9D IFRS Flashcards
Are there revenues in IFRS?
No
Financial Statements:
IAS1 provides that a complete set of financial statements be prepared…
Annually
How many methods under IFRS are there for the Statement of Cashflows?
3
What is the complete set of financial statements under IFRS? 5
1 statement of financial position 2 statement of comprehensive income 3 statement of changes in equity 4 statement of cash flows 5 notes containing significant accounting policies and explanations
The headings of financial statements should include…3
1 the name of the entity
2 title of the statement
3 date of the statement
Financial statements should present…
A true and fair view of the company
IFRS must be used unless there is a rare circumstance where the use of IFRS would…
Produce misleading financial statements
Whenever an entity retrospectively applies an accounting policy, retrospectively restates its financial statements, or reclassifies items….
3 years of state,nets of financial position are required for
comparative purposes
Accrual basis of accounting is used to prepare the financial statements with the assumption that the entity is…
A going concern
Assets and liabilities may not be offset against each other unless…
Specifically permitted by IFRS
Income and expenses may not be offset unless…
Specifically permitted by IFRS
Offsets may be used for…
Valuation purposes, such as contra accounts
Ex. Allowance for uncollectible accounts or accumulated
Depreciation
Items on financial statements should be presented separately for…
Each material class of similar items
On financial statements, If an item is not material it may be…
Aggregated with other items
Subsequent events are considered…
2) Unlike US GAAP, which considers subsequent events through…
Through the date financial statements are authorized to be issued
2) the financial statement issuance date
Assets are classified as…
Current and Noncurrent
Assets are classified as current if it is expected to…4
1 Be realized or held for consumption in normal course of entity’s operating cycle
2 held primarily for trading purposes
3 expected to be realized within 12 months of the end of the period
4 cash or cash equivalent that’s not restricted
Noncurrent assets include:8
1 Tangible 2 intangible 3 operating 4 long term financial assets 5 investment property 6 PPE 7 assets held for sale 8 miscellaneous assets
Example of long term financial assets
Held to maturity investments
Liabilities are classified as…
Current and Noncurrent
A liability is current if it is expect to be…4
1 settled in normal course of business during operating cycle
2 due to settle within 12 months
3 held primarily for trading purposes
4 doesn’t have an unconditional right to defer settlement beyond
12 months
2 payables that are classified as current regardless of settlement date
1 trade payables
2 accruals for operating costs
Interest bearing liabilities are classified based upon whether they are…
Due within 12 months
If an agreement to refinance a liability on a long term basis is executed prior to the financial statement date e liability must be classified as…
2) how is this different from GAAP?
Noncurrent
2) under GAAP, if there is the intent and ability to refinance before
The issuance of financial statements, reclassification is permitted
For refinancing and executed agreement prior to balance sheet date…
Is not required
For IFRS, if the agreement to refinance is made after the balance sheet date then the liability…
Must be classified as current on the balance sheet date
Similar to US GAAP, if long term debt becomes callable due to a violation of a loan convenant, the liability must…
Be classified as a current liability
For shareholders’ equity the financial statements must disclose the number of shares of stock…
Authorized, issued and outstanding
Preference shares
Preferred stock
If there are preference shares, they must be reported…
Separately including number of shares authorized, issued and outstanding
Preference shares that are redeemable at the option of the holder
must be…
Classified as liabilities
Treasury shares repurchased are…
Stated at cost and shown as reduction to shareholders equity