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IAS37 Provisions

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  • January 11, 2021 at 4:16 am #605446
    whateveritis
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    Hi tutors,

    I have some problems with this question:

    On 1 October 20X3 Xplorer Co commenced drilling for oil from an undersea oilfield. The extraction of oil causes damage to the seabed which has a restorative cost (ignore discounting) of $10,000 per million barrels of oil extracted. Xplorer Co extracted 250 million barrels in the year ended 30 September 20X4.
    Xplorer Co is also required to dismantle the drilling equipment at the end of its five-year licence. This has an estimated cost of $30 million on 30 September 20X8. Xplorer Co’s cost of capital is 8% per annum and $1 has a present value of 68 cents in five years’ time.
    What is the total provision (extraction plus dismantling) which Xplorer Co would report in its statement of financial position as at 30 September 20X4 in respect of its oil operations?

    Here’s the answer from BPP book:
    $24,532,000
    $’000
    Restoration of seabed (10,000 × 250) 2,500
    Dismantling of equipment (30m × 0.68) 20,400
    Unwinding of discount (20,400 × 8%) 1,632

    Why can’t we capitalise the dismantling of equipment and depreciate it over the year?

    Thank you for helping me out.

    January 14, 2021 at 8:06 pm #605856
    P2-D2
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    Hi,

    It would be capitalised and depreciated but the question is asking you for the amount of the provision and not the value of the PPE.

    Thanks

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