Reportable Segments 27. A business segment or geographical segment should be identified as a reportable segment if: (a) its revenue from sales to external customers and from transactions with other segments is 10 per cent or more of the total revenue, external and internal, of all segments; or (b) its segment result, whether profit or loss, is 10 per cent or more of - (i) the combined result of all segments in profit, or (ii) the combined result of all segments in loss, whichever is greater in absolute amount; or (c) its segment assets are 10 per cent or more of the total assets of all segments. 28. A business segment or a geographical segment which is not a reportable segment as per paragraph 27, may be designated as a reportable segment despite its size at the discretion of the management of the enterprise. If that segment is not designated as a reportable segment, it should be included as an unallocated reconciling item. 29. If total external revenue attributable to reportable segments constitutes less than 75 per cent of the total enterprise revenue, additional segments should be identified as reportable segments, even if they do not meet the 10 per cent thresholds in paragraph 27, until at least 75 per cent 30. The 10 per cent thresholds in this Standard are not intended to be a
guide for determining materiality for any aspect of financial reporting other
than identifying reportable business and geographical segments.
Segment Reporting 249 Illustration II attached to this Standard presents an illustration of the
determination of reportable segments as per paragraphs 27-29.
