Costs to issue or buy back issued shares

Last update 07/11/2019 The accounting rule: Costs to issue or buy back issued shares by the issuing entity are accounted for as a deduction from equity, net of any related income tax benefit (the issue or buy back not being part of a business combination).  An entity typically incurs various costs in issuing or acquiring its … Read more

Hold to collect and sell

Last update 28/12/2019 Hold to collect and sell – this is part of the classification of financial assets. Classification determines how financial assets and financial liabilities are accounted for in financial statements and, in particular, how they are measured on an ongoing basis. IFRS 9 introduces a logical approach for the classification of financial assets, … Read more

Costs of issuing and reacquiring equity instruments

Last update 16/09/2019 The accounting rule: Costs of issuing or reacquiring equity instruments (other than in a business combination) are accounted for as a deduction from equity, net of any related income tax benefit. Costs of issuing and reacquiring equity instruments An entity typically incurs various costs in issuing or acquiring its own equity instruments. … Read more

Hold to collect

Last update 27/12/2019 Hold to collect is a business model defined under IFRS 9. This is part of the classification of financial assets. The objective of the ‘hold to collect’ business model is to hold financial assets to collect their contractual cash flows, rather than with a view to selling the assets to generate cash … Read more

Cost of self-constructed assets

Last update 25/11/2019 IAS 16 22 sets out the core principle for determining the cost of self-constructed assets. Here is a very practical example to quickly understand and solve any IFRS issues. The cost of a self-constructed asset is determined using the same principles as applicable to an purchased asset. If an entity makes similar … Read more

Highly probable

Last update 09/09/2019 IFRS Definition –  Highly probable: Significantly more likely than probable. IFRS Definition –  Probable: More likely than not. Other probability qualifications used in IFRS Standards are: Unlikely, Highly unlikely, Highly likely, Likely, More likely than not, Most likely, More likely and Virtually certain. Looking at the statistical data below, highly probable would … Read more

Correct presentation of revenue in IFRS 15

Last update 07/11/2019 Correct presentation of revenue in IFRS 15 provides explicit presentation requirements, which are quite detailed and increase the volume of required disclosures that entities have to include in their interim and annual financial statements. Many of the requirements in IFRS 15 involve information that entities did not previously disclose, all in all … Read more

Highest and best use

Last update 05/01/2020 Highest and best use is the use of a non-financial asset by market participants that would maximise the value of the asset or the group of assets and liabilities (eg a business) within which the asset would be used. Here is the way real estate manager use this definition, which should be … Read more

Corporate taxes

Last update 22/12/2019 Corporate taxes – also called income taxes, but than for corporates. Here we go…………  Just a reminder …… Two things in life are certain: …… DEATH……. and ……..TAXES Topics hide What is it about? Current tax – Recognition and measurement Deferred tax – Recognition and measurement Deferred tax assets Deferred tax liabilities Corporate … Read more

Held-to-maturity investments

Last update 16/05/2019 This is an IAS 39 definition, under IFRS 9 replaced by Investments to ‘hold to collect’. Non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity that an entity has the positive intention and ability to hold to maturity other than: Those that the entity upon initial recognition designates as at … Read more