Example IFRS 9 Applying the own use scope exemption

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Last update 22/12/2019 Example IFRS 9 Applying the own use scope exemption – [IFRS 9.2 Scope] The case: Entity XYZ enters in to a contract to buy 100 tonnes of copper for CU200/tonne. The contract permits XYZ to take physical delivery of the copper at the end of 12 months or to settle net in cash, … Read more

Post-employment benefits

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Last update 21/08/2019 Post-employment benefits are employee benefits (other than termination benefits and short-term employee benefits) that are payable after the completion of employment. These are retirement benefits (eg pensions and lump sum payments on retirement) and other post-employment benefits, such as post-employment life insurance and post-employment medical care. Other long-term employee benefits are employee … Read more

Example financing component in a contract

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Last update 22/12/2019 Example financing component in a contract- This is an example of the workings of IFRS 15 60 – 64. A vendor enters into a contract with a customer to build and supply a new machine. Control over the completed machine will pass to the customer in two years’ time (the vendor’s performance … Read more

Post-contract support services

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Last update 20/12/2019 Post-contract support services – Most arrangements involving software also include promises for the right to receive services or unspecified upgrades and enhancements (or both) after the licence period begins. Generally, these services include telephone support and correction of errors (bug fixes or debugging), as well as unspecified upgrades or enhancements. These activities … Read more

Example fair value hedge

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Last update 21/12/2019 Fair value hedge of changes in the benchmark interest rate for a variable-rate debt obligation Example fair value hedge On January 1, Year 1 ABC Corp. issues a floating-rate non-amortizing debt instrument with a maturity of two years. The variable-rate liability resets every six months at the six-month LIBOR rate. The six-month … Read more

Portfolio of insurance contracts

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Last update 04/01/2020 A portfolio of insurance contracts are insurance contracts subject to similar risks and managed together. Level of Aggregation Entities should aggregate contracts at inception in groups for recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure. Groups should not be reconsidered after initial recognition. An entity should initially identify portfolios of insurance contracts. A portfolio of … Read more

Events after the Reporting period

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Last update 27/10/2019 When should a reporting entity recognise events after the reporting period in the financial statements that are being finalised? What are the disclosures that should be given about the date when the financial statements were authorised for issue and about the events after the reporting date? The answers look a bit colorful … Read more

Period cost

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Last update 21/08/2019 Period cost is any cost that cannot be capitalized as direct cost relating to inventory, property, plant and equipment or investment property. A period cost is more closely associated with the passage of time than with a transactional event. It can be capitalized as fixed production overhead and general overhead in the … Read more

Performance obligation

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Last update 06/12/2019 Performance obligation – [IFRS 15 Appendix A – Defined terms] Such an obligation is a promise in a contract with a customer to transfer to the customer either: a good or service (or a bundle of goods or services) that is distinct; or a series of distinct goods or services that are … Read more