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Cash generating unit

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  • August 16, 2015 at 9:07 am #267374
    Shaharia
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    what is meant by cash generating unit?
    what is the qualifying conditions for being cash generating unit?
    and what will be the most appropriate examples.

    August 16, 2015 at 10:12 pm #267449
    MikeLittle
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    A cgu is defined in the free course notes and is talked about in the lecture covering this chapter!

    August 23, 2015 at 8:47 am #268197
    deepsanu
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    grateful if someone could help me because I am confused

    Ias 36 says that no individual asset in a cgu should be reduced below its recoverable amount..I was working below kaplan question

    Question
    Finsbury Ltd has a cash generating unit (CGU) that suffers a large
    drop in income due to reduced demand for its products. An
    impairment review was carried out and the recoverable amount of
    the cash generating unit was determined at $100m.The assets of
    the CGU had the following carrying amounts immediately prior to the
    impairment:

    $M
    GOODWILL 25
    INTANGIBLES 60
    PPE 30
    INVENTORY 15
    TRADE RECEIVABLES 10
    TOTAL 140

    What is the carrying amount of the intangibles once the impairment loss has been allocated?

    ANSWER Given as per Kaplan=50M
    The impairment would be allocated to goodwill first,then prorata
    across other assets based on their carrying values. No
    asset should be reduced to below its recoverable amount, so
    inventory and receivables will remain unimpaired. After the goodwill
    of $25m has been impaired, the remaining $15m should be
    allocated to intangibles and PPE

    I am confused how Recoverable amount of Inventory and Receivable was determined and thereafter not included in the allocation of impairment loss because normally after reducing goodwill to NIL i would allocate the remaining impairment loss on a pro rata basis to all the assets based on their CV

    Thank you

    August 23, 2015 at 9:15 am #268203
    MikeLittle
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    Inventory and Receivables are both current assets and, as such, are already included in the financial statements at a value that represents the lower of cost and net realisable value

    If a customer owes you $100, how can that be reduced just because your company is going through a bad time?

    Ok?

    August 23, 2015 at 9:17 am #268204
    deepsanu
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    yes 🙂
    Thank You

    August 23, 2015 at 9:37 am #268206
    MikeLittle
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    You’re welcome

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