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IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements – Best read

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IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements

The IASB’s newly issued standard IFRS 18 mainly deals with the presentation of the income statement, balance sheet and certain footnotes. At the same time, certain aspects of the cash flow statement are modified. IFRS 18 does not change the recognition and measurement of the components of financial statements; therefore, the amounts reported as shareholders’ equity and net income are both unchanged. However, it will have a significant impact on the presentation and disaggregation of what is reported (primarily in the income statement and footnotes), including what subtotals companies must provide and how these are defined.

There are five main areas where we think the new standard will help investors as users of IFRS Financial Statements:IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements

Operating–Investing–Financing classification

IFRS 18 aims to establishes a structured statement of profit or loss by implementing the following measures:

  • It introduces three defined categories for income and expenses: operating, investing, and financing.
    • Operating – income/expenses resulting from the company’s main business operations.
    • Investing – income/expenses from:
      • investments in associates, joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries;
      • cash and cash equivalents;
      • assets that generate a return individually and largely independently (e.g. rental income from investment properties).
    • Financing – consisting of:
      • income/expenses from liabilities related to raising finance only (e.g. interest expense on borrowings); and
      • interest income/expenses and effects of changes in interest rates from other liabilities (e.g. interest expense on lease liabilities).
  • It mandates to present new defined totals and subtotals, including operating profit, thereby enhancing the clarity and consistency of financial reporting.

Entities primarily engaged in investing in assets or providing finance to customers are subject to specific categorisation requirements. This entails that additional income and expense items, which would typically be classified as investing or financing activities, are instead categorised under operating activities. Consequently, operating profit reflects the outcomes of an entity’s core business operations. Identifying the main business activity involves exercising judgment based on factual circumstances.

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Main FS Statements Insurance contracts

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Main FS Statements Insurance contracts – These examples of the main Financial Statements statements demonstrate the requirements in respect of presentation and disclosure according to IFRS 17 Insurance contracts. They also includeMain FS Statements Insurance contracts the requirements (introduced or amended) in respect of presentation and disclosure according to IFRS 9 Financial instruments and IFRS 7 Financial instruments: Disclosures.

It is prepared for illustrative purposes only and should be used in conjunction with the relevant financial reporting standards and any other reporting pronouncements and legislation applicable in specific jurisdictions. Main FS Statements Insurance contracts

Presentation of insurance service result Main FS Statements Insurance contracts

 

IFRS 17 83,
85,
B120 – B127

 Clarifications:

Insurance revenue reflects the consideration to which the

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IAS 34 Interim financial statements

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IAS 34 Interim financial statements provide all there is to know for producing Interim financial statements, what, where, when and what is in them.

Objective

IAS 34 prescribes the guidelines for an entity regarding the preparation of interim financial statements by providing information about the minimum contents of interim financial reports along with the recognition and measurement principles for such financial reports. These interim financial reports will provide the most recent activities, circumstances and financial affairs of the reporting entity

Scope

IAS 34 does not define, which entity is required to publish the interim financial reports, the time period after the end of interim period within which these financial reports should be published and how frequently these should be published.… Read more

The Main Statements of Financial Statements – 1 Updated Reward to

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The Main Statements of Financial StatementsThe Main Statements of Financial Statements

This is some explanation of the basic presentation of Financial Statements into a categorised format that is useful for the most of the users for Financial Statements.

There are four main financial statements:

  1. Statement of Financial Position,
  2. Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income,
  3. Statement of Cash Flows,
  4. Statement of changes in Shareholders’ Equity.

Then to complete the contents of Financial Statements there are the ‘Notes to the Financial Statements‘. The Main Statements of Financial Statements

Keep in mind that as part of the Better Business Reporting project (Better communication in financial reporting) by among others IFRS and audit firms, reporting is more and more about better (easier, aligned to … Read more

Disclosure of restrictions to cash and its equivalents

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Disclosure of restrictions to cash and its equivalentsDisclosure of restrictions to cash and its equivalents – Restricted cash and cash equivalent balances are those which meet the definition of cash and cash equivalents but are not available for use by the group. In practice, these balances may arise when a subsidiary in a group operates in a jurisdiction where there are legal restrictions or foreign exchange controls that restrict the group’s access to, and use of, the subsidiary’s cash balances. They can also arise from ‘pledged’ bank balances and amounts placed in escrow accounts. Disclosure of restrictions to cash and its equivalents

Although these types of restrictions do not affect the presentation of the statement of cash flows, IAS 7 48 requires an entity to disclose the … Read more

Bank overdrafts and cash and cash equivalents

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Bank overdrafts and cash and cash equivalents – IAS 7 8 notes that although bank borrowings are generally considered to be financing activities, in some countries bank overdrafts form an integral part of an entity’s cash management. In such cases, bank overdrafts are included as a component of cash and cash equivalents meaning that bank overdraft balances would be offset against any positive cash and cash equivalent balances for the purposes of the statement of cash flows.

However, care is required when presenting bank overdrafts, and cash and cash equivalents, in the statement of financial position. This is because, even though IAS 7 permits offset of balances in the statement of cash flows, this may not be permitted by IAS … Read more

Cash flows for income tax and sales tax

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Cash flows for income tax and sales taxCash flows for income tax and sales tax – IAS 7 includes some specific standards for the treatment of cash flows in the Statement of cash flows for income tax and sales tax (and other taxes).

(i) Income taxes

IAS 7.35 requires cash flows arising from income taxes to be disclosed separately, and classified within operating activities unless they can be specifically associated with financing or investing activities. Cash flows for income tax and sales tax

(ii) Sales taxes

IAS 7 does not provide guidance covering sales taxes (such as VAT or GST) that are collected by entities on behalf of third parties (typically governments). The approach adopted will vary, depending on whether the entity follows the direct or … Read more

IAS 7 Best Read Foreign currency cash flows

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Foreign currency cash flowsForeign currency cash flows

IAS 7.25 requires cash flows arising from transactions in a foreign currency to be recorded at the exchange rate between an entity’s functional currency and the foreign currency at the date of the cash flow.

A similar approach is required for cash flows of a foreign subsidiary (IAS 7.26).

IAS 7.27 Foreign currency cash flows notes that cash flows denominated in a foreign currency are dealt with in a manner that is consistent with that required by IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates.

Consequently, it is possible to use exchange rates that approximate the exchange rates at the dates of transactions (for example, a monthly rate or, if exchange … Read more

Group cash pooling and company accounts

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Group cash pooling and company accounts – Cash pooling arrangements arise where one group entity (which may be the ultimate group parent, or a fellow subsidiary) acts as the treasury function for the rest of the group. Under these arrangements, one entity within a group holds and maintains all cash balances with an external financial institution(s) and advances funds to group entities. Group cash pooling and company accounts

Often, a group treasury function is used in order to make the most efficient use of cash resources within a group, and to enable hedge accounting transactions to be entered into at group-level at the lowest overall cost. Typically, the group entities that act as a treasury function are not financial institutions. … Read more