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In forceBanking: CapitalLast checked 11 November 2026

Off-balance sheet business (ARS 118.0)

A regulatory return listed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), Australia.

Collects information on an ADI's off-balance sheet exposures. APRA uses it to supervise the firm (prudential supervision), including checking it meets Prudential Standard APS 112 Capital Adequacy: Standardised Approach to Credit Risk or Prudential Standard APS 113 Capital Adequacy: Internal Ratings-based Approach to Credit Risk. It may also be used by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Source

Official title: Reporting Standard ARS 118.0 Off-balance Sheet Business

The facts

Who files
This Reporting Standard applies to an authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI) that is included in one of the classes of ADI to which this Reporting Standard applies, as set out in a table in the standard (which says which forms each class of entity completes). Source
How often
Quarterly: the form is completed as at the last day of each quarter. Source
Deadline
Within a set number of business days after the end of the quarter, by class of ADI: Bank - Advanced or Applicant Advanced 30; Bank - Standardised 20; Branch of a Foreign Bank 20; Building Society 15; Credit Union 15; Provider of Purchased Payment Facilities not applicable; Other ADI 20. An immediate parent NOHC submits within the same timeframe as its subsidiary ADI. Source
Format
XML, Excel, Web form. A former D2A collection now in APRA Connect: entities can upload XML or Excel or enter the data manually. APRA ended the temporary Alternate Submission Process (which also took XBRL files) for ADI collections from the 31 July 2026 (ARF 210.5), 31 August 2026 (EFS) and 30 September 2026 (other migrated collections) reporting periods. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the APRA: APRA Connect; Alternate Submission Process (temporary). See how firms file with the APRA.
Status
In force
Legal basis
Group
Banking: Capital

Templates (1)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the APRA's code in brackets.

  • Off-balance sheet business (ARF_118_0)

Forms listed in APRA’s APRA Connect taxonomy for this migrated D2A collection (Main). Source

Validation rules

13 rules, as counted from the APRA's published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source

How they are written: Excel Rules worksheet with an Expression column (APRA Connect expression syntax), a constraint column and a failure message for each rule..

The rules, on apra.gov.au

How they were counted

Rules in the Rules worksheet of the APRA Connect taxonomy whose List Name, Display Text or Forms column names a form of this standard: 13 of the 980 rules in APRA-ADI - Main.xlsx (13 rules in that file name no single form, such as ABN, reporting date and some cross-form checks, and are not counted).

Counts are in the APRA's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No APRA statistical publication was found that names this return as a source (checked the explanatory notes and specifications of APRA’s current statistical publications). Source

Official documents (9)

The APRA's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

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Last checked 11 November 2026.