Construction contract modifications

Last update 26/11/2019 Construction contract modifications – Ever heard of a constructing a major new building, large bridge, metro railway or other significant construction project without contract modifications? Especially in the large urban agglomerations in this world….. Well then look at this: Construction contract modifications Denver airport construction Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA New York) capital … Read more

Fair value hierarchy

Last update 31/12/2019 Fair value hierarchy – To increase the consistency and comparability in fair value measurements and related disclosures, IFRS 13 (paras 72-90) established a fair value hierarchy that categorises the inputs to valuation techniques into three levels: Level 1: Quoted (unadjusted) market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities, Level 2: … Read more

Constraining estimates of variable consideration

Last update 30/09/2019 IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (contents page is here) introduced a single and comprehensive framework which sets out how much revenue is to be recognised, and when. The core principle is that a vendor should recognise revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an … Read more

Fair Value Hedge

Last update 11/12/2019 The fair value hedge is one of three hedges defined in IFRS 9, the others are the cash flow hedge and the hedge of a net investment. Hedge accounting can bring a number of advantages over traditional accounting methods. The core benefit is that by addressing the timings mismatch associated with standard … Read more

Consolidation of foreign operations

Last update 23/12/2019 Consolidation of foreign operations – The financial statements of foreign subsidiaries must be translated into the group’s presentation currency (which is often, but not always, the parent’s functional currency). The relevant requirements are included in IAS 21 ‘The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates’. Translation of financial statements Consolidation of foreign … Read more

Fair value approach

Last update 13/12/2019 [IFRS 17 Insurance contracts – Fair value approach] An entity can elect to use the fair value approach if the full retrospective approach is impracticable, and it should use the fair value approach if the modified retrospective approach is impracticable. Applying the fair value approach: The contractual service margin is determined as … Read more

Consolidation of a foreign operation

Last update 22/12/2019 Consolidation of a foreign operation – In the past all kinds of different methods of translating foreign currency financial statements existed, called current rate method and temporal rate method. IAS 21.39 defines the current (very practical) approach to translation of foreign currency financial statements for consolidation in the presentation currency as follows: … Read more

Fair value

Last update 06/01/2020 IAS 32, IAS 36, IFRS 1, IFRS 9, IFRS 13 Definition Fair value:  Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. IFRS 16 Definition Fair value: For the purpose of applying the … Read more

Consolidation in summary

Last update 23/12/2019 Consolidation in summary – Consolidated financial statements present the financial position and results of a group (a parent and its subsidiaries) as those of a single economic entity. The key steps to achieve this are: currency conversion: assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flow need to be translated into the reporting … Read more

Factoring and reverse factoring

Last update 10/12/2019 Factoring and reverse factoring – There is no specific guidance in IFRS on the classification of cash flows from traditional factoring or reverse factoring arrangements. Topics hide Introduction Cash flow presentation Factoring and reverse factoring Introduction Traditional factoring is a financial transaction and a type of debtor finance in which a business sells its accounts receivable (i.e., invoices) to a third party … Read more