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Proposed dividends and changes in equity

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA FA – FIA FFA › Proposed dividends and changes in equity

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • March 25, 2015 at 10:53 am #238727
    Xairie
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    Hello John,
    Can u please tell me whether proposed dividends would appear under the heading of current liability..
    And secondly whether things like fixed asset replacement reserve would appear in statement of changes in equity? Plus would tht become a part of appropriation in income statement aswell?

    Waiting for ur response

    March 25, 2015 at 11:24 am #238736
    John Moffat
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    Propose dividends appear nowhere in the financial statements (because if they have only been proposed, they are not certain – they only become definite when shareholders have voted on them).

    All reserves appear in the Statement of changes in equity. There will no mention of it in the Statement of Profit or Loss. If there has been an appropriation during the year, then this will appear only in the Statement of changes in equity as a reduction in Retained Earnings and an increased in Non-current assets replacement reserve (we stopped calling them fixed assets many years ago 🙂 )

    March 25, 2015 at 3:27 pm #238768
    Xairie
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    Yeah lol.same thing, examiner doesnot deduct marks on using different terminologies though ????..

    Thankyou so much for the help anyhow.

    March 25, 2015 at 5:31 pm #238813
    John Moffat
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    No – they cannot deduct marks for different terminologies because the style of the exam does not require you to give terminologies.

    I only mentioned it because the questions will use current terminologies and I would not want you to be confused.

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