01 technical accounting for property‚ plant and equipment RELEVANT TO ACCA QUALIFICATION PAPER F7 The accounting for IAS 16‚ Property‚ Plant and Equipment is a particularly important area of the Paper F7 syllabus. You can almost guarantee that in every exam you will be required to account for property‚ plant and equipment at least once. This article is designed to outline the key areas of IAS 16‚ Property‚ Plant and Equipment that you may be required to attempt in the F7 exam.
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Not all deforestation is intentional. Some is caused by a combination of human and natural factors like wildfires and subsequent overgrazing‚ which may prevent the growth of young trees. Deforestation has many negative effects on the environment. The most dramatic impact is a loss of habitat for millions of species. Seventy percent of Earth’s land animals and plants live in forests‚ and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes. Deforestation also drives climate change. Forest
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Philosophy 304 Sample Questions 1. What does Judith Jarvis Thomson find to be mistaken in the conservative position regarding abortion? Describe thoroughly the analogies she uses to make her case. 1. Judith Jarvis Thomson: Finds the conservative position to be mistaken regarding abortion. • The conservative position commonly spends most of their time establishing that the fetus is a person‚ but the moral impermissibility of abortion doesn’t follow simply from the admission that the
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Because of the value in use is higher than the fair market value less costs to sell‚ the recoverable amount would be $900‚000. The impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount of $1‚100‚000‚ and the recoverable amount of $900‚000. Under IFRS‚ the building is impaired by $200‚000 as of December 21‚ 2010. 2. According to ASC 360-10-35-17‚ “ An impairment loss shall be recognized only if the carrying amount of a long-lived asset (asset group) is not recoverable and exceeds its fair
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VALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF GOODWILL IN A BUSINESS. INTRODUCTION Goodwill is an intangible element connected with the going concern which include personality‚ reputation‚ the company name‚ convenient and favourable location of the business‚ quality of merchandise‚ efficient management‚ supply and demand for a choice product‚ affordable prices‚ efficient labour relations with employees‚ true and fair view and finally courteous methods of treating customers. Goodwill is often shown on the accounting
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Case 10-02: Ida’s Impairment In April 2011‚ the FASB issued an exposure draft on testing goodwill for impairment. Under the proposal‚ entities would have the option of performing a qualitative assessment before calculating the fair value of the reporting unit (i.e.‚ step 1 of the goodwill impairment test). If entities determine‚ on the basis of qualitative factors‚ that the fair value of the reporting unit is more likely than not greater than the carrying amount‚ a quantitative calculation would
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Should management have performed an interim goodwill impairment test as of September 30‚ 2012? Galaxy Sports Inc. (Galaxy) is a U.S. based manufacturer of sports equipment. It is an SEC registrant with one operating segment with three separate reporting units: fitness‚ golf and hockey. The fitness is the largest division of Galaxy with allocated goodwill of $200 million. The golf division reports $130 million of goodwill and the hockey has $30 million of goodwill. Each division has been a reporting unit
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intangible assets and goodwill have highlighted the numerous approaches to measuring and reporting goodwill. These issues of identifying and measuring goodwill have provided great challenges in communicating the relevant value for an organisation. However‚ they are becoming increasingly more important in an environment where goodwill and other intangible assets are making up larger components of business purchase/combination prices. In determining the correct value of goodwill in the financial statements
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Ida’s Impairment Ida Inc. (Ida) is a manufacturing company with operations in the United States and Spain. As a U.S. subsidiary of a U.K. entity‚ Ida prepares its financial statements in accordance with (1) U.S. GAAP for reporting to its U.S.-based lender and (2) IFRSs in reporting to its parent. U.S. Operations In addition to other assets‚ Ida owns and operates a commercial building in the United States that is carried at its cost less any accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses
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Goodwill by Tom Clendon It is relevant to ACCA F7 and P2 international stream students. Goodwill Following the revisions to IFRS3 Business Combinations and IAS27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements in January 2008 there is now two ways of measuring the goodwill and the non controlling interest (NCI) that arises on the acquisition of a subsidiary. Traditional / Proportionate method The traditional measurement of goodwill on the acquisition of a subsidiary is the excess of the
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