For accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016 where there is a change to the accounting treatment of a derivative contract or to the basis on which profits and losses arising on the contract are recognised for the purposes of the derivative contracts legislation, the difference arising as a result of the change in treatment is brought into account in computing the company's derivative contract profits. Any difference arising from the change in the accounting treatment of the derivative contract will generally be spread over a ten-year period unless one of a number of exceptions apply (for further information see D1.81201). In other cases the difference is brought into account in the accounting period
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