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maam what is the difference between allocation and classification?
I studied in SBR that classification of say liabilities, is between NCL and CL.
However in AA it seems that liabilities split into NCL and CL is allocation.
Slightly muddled, can you pls help me out?
non-current vs current; cost of sales vs distribution costs – are examples of classification.
Allocation is an aspect of “accuracy, valuation and allocation” – it means for example that an aspect of valuation is say depreciation – that that is appropriately allocated. So depreciation is not necessarily expensed to profit of loss, if it is a production overhead (e,g, on factory plant) it should be allocated to the cost of inventory.
You could try browsing to help you find answers quite quickly – e.g. if you put the following into your internet browser:
acca aa allocation classification
you should see immediately that there is an ACCA technical article https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/student/exam-support-resources/fundamentals-exams-study-resources/f8/technical-articles/assertions.html
maam wont the depreciation expense related treatment be considered under classification? as in whether it should be charged as operating expense or cost of sales? rather than allocation
can I think of allocation as amount of split is correct or not? like classification as you state would be current v/s non-current, and allocation will be is the amount allocated as current and non-current correct?
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