
ED 33 - Events After the Reporting Date 61 Kb Download More...
ED 32 - Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies 67 Kb Download More...
ED 31 - The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates 101 Kb Download More...
ED 30 - Construction Contracts 115 Kb Download More...
ED 29 - Impairment of Non-cash-generating Assets 103 Kb Download More...
ED 28 - Impairment of Cash-generating Assets 266 Kb Download More...
ED 27 - Intangible Assets 141 Kb Download More...
ED 26 - Revenue from Non-Exchange Transactions (Including Taxes and Transfers) 258 Kb Download More...
ED 25 - Presentation of Budget Information in Financial Statements 626 Kb Download More...
ED 24 - Public -Private Partnerships 224 Kb Download More...
ED 23 - Revenue from Exchange Transactions 138 Kb Download More...
ED 22 - Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations 116 Kb Download More...
ED 21 - Agriculture 110 Kb Download More...
ED 20 - Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets 275 Kb Download More...
ED 19 - Interest in Joint Ventures 111 Kb Download More...
ED 18 - Consolidated and Seperate Financial Statements 123 Kb Download More...
ED 17 - Segment Reporting 97 Kb Download More...
ED 15 - Investment in Associates 127 Kb Download More...
ED 13 - Property Plant & Equipment 2340 Kb Download More...
ED 12 - Investment Property 2438 Kb Download More...
ED 11 - Leases 2687 Kb Download More...
ED 9 - Accounting policies changes in accounting estimates and errors 87 Kb Download More...
ED 8 - Presentation of Financial Statements 179 Kb Download More...
ED 1 GRAP 1 - Presentation of Financial Statements 686 Kb Download More...
ED 2 GRAP 2 - Cash Flow Statements 373 Kb Download More...
ED 3 GRAP 3 - Accounting policies changes in accounting estimates and errors 341 Kb Download More...

Discussion papers
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Dp 2 - Heritage Assets 118 Kb Download More...
DP 1 - Intangible Assets 109 Kb Download More...
DP 3 - Discussion Paper Financial Instruments 418 Kb Download More...
DP 3 - Executive Summary on Financial Instruments 112 Kb Download More...
DP 3 - Questionnaire on Financial Intruments for Municipalities 71 Kb Download More...
DP 3 - Questionnaire on Financial Instruments for Public Entities 75 Kb Download More...
DP 4 - Transfer of Functions 330 Kb Download More...

Guidelines
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PPP Guideline 2556 Kb Download More...

Framework
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Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements 132 Kb Download More...

Other Documents
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Accounting Standards Implementation Guide 2005-06 227 Kb Download More...
Amended Directive 2 ED 53 2745 Kb Download More...
Amended Directive 3 ED 53 3017 Kb Download More...
Amended Directive 4 ED 53 3392 Kb Download More...
Developing the GRAP Reporting Framework List of Standards 2113 Kb Download More...
CID Research Paper 152 Kb Download More...

Directives
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Preface to the directives 55 Kb Download More...
Directive 1 - Deletion of transitional provisions in Standards of GRAP 60 Kb Download More...
Directive 2 - Amended transitional provisions for public entities 108 Kb Download More...
Directive 3 - Amended transitional provisions for high capacity municipalities 112 Kb Download More...
Directive 4 - Amended transitional provisions for medium and low capacity municipalities 111 Kb Download More...
Directive 5 - GRAP reporting Framework 82 Kb Download
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Directive 5 - Revised to include Parliament (June 2010) 1855 Kb Download More...
Directive 6 - Transitional Provisions for Revenue Collected by SARS 547 Kb Download More...
Directive 7 - The application of deemed cost on the adoption of Standards of GRAP 53 Kb Download More...
Directive 8 - Transitional Provisions for Parliament 1584 Kb Download More...
Summary of proposed transitional provisions 53 Kb Download More...
Summary of responses - transitional provisions 216 Kb Download More...

Interpretations
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Preface to the Interpretations of the Standards of GRAP 41 Kb Download More...
IGRAP1 Applying the probability test on initial recognition of exchange revenue 47 Kb Download More...
IGRAP 2 Changes in Existing Decommissioning, Restoration and Similar Liabilities 126 Kb Download More...
IGRAP 3 Determining Whether an Arrangement Contains a Lease 1240 Kb Download More...
IGRAP 4 Rights to Interests Arising from Decommissioning, Restoration and Environmental Rehabilitation Funds 812 Kb Download More...
IGRAP 5 Applying the Restatement Approach under the Standard of GRAP on Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies 723 Kb Download More...
IGRAP 6 Loyalty Programmes 1074 Kb Download More...
IGRAP 7 The Limit on a Defined Benefit Asset, Minimum Funding Requirements and their Interaction 1156 Kb Download More...
IGRAP 8 Agreements for the Construction of Assets from Exchange Transactions 1518 Kb Download More...
IGRAP 9 Distributions of Non-cash Assets to Owners 1158 Kb Download More...
IGRAP 10 Assets Received from Customers 1157 Kb Download More...
IGRAP 13 Operating Leases – Incentives 720 Kb Download More...
IGRAP 14 Evaluating the Substance of Transactions Involving the Legal Form of a Lease 1153 Kb Download More...
IGRAP 15 Revenue – Barter Transactions Involving Advertising Services 636 Kb Download More...

Improvements
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Executive Summary Improvements 2010 70 Kb Download
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GRAP 1 Presentation of Financial Statements 255 Kb Download More...
GRAP 2 Cash Flow Statements 126 Kb Download More...
GRAP 3 Accounting Policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors 129 Kb Download More...
GRAP 4 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates 103 Kb Download More...
GRAP 9 Revenue from Exchange Transactions 160 Kb Download More...
GRAP 10 Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies 94 Kb Download More...
GRAP 11 Construction Contracts 151 Kb Download More...
GRAP 12 Inventories 89 Kb Download More...
GRAP 13 Leases 142 Kb Download More...
GRAP 14 Events After the Reporting Date 73 Kb Download More...
GRAP 16 Investment Property 167 Kb Download More...
GRAP 17 Property plant and equipment 121 Kb Download More...
GRAP 19 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets 262 Kb Download More...
GRAP 100 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations 192 Kb Download More...

Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequently Asked Questions for Entities 200910:updated 1132 Kb Download More...
Frequently Asked Questions for Municipalities 200910 updated 185 Kb Download More...

Reporting Frameworks at a Glance
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Reporting Frameworks at a glance 2010 42 Kb Download More...
Reporting Frameworks at a glance 2011 44 Kb Download More...
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