IFRS Diploma Summary
IFRS Diploma Summary
IAS 1- Presentation of FS
IAS 1 requires that all income and expenses are presented in a statement of profit or loss and
other comprehensive income.
IAS 1 does not allow entities to choose whether to present income and expenses in the P/L or
the OCI section of the statement. IAS 1 states that, unless required by a specific IFRS standard,
all items of income and expense should be presented in the P/L section of the statement.
IAS 1 states that the tax relating to items of other comprehensive income is either shown as a
separate line in the ‘other comprehensive income’ section of the statement or netted off against
each component of OCI and disclosed in the notes to the financial statements.
The key implication of an item being presented in other comprehensive income rather than profit
or loss is that the item would not be taken into account when measuring earnings per share, an
important performance indicator for listed entities
IAS 1 requires that the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income discloses
certain key elements, for example, revenue and income tax expense.
As far as other detailed line items are concerned, IAS 1 states that they should be presented in
a manner that is relevant to an understanding of the financial performance of the reporting
entity.
In particular, IAS 1 states that operating expenses should be presented based on either their
nature or their function, whichever provides financial information which is more reliable or
relevant.
IAS 2- Inventory
Inventory is asset held for sale in ordinary course of business, or in the process of production for
such a sale, or in the form of material to be consumed in the production process.
criteria to recognize the inventory are:
• controlled by the entity • as a result of past event
• measured reliably • probable future economic benefit
IAS 2 states the inventory must be remeasured each year at the lower of cost and the Net
realizable value (NVR)
NRV is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the estimated costs of
completion and the estimated costs to make the sale.
NRV must be reassessed at the end of each period and compared again with cost. if the NRV has
risen for inventory, then the previous write down must be reversed to the extent that the
inventory is then valued at the lower of cost and the new NRV.
The tax base of an asset: is the future tax deduction which will be available when the asset
generates taxable economic benefits.
The tax base of a liability: is its carrying amount, less the future tax deduction which will be
available when the liability is settled.
Deferred tax liabilities are the amount of income taxes payable in the future in respect of
taxable temporary difference
• IAS 12- income taxes- requires that deferred tax liabilities are recognized on all taxable
temporary differences.
• IAS 12 requires that deferred tax liabilities should always be shown in non-current
liabilities.
Deferred tax assets are the amount of income taxes recoverable in the future in respect of
deductible temporary differences.
• The deferred tax asset can be recognized when it is expected to generate taxable income
for the foreseeable future.
The deffered tax asset is netted off against the deferred tax liabilities when bothe relate to the
same tax jurisdiction.
When revaluation gain or loss is recognized in OCI as part of items that will not subsequently be
reclassified to profit or loss, the related differed tax is also recognised there as a part of the tax
relating to OCI.
If there is dismantling cost will be incurred in the future, the company will charge the PV of
the dismantling cost on the asset and will recognize a provision in SOFP as a non-current liability
under the govern of IAS 37.
• The provision is increased over time as the discount unwinds. The amount of the discount
is recognized in profit or loss as a finance cost.
In disposal of revalued asset, the entity is allowed to transfer the revaluation surplus to the
Retained earnings or to keep it in revaluation surplus.
(IAS 16 states that the accounting treatment of PPE is determined on a class-by-class basis).
Diluted EPS
Potential ordinary shares are financial instruments or other contracts which may entitle the
holder to ordinary shares.
Diluted EPS is calculated by computing what the EPS figure would have been if the potential
ordinary shares had been converted into ordinary shares.
profit for the year should be adjusted for dividends deducted when calculating basic EPS, and
interests deducted from profit should be added back after post-tax adjustment.
The number of shares used in the calculation is the weighted average if all potential ordinary
shares were converted.
Diluted EPS figure only needs to be disclosed if it is lower than the basic EPS figure.
Disclosure
Discontinuing operations
Disclose EPS both for total profit and profit for continued operations, on the face of the statement
of profit or loss.
Numerical disclousers
Disclose basic and diluted EPS on the face of the SOPL.
Disclose for each class of ordinary share with a different right to share in profit.
Disclose the amounts used as numerators and denominators in basic and diluted EPS.
Disclose the reconciliation of the numerator to net profit, and between the basic and diluted
number of shares.
provisions should be measured based on the best estimate on report date (up to authorization
date) of the probable outflow of economic benefits.
IAS 37 states that for a provision to be recognised, an obligating event must have incurred before
the year end.
IAS 37 interprets 'probable' to be 50% or more. it is also necessary to disclose key facts relating
to the case in the notes to the financial statements.
If an entity has an onerous contract, the present obligation should be recognized.
No provisions for future operating losses should be recognized.
When there is only a possible (rather than a probable) chance of an outflow of economic
benefits. then it will be dealt with by disclosure (contingent liabilities), rather than provision.
Contingent asset
Where there is a probability of an inflow of funds relating to a contingent asset, then this is dealt
with by disclosure under IAS 37.
A contingent asset must not be recognized, unless the related economic benefit is virtually
certain (rather than highly probable), then it should be recognized as an asset.
Redundancy programmers
IAS 37 requires a provision for the redundancy costs to be included in the financial statements
when a constructive obligation exists at the reporting date when the details are announced to
those affected by it.
A brand name (or any other intangible asset for that matter) is regarded as identifiable intangible
if it is separable (can be sold without selling the whole business) or arises from contractual or
legal rights.
Identifiable intangible assets associated with an acquired subsidiary can be recognized separately
in the consolidated financial statements provided their fair value can be reliably estimated.
IAS 38 does not allow the recognition of internally developed intangible asset because of the
inherent difficulties involved in identifying and measuring them.
Research costs must be expensed as incurred.
Development cost may be capitalized as intangible asset if the entity can demonstrate the:
1. Technical feasibility of completion
2. Intention to complete.
3. Ability to use or sell the asset.
4. probable future economic benefit (will exceed the capitalized cost).
5. Ability to measure expenditures reliably.
6. The costs are recoverable
7. Availability of resources to complete and use or sell the asset.
When the biological asset transforms and its fair value less costs to sell changes, the carrying
amount of the asset should be updated with changes being recognised in profit or loss.
harvested (agriculture) produce is recognized in inventory at initial carrying amount of fair value
less cost to sell at the point of harvesting, and then applying IAS 2 subsequently.
Biological assets are a non-current asset in the SOFP and will be disclosed separately.
Unconditional government grants received in respect of biological assets are recognized in profit
or loss when the grant becomes receivable.
If such a grant is conditional the entity recognizes the grant in profit or loss only when the
conditions have been met.
The IAS 20 treatment of grants is to recognize them in profit or loss as the expenditure to which
they relate is recognized. This means that recognition of grants relating to property, plant and
equipment takes place over the life of the asset rather than when the relevant conditions are
satisfied.
Vesting consitions
All vesting conditions is taken into account by reflecting it in the calculation of the number of
options or rights expected to vest
• in the case of equity-settled arrangements market conditions aren’t taken into
account.
Measurement
The carrying amount should be calculated immediately prior to the classification as held for sale,
therefore any impairment or depreciation on assets or the disposal group should be accounted
for prior to the classification.
When asset classified as held-for-sale, it is measured at the lower of its current carrying amount
and its fair value less cost to sale. (Finance cost and taxes are not included in cost of sale).
write down of the asset due to remeasure of the asset should be regarded as impairment loss
and treated under IAS 36- impairment of assets.
• Subsequent increases in fair value cannot be recognized in SOPL in excess of the
cumulative impairment losses.
Held-for-sell asset is not depreciated.
A non-current asset that is no longer classified as held for sale is measured at the lower of
(carrying amount before the assets was classified as held for sale, adjusted for any depreciation
or revaluation that would have been recognized if the asset has not been classified as held for
sale) or (its recoverable amount at the date of the decision not to sell).
Presentation
An asset held for sell and discontinued operations are presented separately from other assets in
the SOFP.
The liability of the disposal group classified as held for sale should be presented separately from
other liabilities in SOFP. They should not be offset against the assets of the disposal group.
The post-tax profit or loss of assets held-for-sell, will be presented as a single amount below
profit after tax from continuing operations and described as profit or loss from discontinuing
operation in SOPL&OCI.
Two or more operating segments that have similar economic characteristics can be combined
into single operating segment for reporting purpose.
Even if an operating segment does not meet any of the quantitative thresholds, it can be
considered reportable if management believes that information would be useful.
the total external revenue of reportable segments should be at least 75% of total entity revenue.
If this is not achieved, additional reportable segments should be added until this threshold is
achieved.
• Transaction costs are charged on financial assets which measured at FVTOCI and
amortized cost on initial recognition.
The key difference between measure the financial asset at FVTPL or FVTOCI, that in FVTPL case
the gain or loss affects EPS.
Interest income will be recognized in SOPL under all method of measurement /
Derivatives
Derivative is a financial instrument its value depends on the value of underlying variable, and it
requires a small initial investment, and it is settled at a future date.
derivatives are measured initially and subsequently using FV and the gain or loss and transaction
cost are recognized in P/L.
Combined instrument
If host is financial asset within the scope of IFRS 9, Then the whole hybrid contract shall be
measured as one and not separated.
If the scope is financial liability, then they should be separated when the conditions are met
(embedded derivative + host contract).
The hybrid (Combined) instrument is not measured at fair value with changes in fair value
recognised in the profit or loss.
Hedge
Under the principles of IFRS 9 – financial instruments – the forward exchange contract is a
derivative financial instrument and so would be classified as FVTPL.
This would normally mean that gains or losses on remeasurement to fair value would be
recognized in profit or loss.
Since the hedging documentation indicates that the hedged item is the changes in the expected
cash flows, then cash flow hedge accounting is used.
Therefore, the entity will compare between the change in value of the derivative (the recognized
hedging instrument) and the (unrecognized) change in the value of the expected cash flows.
When the change in the value of the derivative is less than or equal to the change in the value
of the expected cash flows (effective portion of the hedge), then the change in value of the
derivatives is recognized in OCI rather than P/L. They will be presented as gains which may
subsequently be reclassified to PL or capitalized on the related asset.
However, any over-hedging (ineffective portion of the hedge) is recognized in P/L.
Under the provisions of IFRS 10 – Consolidated FS – the general rule is that the financial
statements of all group members should have the same reporting date.
Where the reporting period of a subsidiary is different from the reporting period of the parent,
that subsidiary should prepare, for consolidation purposes, additional financial information as of
the same date as the financial statements of the parent.
Where it is ‘impracticable’ to prepare additional financial information, then the parent is
permitted to consolidate the financial information of the subsidiary using the most recent
financial information of the subsidiary ‘adjusted for the effects of significant transactions or
events in the intervening period.
For the above to be possible, the intervening period should be no longer than three months, so
in this case additional interim financial information will have to be prepared.
Right of return
When the customer has the right to return products, the transaction price contains a variable
element. When this element can be reliably measured, it is taken into account in measuring the
revenue.
The variable element should be included in the transaction price based on the probability of its
occurrence.
The entity will not recognize revenue related to goods expected to be returned and will recognize
a refund liability for this amount as a current liability.
The entity will derecognize goods from inventory, recognize a cost of goods sold, and recognize
a right to recover the asset in accordance with the amount expected to be returned.
When the right to return is unexercised, the entity will derecognize the right to recover the asset
and transfer this amount to cost of goods sold. Additionally, it will derecognize the refund liability
and transfer it to revenue.
Contract cost
The costs of obtaining a contract are recognized as an asset if the entity expects to recover those
costs.
IFRS 15 states that costs which were not originally expected when the contract was planned, and
are caused by inefficiencies or similar issues, should be charged to profit or loss as incurred
rather than being included as a ‘contract cost’. The same applies to any general or administrative
overheads.
Costs recognized as assets are amortised on a systematic basis consistent with the transfer to the
customer of the goods or services to which the asset relates.
The right of use asset will be depreciated over the lease term.
The gain (loss) on sale of the asset is recognized in SOPL in relation to the rights transferred
to the buyer
Total gain (loss) = FV – Carrying amount
The PV of the lease liability will unwind each year, resulting in an increase in the lease
liability and the recognition of a finance cost in the SOPL.
The lease liability is reduced by payment.
Lease liability will be separated to current and noncurrent.
-When the fair value excesses the proceed, IFRS 16 requires the excess to be treated as a
prepayment of the lease rentals. Therefore, the excess must be added to the right-of-use asset.
𝑷𝑽 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚
ROU asset = 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒕 × 𝑭𝑽 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒕+ Excess
-When the fair value less than the proceed, IFRS 16 requires the deference to be treated as an
additional liability, not as gain
𝑷𝑽 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚−𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚
ROU asset = 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒕 × 𝑭𝑽 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒕
SMEs
The International Accounting Standards Board has developed an IFRS for small and medium sized
entities (SMEs) which can be used as an alternative to full IFRS.
Despite the title of the IFRS for SMEs it is not available for all small and medium sized entities.
SMEs can only be used by entities which are not publicly accountable.
The IFRS for SMEs is one single standard which, if adopted, is used instead of all IFRS.
The IFRS for SMEs omits completely the requirements of IFRS which are specifically relevant to
listed entities, for example, IAS 33- earnings per share and IFRS 8- segmental reporting.
In addition, the subject matter included in the IFRS for SMEs has been simplified compared with
full IFRS. For example, research and development costs are always expensed and non-current
assets are never revalued.
Entities which are not publicly accountable have the right, but, not the obligation, to use the
SMEs Standard rather than full IFRS standards.
the disclosure requirements of the SMEs are less than for full IFRS standards.
A further benefit is that the IFRS for SMEs is only updated once every three years, thus reducing
the extent of change to financial reporting practice.
If the entity which are not publicly accountable but part of a group which use full IFRS, can still
use SMEs in its individual statements, and adjustments would be required at consolidation level
to make the statements fully IFRS standard compliant