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Chapter 2
IAS 1: Presentation of Financial
Statements
STARTThe Big Picture
IAS 1 is a cornerstone accounting standard that includes:
x Components of financial statements
x Core concepts
x True and fair override.
It is virtually certain to be tested in the ACCA paper F7 exam.
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Components of financial statements
A full set of IFRS financial statements comprises the following primary statements (ie
statements that must be shown with equal prominence as each other):
x Statement of financial position (previously called balance sheet)
x Statement of comprehensive income (comprising profit and loss statement and
statement of other comprehensive income)
x Statement of changes in equity
x Statement of cash flows
x Comparative data for the previous year for each of the above.
In addition, secondary statements are required being notes that explain the accounting
policies and other significant explanations or useful “drill down” information.
Question 2 of the F7 exam is likely to require presentation of financial statements from a
trial balance with adjustments. A starting point in the exam is to be able to produce a
skeleton set of which financial statements are required from memory. It’s therefore
necessary to memorise the formats on the following pages.
Core concepts
IAS 1 includes a number of core concepts, with some overlap with the Framework
document.
x Fair presentation – fair, neutral description of transactions.
x Going concern – entity assumed to continue trading into the foreseeable future.
x Accruals (matching) basis of accounting – match costs with associated revenues and
items to the time period incurred.
x Consistency of presentation – present similar transactions the same way within the
current year and year by year.
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x Materiality and aggregation – no need to present information about immaterial
transactions, but aggregate transactions with similar characteristics instead.
x Offsetting - offset as little as possible.
x Frequency of reporting – normally annually but can be shorter if necessary and
certain disclosures made.
x Comparative information – comparative information must be provided and presented
in such a way as to make comparison easy (eg use the same accounting policies in
both years. This is further developed in IAS 8).
True and fair override
Paragraph 23 of IAS 1 gives details of what to do in the “extremely rare” circumstance when
compliance with IFRS will fail to give a true and fair view. This requires full disclosure of the
particulars, reason and effect of the failure to follow all extant IFRS.
Formats of financial statements
The formats below give the minimum disclosures required on the face on the SOFP as
required by IAS 1 paragraph 54. In practice, it’s common to add other categories as well.
IAS 1 is not too specific in the order of each of these headings, but it’s normal to start with
the least liquid and finish with the most liquid.
ExP Group – Statement of Financial Position at 31 March 20x4
ASSETS 20x4 20x3
below)
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment X X
Intangible assets X X 1
Investments in associates X X
Biological assets X X 2
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X X
Current assets
Inventories X X
Trade receivables X X
Cash and cash equivalents X X
Assets held for sale X X 3
Total assets X X
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Share capital X X 4
Revaluation reserve X X 5
Retained earnings X X
Other reserves X X
Non-controlling interests X X
Total equity X X
Non-current liabilities 6
Financial liabilities X X
Deferred tax X X
Provisions X X
Total non-current liabilities X X
Current liabilities
Financial liabilities X X
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Current tax X X
Trade and other payables X X
Total current liabilities X X
Total liabilities X X
Total equity and liabilities X X
Notes
1. Many companies prefer to show goodwill separately to other intangibles on the face
of the SOFP.
2. This is included for completeness only. Biological assets (IAS 41) are not within the
F7 syllabus.
3. These relate specifically to assets held for sale under IFRS 5.
4. There are extensive disclosure requirements relating to share capital in IAS 1, but
these are rarely tested in paper F7.
5. Each component of the parent company’s reserves must be shown separately. It’s
conventional to start with the most regulated reserves and finish with retained
earnings.
6. Current liabilities are ones that are expected to be settled within 12 months of the
reporting date. All other liabilities are non-current. Some (eg finance lease liabilities
and loans) are likely to be split between current and non-current components.
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ExP Group – Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended 31 March
20x4
The captions marked with * are the minimum disclosures required by paragraph 82 of IAS 1.
In practice, it is common to add other captions where they would be useful to readers of the
financial statements.
20x4 20x3 (Note
below)
Revenue* X X
Cost of sales (X) (X)
Gross profit X X
Other income X X
Share of profit of associates* X X
Distribution costs (X) (X)
Administrative expenses
Other expenses (X) (X)
Finance costs* (X) (X)
Profit before tax X X
Tax expense* (X) (X)
Profit from discontinued operations, after tax* X X
Profit for the period* X X
Other comprehensive income, net of tax: 7
Property revaluation gains X X
Other gains reported directly in equity X X
Share of associates’ other comprehensive income X X
Other comprehensive income for the period, net of X X
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tax
Total comprehensive income for the period X X
X X
Profit for the period attributable to: X X
Non-controlling interests
Owners of the parent
X X
Total comprehensive income for the period
attributable to:
X X
Non-controlling interests X X
Owners of the parent X X
Notes
7. These items may be presented gross of tax, with a separate tax expense then within
comprehensive income.
ExP Group – Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended 31 March 20x4
Ordinary
share
capital
$’000
Revaluation
reserve
$’000
Retained
earnings
£’000
Total
equity
$’000
At 1 April 20x2 X X X X
Effect of changes in accountingpolices
- - - -
At 1 April 20x2, restated X X X X
Changes in year to 31 March 20x3:
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Total comprehensive income - X8 X8 X
Dividends - - - (X)
Issue of new shares for cash X - - X
Transfers between reserves - (X) X -
At 31 March 20x3 X X X X
Changes in year to 31 March 20x4:
Total comprehensive income - X8 X8 X
Dividends - - - (X)
Issue of new shares X - - X
Bonus issue of shares X (X)
Transfers between reserves - (X) X -
At 31 March 20x4 X X X X
To cross-refer to the SOFP in this chapter, the statement of changes in equity would also
need a column for other reserves and non-controlling interests. These are omitted only due
to space constraints.
Note 8: Gains on revaluation of property, plant and equipment would be shown within
retained earnings. All other elements of total comprehensive income are likely to be shown
as a movement on retained earnings.
Suggested approach to preparation questions (likely question 2 in the exam)
x Read through the question in full.
x If there is an adjustment that you don’t understand after reading it three times,
ignore it.
x Set up proformas for each financial statement that you are asked to produce. Use
one page for each one.
x Cross-refer the adjustments to the relevant heading in the trial balance.
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x For each item in the trial balance that does not have a cross-reference next to it,
cross it off and lift the relevant figure directly into your proforma answers.
x Work through the adjustments in order of which ones you find the most easy.
Record your adjustments in workings and refer workings to your proforma answer.
x When you run out of time allocated to the question, move on! Do not expect to
finish the question in full.
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Chapter 3
Substance and IAS 18 Revenue
STARTThe Big Picture
Substance over Form
The Framework document and IAS 1 both state that for information to be reliable, it must
be reported in accordance with its commercial substance, rather than strictly in adherence
to its legal form.
We have already encountered one example of substance over form in the context of finance
leases, where a reporting entity records assets held under a finance lease in the SOFP,
although it’s not owned by them. In substance, the degree of control means it’s “their”
asset although legally it quite possibly never is.
There are a wide range of transactions where identifying the true commercial substance
may be difficult. The most common types of transactions in the exam are:
x Inventory sold on a sale or return basis (“consignment inventory”)
x Debt factoring
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x Loans secured on assets that will be repurchased.
In order to reach a sensible conclusion in any substance over form scenario, it is necessary
to identify:
x What assets are in question?
x What are the intrinsic risks and rewards of holding that asset?
x Which party to the transaction is, on balance, more exposed to the risks and rewards
of that asset?
The asset with the greater exposure to risks and rewards recognises the asset on its SOFP.
If it involves initial recognition of an asset, this often generates recognition of a gain also.
EXAMPLE
Sale or return inventory
Bookworm is a book store. It takes delivery of books from publishers on the condition that
it can return books at any time to the publisher, at the cost of Bookworm. Bookworm does
not charge publishers a fee for displaying their books.
The agreements with publishers are that Bookworm buys the books from the publisher at
the moment when they are sold on to a customer, or when 24 months passes from delivery;
whichever is the sooner. Bookworm has an inventory management system that monitors
which books have been in inventory for a long time and it returns almost all books before
the 24 months expires.
Bookworm’s accounting policy is to recognise all books as purchases at cost at the time of
delivery from the publisher. Any returns to the publishers are then recorded as purchase
returns.
At 30 June 20x4, Bookworm conducts a physical inventory count and determines that it hasinventory at a purchase price of $459,500.
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Required
Determine whether Bookworm’s accounting policy complies with IFRS.
Solution to example
Intrinsic risk/ return of
books
Borne mostly by Reason
Obsolescence Publishers Obsolete inventory can be
returned with no penalty.
Theft Bookworm Stolen inventory could not be
returned within 24 months,
so must be purchased by
Bookworm.
Ability to sell at a profit Bookworm Bookworm has physical
custody.
Physical damage, eg fire Bookworm Damaged goods would not
be returnable.
Slow moving inventory Publishers Bookworm can return under-
performing inventory for no
penalty.
Although Bookworm bears most of the identified risks, the biggest risk is obsolescence and
slow moving inventory. The others are risks, but not ones that are likely to cause nearly the
same level of losses as obsolescence.
Consequently, Bookworm should only recognise the purchase of inventory at either the point
of sale to a customer, or passage of 24 months.
This means that the current accounting policy does not comply with IFRS. The inventory
should be derecognised by Bookworm and recognised by the relevant publishers.
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Review and self-test 1
Shaky has trade receivables of $1.6 million. It has decided that it will be beneficial to
request a debt factoring company to collect these receivables on its behalf. It has split the
receivables into two groups of $800,000 each and given one block of receivables to Stephen
Co and the other $800,000 to Fry Co. The terms of each agreement are:
Stephen Co: Stephen Co advanced $600,000 to Shaky Co upon legal transfer of the right
to receive the receivable’s payment. Stephen Co will contact receivables and
take legal action where necessary to recover payment. Stephen Co bears all
such costs itself. In the event that receivables never pay, Stephen Co has no
right to recover any of the $600,000 advanced to Shaky, nor is it under any
obligation to pay Shaky any greater amount if all the receivables pay quickly.
Fry Co: Fry Co advanced $700,000 to Shaky Co upon legal transfer of the right to
receive the receivable’s payment. Fry Co will contact receivables and take
legal action where necessary to recover payment. Fry Co charges Shaky Co
an administration fee of 1% of the receivable’s book value for each month
before payment is received. This administration fee is also increased by any
legal costs incurred.
In the event that receivables do not pay Fry Co within six months from the
start of the agreement, Fry Co has a “put” option to sell the receivable’s debt
back to Shaky Co for the original value of the debt.
Required
Analyse each of the above agreements and determine an appropriate treatment, both in
SOFP and SOCI for each transaction.
Review and self-test 2
Pretence Co is a maker of brandy. It sells premium “mature” brandy as its main brand that
is aged for ten years before sale.
At 30 September 20x1, it sold inventory with a work-in-progress value (correctly according
to IAS 2) of $458,000 to a bank. The bank bought the inventory for $458,000 in cash. The
inventory had an average age of two years at the date of sale.
The bank has a put option to sell the brandy back to Pretence at any date before 30
September 20x7 at a price equal to $458,000 plus a mark-up, which is calculated on a
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compound basis at EURIBOR + 4% per annum. Pretence has a call option that it can buy
the brandy back at this same price on 30 September 20x7 only.
Pretence has recorded the sale of brandy as revenue and derecognised the inventory from
its SOFP.
Required
Analyse the above transaction and determine whether Pretence’s accounting treatment
complies with IFRS. If not, suggest a better treatment.
IAS 18: Revenue
Revenue recognition is clearly a key issue in preparation of financial statements. The rulesare different depending upon whether a sale is for goods or for services. This means that
the first step in the exam is to identify whether a transaction is for goods or services. If it’s
for a construction contract, follow the rules specifically of IAS 11.
Recognition of revenue: goods
x Recognise revenue when most of the more important inherent risks and rewards of
the goods have passed from the seller to the buyer.
x This might well be earlier or later than when legal title passes or when payment
occurs.
Recognition of revenue: services
x Recognise revenue as the costs of providing the service are incurred. Where a
service is paid for up front, revenue often must be deferred as a liability in the SOFP
until the revenue is earned.
Valuation of revenue
If sales are made with long-term payment terms, recognise the sale and the receivable at its
net present value using an appropriate discount rate. This then shows finance income over
time.
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Bundled sales
Where goods are sold with serviced bundled (eg after-sales servicing for two years), then
unbundle into separate components.
EXAMPLE
If a car is sold for $30,000 with three years of free servicing, recognise this as:
$
Total sales value 30,000
Less: Market value of three year servicing agreement
(to be recognised over 3 years) (3,000)
Value of goods sold (recognise immediately) 27,000
Review and self-test 3
FlyHigh Co is an airline. It generally receives bookings for customers’ flights one month
before the flight takes place.
During the year to 31 December 20x7, it received bookings, and simultaneous payment for
flights, of $1.2 million per month. The previous year, it had received bookings and
payments of $800,000 per month. Bookings are not seasonal.
Required
x What would be the opening balance on deferred revenue?
x What would be the closing balance on deferred revenue?
x What revenue would be recognised for the year ended 31 December 20x7?
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Solution to review and self-test 1
Applying the model of risk and rewards to Stephen Co
Intrinsic risk/ return of
receivables
Borne
mostly by
Reason
Slow payment Stephen Co Shaky is unaffected by how quickly Stephen
collects the receivables.
Non-payment Stephen Co If receivables do not pay, there is no
adjustment to the amount paid by Stephen
to Shaky to recover the debt.
Creating administration costs
eg by disputing balances in a
petty way
Stephen Co Once the legal transfer of debts is complete,
there is no recourse to Shaky for any
problems in collection of the debt.
An appropriate accounting presentation of the transfer of the debts from Shaky to Stephen
is therefore to derecognise the debts from Shaky’s SOFP and recognise them in Stephen’s
SOFP. Shaky will derecognise an asset of $800,000 in return for cash of $600,000 so
recognise a loss on derecognition of $200,000. This will be presented as a finance cost or
as a distribution cost, depending on Shaky’s accounting policy.
Applying the model of risk and rewards to Fry Co
Intrinsic risk/ return of receivables
Bornemostly by
Reason
Slow payment Shaky Fry has a right to charge an additional cost
to Shaky for the time taken to recover
payment. The slower the payment, the
greater the income of Fry and the greater
the expenses of Shaky.
Non-payment Shaky Fry has a put option to give the non-
recovered debts back to Shaky, including
amounts due for the 1% monthly charge.
Creating administration costs
eg by disputing balances in a
petty way
Shaky Legal costs incurred are passed onto Shaky
by Fry.
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An appropriate accounting presentation for this transaction is to continue to recognise the
receivables on the SOFP of Shaky, since Shaky is exposed to the risks and rewards
associated with these receivables. The cash advanced by Fry to Shaky should be presented
as a secured loan and the finance costs charged to Shaky by Fry should be presented as a
cost of collecting debts, however that is classified in the financial statements by the
accounting policy of Shaky.
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Solution to review and self-test 2
Applying the model of risk and rewards to Stephen Co
Intrinsic risk/ return of
long-term inventory WIP
Borne mostly
by
Reason
Physical deterioration and
abnormal losses
Pretence Co The bank’s put option means that if the
inventory physically deteriorates, its value
will fall. This loss can be avoided by the
bank by putting the inventory back onto
Pretence.
Gains from market price
increases
Pretence Co P’s call option means that if prices
increase, it will be able to call the
inventory back into its ownership and sell
it at a profit.
Losses from market price
falls
Pretence Co Same reasoning as physical deterioration.
The existence of a put and call option at the same price means that ownership will revert to
the legal seller, whatever happens to prices. This means that Pretence retains the risks and
rewards of ownership.
An appropriate accounting treatment is therefore to continue to recognise the inventory on
Pretence’s SOFP, despite the legal transfer of ownership. The cash received from the bank should be presented as a loan, secured on the inventory WIP. The imputed interest each
period at EURIBOR + 4% should be added to the loan each period and presented as a
finance cost. Although this is described as a mark up, in substance it is a finance cost, as
evidenced by the mention of EURIBOR.
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Solution to review and self-test 3
The opening balance on deferred revenue would be the sales in the month of December
20x6, being $800,000
The closing balance on deferred revenue would be the sales in the month of December
20x7, being $1,200,000.
Revenue recognised in the year ended 31.12.x6 would be:
$’000
Reversal of opening deferred revenue to profit 800
Cash received in the current year (12 x $1.2m) 14,400
Less: Deferred revenue at end of year (1,200)
Revenue recognised 14,000