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actuarial assumptions are required to measure the obligation or the expense and there is no
possibility of any actuarial gain or loss. Moreover, the obligations are measured on an undiscounted
basis, except where they are not expected to be settled wholly before twelve months after the end of
the annual reporting period in which the employees render the related service.

Recognition and measurement

51 When an employee has rendered service to an entity during a period, the entity shall recognise
the contribution payable to a defined contribution plan in exchange for that service:

(a) as a liability (accrued expense), after deducting any contribution already paid. If the
contribution already paid exceeds the contribution due for service before the end of the
reporting period, an entity shall recognise that excess as an asset (prepaid expense) to the
extent that the prepayment will lead to, for example, a reduction in future payments or a
cash refund.

(b) as an expense, unless another Ind AS requires or permits the inclusion of the contribution
in the cost of an asset (see, for example, Ind AS 2 and Ind AS 16).

52 When contributions to a defined contribution plan are not expected to be settled wholly before
twelve months after the end of the annual reporting period in which the employees render the
related service, they shall be discounted using the discount rate specified in paragraph 83.

Disclosure

53 An entity shall disclose the amount recognised as an expense for defined contribution plans.

54 Where required by Ind AS 24 an entity discloses information about contributions to defined
contribution plans for key management personnel.

Post-employment benefits: defined benefit plans

55 Accounting for defined benefit plans is complex because actuarial assumptions are required to
measure the obligation and the expense and there is a possibility of actuarial gains and losses.
Moreover, the obligations are measured on a discounted basis because they may be settled many
years after the employees render the related service.

Recognition and measurement

56 Defined benefit plans may be unfunded, or they may be wholly or partly funded by contributions by
an entity, and sometimes its employees, into an entity, or fund, that is legally separate from the
reporting entity and from which the employee benefits are paid. The payment of funded benefits
when they fall due depends not only on the financial position and the investment performance of the
fund but also on an entity’s ability, and willingness, to make good any shortfall in the fund’s assets.
Therefore, the entity is, in substance, underwriting the actuarial and investment risks associated with
the plan. Consequently, the expense recognised for a defined benefit plan is not necessarily the
amount of the contribution due for the period.

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