Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Standards
IAS 36 Impairment of Assets
(1998)
Scope
Applies to all assets other than:
inventories;
deferred tax assets;
assets arising from construction contracts;
assets arising from employee benefits;
financial assets included in scope of IAS 32
( IAS 36 applies to investments in subsidiaries,
associates and joint ventures).
Objective
Assets should not be carried at amounts in
Price
Net Selling Price
Value in Use
Present value of estimated future cash flows
expected to arise from continued use and disposal
at end of useful life.
5
2.
3.
Continued-Measuring Recoverable...
Value in Use Future Cash Flow Estimates
(cont.)
Must be estimated for asset in its current
condition and should included expected:
cash inflows from continuing use;
cash outflows necessarily incurred to generate cash
inflows and either directly attributable to asset or
that can be allocated on reasonable and consistent
basis; and
net cash flows on disposal at end of useful life in
arms length transaction after deducting disposal
costs.
8
Continued-Measuring Recoverable...
Value
10
11
Impairment Losses
Impairment loss = any excess of carrying
12
13
Continued-Recording.
If asset is maintained under revaluation (the
allowed alternative treatment)
Impairment adjustment will be accounted for as
revaluation decrease of a previous upward
revaluation in stockholders equity
Charge impairment loss against revaluation
surplus
If the entire revaluation account is eliminated due
to recognition of impairment, charge any excess
impairment to expense
The revaluation account cannot contain a net debit
balance.
14
Must
Multi locations
Restaurant chains
Retailers
Bank branches
Hotels
Petrol stations
Vertically integrated operations
17
to
21
Only
24
25
26
27
to long-lived assets
Example: Commercial insurance payment for flood damaged
equipment
Disclosure
Disclosures are significant and required
for:
Each class of assets
Material impairment recognition and reversals on
individual assets or cash generating units