Saunders 2023 Annual Report e-book

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES Statement of Compliance The financial statements are general purpose financial statements which have been prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, Accounting Standards and other authoritative pronouncements issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB), and comply with other requirements of the law. The financial statements comprise the consolidated financial statements of the Group. For the purposes of preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Group is a for-profit entity. Accounting Standards include Australian Accounting Standards (‘AAS’). Compliance with AAS ensures that the financial statements and notes of the Group comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRS’). The financial statements were authorised for issue by the directors on 29 August 2023. Basis of Preparation The financial statements for the Group have been prepared on the basis of historical cost. Cost is based on the fair values of the consideration given in exchange for goods and services. All amounts are presented in Australian dollars, unless otherwise noted. The Group is of the kind referred to in ASIC Corporations (Rounding in Financials/Directors’ Reports) Instrument 2016/191, dated 24 March 2016, and in accordance with that Corporations Instrument amounts in the directors’ report and the financial statements are rounded off to the nearest thousand dollars, unless otherwise indicated. (a) Amendments to Accounting Standards that are mandatorily effective for the current reporting period The Group has adopted all of the new and revised Standards and Interpretations issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (the AASB) that are relevant to its operations and effective for an accounting period that begins on or after 1 July 2021. Accounting Standard in issue but not yet effective Certain Australian Accounting Standards and amendments to standards have been published that are not mandatory for reporting period commencing 1 July 2023 and not been early adopted by the Group. These standards are not expected to have a material impact on the entity in the current or future reporting periods and on foreseeable future transactions.

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