Presentation and disclosure

Last update 07/01/2020 Presentation and disclosure are the meta terms used to describe how information about assets, liabilities, equity, income and expenses is provided in financial statements. Presentation and disclosure have received a prominent combined place in the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting 2018.  After Recognition and Derecognition and Measurement it provides the end process … Read more

Example impairment and revaluation of a building

Last update 01/12/2019 Example impairment and revaluation of a building – On January 1, 2005 OwnPlus Inc. purchased a building for €2 million. Its estimated useful life at that date was 20 years and the company uses the straight-line depreciation method. On December 31, 2009 the government embarked on a plan to construct a fly-over adjacent … Read more

Power

Last update 11/08/2019 Existing rights that give the current ability to direct the relevant activities. “Power” is defined as the investor having such rights that (s)he can direct the activities that affect the investee’s returns. In the simplest cases, such power arises from the voting rights granted by shares. A parent company exerts power when it … Read more

Example IFRS 9 Applying the own use scope exemption

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

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

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

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

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

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

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