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Ias 23

ASacca student3h ago

Hello Stephen,
Ive a question regarding ias 23.

Please assume the company has three qualifying assets: Factory A, Building B and Building C.

Once factory A is complete, but its specific loan remains outstanding, and the company is still constructing buildings B and C using general borrowings, should the loan originally taken for factory A now be included in the general borrowing pool when calculating the capitalisation rate for Buildings B and C? Or should all interest on that loan after Factory A’s completion be expensed in SPL?

I understood from the OT lectures that the interest should be expensed in SPL (once exp has finished on the assets has finished). However, I came across a IAS 23 para that seemed to suggest otherwise, so I wanted to confirm things.

Thank you.

stephenwidbergstephenwidbergTutor8m ago#1

If loan A is not regarded as general borrowings then I would expense.

I suspect that the lender would be very cross if a loan for a specific purpose is being used for something else

This isn't the audit exam, but, if it was, I would look at correspondence with the lender :)

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