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IAS 20Workpapers (Step 4 of 5)

Workpaper assignment

Step 4 of 5
Mission · workpaperWorkpaper · IAS 20L4 · Expert

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Engagement letter

Memo

Engagement letter

Engagement letter: file for the review of the public support of Verdalis Textiles SA (fictitious entity) for the year ended 31 December 20X5. Four forms of support are to be characterised, recorded, presented and documented: a training programme (A), a weaving machine (B), the repayment of an old grant (C) and a government loan (D). The amounts, rates and dates are data of the file; the presentation choices are those of the entity.

Grant repayment file

Government grants file: recognition, presentation, repayment and below-market government loan

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Guided mode

Section 1 of 9

Objective

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Section brief
What to document
The engagement, its scope and the working mode chosen.
Why
A workpaper answers one precise question: framing it avoids off-topic work.
How
Read the objective and the assignment, then choose the mode (guided, semi-guided, professional).
Expected result
You know which question the workpaper must settle, and for which reporting date.
Your role
Preparer of the IAS 20 workpaper
Level
Expert
Estimated time
≈ 60 min
Progress
0 / 5 steps done (review excluded)

Context

Verdalis Textiles SA (fictitious entity, year end 31 December 20X5) has received or is asked to repay four forms of government support: a training programme grant (A), an equipment grant for a machine (B), the repayment of an old equipment grant (C) and an interest-free government loan that finances the extension of a plant (D). The file takes the four forms of support through to the financial statements, with the documents, the judgements, the open points and the review. Teaching simulation: the review trail of the file (preparation, reviewer notes and final sign-off) is simulated for demonstration purposes; it is neither a real review nor a validation of the content.

Assignment

Repayment file

Purpose of the workpaper

For each grant that became repayable (one instance per original presentation method), describe the notification, enter the amount to be repaid and, depending on the method, the deferred income not yet released (deferred income method) or the recalculated depreciation and the depreciation already recognised (deduction method). Compute the surplus to be expensed or the catch-up depreciation, reconcile the deferred income, assess the impairment of the new carrying amount and prepare the entry.

Questions of the file covered by this workpaper

  • Compute the cumulative releases of X to be expensed on repayment.
  • Reconcile the deferred income of X.
  • Record the four forms of support.

Documents in the file

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