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IAS 40 Investment property

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  • This topic has 5 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by AvatarMikeLittle.
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  • September 20, 2016 at 6:08 am #340986
    Avatarunaiza
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    This is an Examples taken from bpp text.

    Investment property

    C) a building held by a parent and leased to a subsidiary. Note, however, that while this is regarded as an investment property in the individual parent company financial statements in the consolidated financial statements this property will be regarded as owner occupied (because it is occupied by the group) and will therefore be treated in accordance with IAS16.

    My question is in IAS 17 Lease I have read it that a lessor will not write it as a non current asset in his accounts rather as he would be receiving money therefore will write as receivable.
    On the other hand leasee will account it as a non current asset. So here in the above example parent company is a lessor and subsidiary is a leasee. So why it would be regarded as an investment property in the individual parent company financial statements.

    September 20, 2016 at 8:21 am #340997
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    Because, so far as the individual parent entity is concerned, it’s an investment property!

    It’s only when we get to consolidate that we view the group as a single entity

    September 20, 2016 at 10:38 am #341004
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    I got your point concerning the treatment for group accounts and as a single entity

    but what about this
    in IAS 17 LEASE topic in bpp I have read it that a lessor will not write it as a non current asset in his accounts rather as he would be receiving money therefore will write as receivable.
    On the other hand leasee will account it as a non current asset. So here in the above example parent company is a lessor and subsidiary is a leasee. So why it would be regarded as an investment property in the individual parent company financial statements.

    September 20, 2016 at 2:46 pm #341031
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    If the owner were to acquire a property as an investment and rent out office space as a landlord, that would be investment property

    If that same owner were instead to acquire a property as an investment and lease it out under a finance lease – for the whole or substantially the whole of the asset’s estimated useful life – then it would no longer be classed as a long-term asset but would instead be treated as a receivable

    We can’t have 2 entities treating the SAME property as an asset!

    On consolidation, the obligation in the lessee’s financial statements will cancel against the receivable in the lessor’s records.

    That will leave the asset in the statement of financial position of the lessee and ready for incorporation into the consolidated financial statements

    Ok now?

    September 21, 2016 at 10:56 am #341205
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    Ok thanks

    September 21, 2016 at 3:41 pm #341233
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    You’re welcome

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