Other standards Flashcards

1
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What includes in IAS8 Accounting Policies, Estimates and Errors

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  • selection of accounting policies
  • changes in accounting policies
  • changes in accounting estimates
  • correction of prior period errors
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What are accounting policies?

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  • are the specific principles, bases, conventions, rules and practices applied by an entity in preparing and presenting financial statements
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By the Interpretations what information needs to provide?

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  • relevant to the economic decision-making needs of users
  • reliable in that the financial statements
  • represent faithfully the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the entity
  • reflect the economic substance of transactions, other events and conditions and not merely the legal form
  • are neutral
  • are prudent
  • are complete in all material respects
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IAS8 requires accounting policies to be changed, conditions:

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  • is required by an IFRS Standard
  • results in the financial statements providing reliable and more relevant information
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What are the accounting estimates?

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  • are monetary amounts in financial statements that are subject to measurement uncertainty
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What are the examples of estimates?

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  • depreciation expense
  • fair value of an asset or liability
  • net realisable value of inventory
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Examples of changes in accounting estimates are changes in

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  • the useful lives of non-current assets
  • the method of depreciating non-current assets
  • warranty provisions, based upon more up-to-date information about claims frequency and value
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What are the prior period errors?

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  • are omissions from, and misstatements in, the financial statements for one or more prior periods arising from a failure to use information
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Examples of prior period errors?

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  • mathematical mistakes
  • mistakes in applying accounting policies
  • oversights and fraud
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10
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Prior period errors are dealt with by:

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  • restating the opening balance of assets, liabilities and equity
  • restating the comparative figures presented, as if the error had never occurred
  • disclosing within the accounts a statement of financial position
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IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement objective

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  • is to provide a single source of guidance for fair value measurement, where it is required by a reporting standard rather than being spread throughout several reporting standards.
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12
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What is fair value?

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  • 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
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13
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Hierarchy of inputs to valuation?

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Level 1 - inputs comprise quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities at the measurement date
Level 2 - inputs are observable inputs, other than those included within Level 1 above, which are observable directly or indirectly
Level 3 - inputs are unobservable inputs for an asset or liability, based upon the best information available, including information that may be reasonably available relating to market participants

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What characteristics of the asset and liability shall be taken into account when measuring the fair value?

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  • the condition and location of the asset
  • restrictions, if any, on the sale or use of the asset
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What are the exclusions of IFRS 13?

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  • IFRS 16 Leases
  • net realisable value
  • value in use
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16
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What are inventories?

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  • valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value NRV
17
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Definition of cost

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  • is the cost of bringing items of inventory to their present location and condition
18
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Cost of purchase comprises

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  • purchase price including import duties, transport and handling costs
  • any other directly attributable costs, less trade discounts, rebates and subsidies
19
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Cost of conversion comprises

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  • costs which are specifically attributable to units of production, e.g. direct labour, direct expense, subcontracted work
  • production overheads, which must be based on the normal level of activity
  • other overheads, if any, attributable in the particular circumstances of the business to bringing the product or service to its present location and condition
20
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Cost charged as expense

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  • abnormal waste
  • storage costs
  • administrative overheads which do not contribute to bringing inventories to their present location and condition
  • selling costs
21
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Definition of Net Realisable Value NRV

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  • is the estimated selling price, in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale
22
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Inventory valuation methods

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  • actual unit cost
  • first in, first out FIFO
  • weighted average cost AVCO
23
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Disclosure requirements of IAS2

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  • accounting policy adopted, including the cost formula used
  • total carrying amount, classified appropriately
  • amount of inventories carried at NRV
  • amount of inventories recognised as an expense during the period
  • details of any circumstances that have led to the write-down of inventories to their NRV
24
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IAS 41 Agriculture what does it relates to?

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  • to Biological assets, government grants and agricultural produce at the point of harvest
25
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Results of processing after harvest is ?

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  • dealt with under IAS 2 Inventories
26
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Biological assets

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-is a living animal or plant
recognised if:
- it is probable that economic benefits will flow to the entity
- the cost or fair value of the asset can be reliably measured
- the entity controls the asset

27
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Recognition and measurement of biological assets

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Initial:
- fair value less any estimated ‘ point of sale’ costs
- if there is no fair value, then the cost model should be used
Subsequent:
- revalue to fair value less point of sale costs at year-end, taking any gain or loss to the statement of profit or loss

28
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What are the Bearer plants?

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  • are accounted for under IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment, rather than IAS41 Agriculture
  • is a living plant that:
  • is used in the production or supply of agricultural produce
  • is expected to near fruit for more than one period
  • has a remote likehood of being sold as agricultural produce, expect for incidental scrap sales
29
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Which of the following is not the outcome of a biological transformation according to IAS 41 Agriculture?
Growth, Harvest, Procreation, Degeneration

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Harvest - intervention
Growth, procreation, degeneration- natural biological processes