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- April 26, 2018 at 7:39 am #448896
Hi Mr LittleMike
I have a question about impairment of assets
Is it right that If intangible assets have no market value it shouldnt be impaired and revalued?April 26, 2018 at 7:55 am #448899According to the Framework, an asset is defined as:
“a resource controlled by the entity as a result of past events and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity”
So if an item has no market value it doesn’t satisfy the definition of an asset and should not therefore feature within the financial statements
Where have you read this idea that “If intangible assets have no market value it shouldnt be impaired and revalued”
I don’t recognise the quote
April 26, 2018 at 8:30 am #448910it means that it shouldnt be recognised as intangibles assets and therefore impairment and revaluation shouldnt be occured logically it is true? right? 🙂
April 26, 2018 at 3:29 pm #448962No – if it’s already in the records as an asset and it’s now considered to be without any market value, it needs to be impaired down to zero
OK?
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