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- August 12, 2020 at 11:57 pm #580324
I Believe this article need to be updated.
it states that
For Financial asset at FVOCI
“Upon derecognition, any gain or loss is based upon the carrying amount at the date of disposal. One important point is that there is no recycling of any amounts previously taken to equity in earlier accounting periods. Instead, at derecognition, an entity may choose to make an equity transfer from other components of equity to retained earnings as any amounts previously taken to equity can now be regarded as having been realised.”
However standard IFRS 9 states that
B5.7.1
Paragraph 5.7.5 permits an entity to make an irrevocable election to present in other comprehensive income changes in the fair value of an investment in an equity instrument that is not held for trading. This election is made on an instrument-by-instrument (ie share-by-share) basis. Amounts presented in other comprehensive income shall not be subsequently transferred to profit or loss. However, the entity may transfer the cumulative gain or loss within equity. Dividends on such investments are recognised in profit or loss in accordance with paragraph 5.7.6 unless the dividend clearly represents a recovery of part of the cost of the investment
B5.7.1A
Unless paragraph 4.1.5 applies, paragraph 4.1.2A requires that a financial asset is measured at fair value through other comprehensive income if the contractual terms of the financial asset give rise to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding and the asset is held in a business model whose objective is achieved by both collecting contractual cash flows and selling financial assets. This measurement category recognises information in profit or loss as if the financial asset is measured at amortised cost, while the financial asset is measured in the statement of financial position at fair value. Gains or losses, other than those that are recognised in profit or loss in accordance with paragraphs 5.7.10?–?5.7.11, are recognised in other comprehensive income. When these financial assets are derecognised, cumulative gains or losses previously recognised in other comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss. This reflects the gain or loss that would have been recognised in profit or loss upon derecognition if the financial asset had been measured at amortised cost.
so for Equity instrument (Financial assets) classified as FVOCI its no reclassification to p and loss but if its Debt instrument you can reclassify gain or losses in OCI to profit and loss.
Moreover The impairment calculated in example Illustration 2 is not in accordance with the standard.
August 13, 2020 at 1:13 pm #580384This ACCA article was written a long time ago. Standards change all the time.
Your understanding of the below is correct:
“so for Equity instrument (Financial assets) classified as FVOCI its no reclassification to p and loss but if its Debt instrument you can reclassify gain or losses in OCI to profit and loss.”
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