Hedging of a highly probable debt issuance

Last update 22/12/2019 Hedging of a highly probable debt issuance – Q: Does IFRS 9 allow a highly probable forecast foreign currency debt issuance as eligible as a hedged item in a cash flow hedge of interest rate risk if the currency of issuance is not yet known? Considerations: At 1 January 200X, entity A, … Read more

Unit of account

Last update 25/08/2019 The group of rights, the group of obligations or the group of rights and obligations, to which recognition and measurement requirements are applied. But also the level at which an asset or a liability is aggregated or disaggregated in IFRS for recognition purposes based on the particular IFRS standard. Example: Y Ltd … Read more

Hedging instruments

Last update 27/11/2019 IAS 39 placed several restrictions on the types of instruments that can qualify as hedging instruments for hedge accounting purposes. This is to reflect that hedge accounting was mainly intended to address accounting mismatches that resulted from requiring derivatives to be accounted for at fair value through profit or loss. IFRS 9 … Read more

Understandability

Last update 25/08/2019 An enhancing qualitative characteristic possessed by financial information that is classified, characterised and presented clearly and concisely. The Conceptual Framework provides the following guidance [Conceptual Framework 2.34 – 2.36]: Classifying, characterising and presenting information clearly and concisely makes it understandable. Some phenomena are inherently complex and cannot be made easy to understand. Excluding information … Read more

Hedging a component of a group

Last update 27/11/2019 Hedging a component of a group provides clear examples of hedge accounting in practice. A group designation can also consist of hedging a component of a group of items, such as a layer component of a group. A component could also be a proportion of a group of items, such as 50% … Read more

Transaction costs

Last update 25/08/2019 Transaction costs are of importance in IFRS because they are or are not included in the carrying value at initial recognition. The differences are as follows: Assets at amortised costs are initially recognised at fair value plus transaction costs that are directly attributable to their acquisition or issue, and are subsequently carried … Read more

Hedges of exposures affecting OCI

Last update 27/11/2019 Hedges of exposures affecting OCI is showing examples of exposures as hedged items recorded through other comprehensive income (OCI) and hedge accounting of Aggregated exposures. Topics hide Hedges of exposures affecting other comprehensive income Aggregated exposures Hedges of exposures affecting OCI Related posts: Hedges of exposures affecting other comprehensive income Only hedges … Read more

Trade and other receivables

Last update 25/08/2019 Receivables are disaggregated into amounts receivable from trade customers (Trade receivables), receivables from related parties, prepayments and other amounts. (IAS 1 77, IAS 1 78(b)) Trade receivables are amounts billed by a business to its customers when it delivers goods or services to them in the ordinary course of business. These billings … Read more

Hedged items General requirements

Last update 27/11/2019 Hedged items General requirements discusses the eligible hedged item and risk components in non-financial items. The general requirements of what qualifies as an eligible hedged item are unchanged compared to IAS 39. A hedged item can be: Hedged items General requirements A recognised asset or liability Hedged items General requirements An unrecognised … Read more

Trade and other payables

Last update 25/08/2019 Trade and other payables are liabilities (in general payable short term ie within one year) showing separately amounts payable to trade suppliers, payable to related parties, deferred income and accruals (with for example corporate income tax and social securities as separate reporting lines based on local GAAP or reporting habits). A trade … Read more