Operating Segment Flashcards
What is PFRS 8?
Operating Segment
This is the disclosure of certain financial information about the products and services an entity produces and the geographical areas in which an entity operates.
Segment reporting
To which kind of FS does PFRS apply to?
Individual and Consolidated
What kind of parent company is referred to in the group having consolidated financial statements?
Whose debt or equity instruments are traded in a public market
That files or is filing the consolidated financial statements for the purpose of issuing instruments in a public market
If a financial report contains both the consolidated financial statements of a parent and the parent’s separate financial statements, segment information is required only in?
The consolidated financial statements
What are the 3 characteristics of an operating segment?
- engages in business activities that earn revenue and incur expenses
- whose operating results are regularly viewed by the entity’s chief operating decision maker
- for which discrete financial information is available
An operating segment can generally be thought of as a ___________ component of an entity that is engaged in business activities which generate revenue and incur expenses.
Distinguishable
When is a component classified as an operating segment?
- separate financial information must be available about the segment
- its operating results must be regularly reviewed by a CODM
True or False: An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has YET to earn revenue.
True
True or False: Every part of an entity is considered an operating segment.
False
This is a function used to allocate resources to the segments and assess their performance.
Chief operating decision maker
Who can be the CODM?
CEO
COO
Executive directors
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What approach is used in identifying operating segments?
Management approach
This means that the operating segments are identified on the basis of internal reports about components of an entity that are regularly reviewed by the CODM in order to allocate resources.
Management approach
Operating segments are important for what management?
Internal
IFRS had abandoned which approach of ______ in identifying operating by business segments and geographical segments.
risk and reward approach
What are the thresholds in determining reportable segments?
281
Are segments that do not qualify with any of the thresholds still eb reportable?
Yes on a voluntary basis if the management deem it proper and necessary
If the total revenue of reportable operating segments constitutes less than how many percent of entity external revenue, additional segments shall be identified as reportable.
75%
What are the 5 criteria in aggregating segments?
283
What is the prescribed limit of segments deemed to be practical without the information being too detailed?
10
If the management judges that an operating segment identified as a reportable segment in the immediately preceding period is of continuing significant, should the information about the segment be reported separately in the current period even if it no longer meets any of the 10% thresholds?
Yes
Should segment data for a prior period presented for comparative purposes be restated to reflect the newly reportable segment even if that segment did not satisfy any of the thresholds?
Yes
What are the information to be disclosed for each segment?
- General information
- Information about profit or loss
- Segment asses and liabilities and the basis of measurement
- Reconciliations of the totals of segment revenue, profit or loss, assets, and liabilities