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IAS 24Workpapers (Step 4 of 5)

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WorkpaperIAS 24 — Related Party DisclosuresL2 · L3 · L4

Key management personnel compensation note: total, categories, management entity and other balances

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Objective of the workpaper

List the key management personnel, enter the compensation of the period for each of the five categories, compute the total, examine whether services are obtained from a management entity (judgement, no threshold imposed) and then disclose the amounts incurred, then identify the other transactions and balances with key management. Amounts are case data.

10 sections · 20 blocks · 1 calculation · 1 entry

  • IAS 24 §9
  • IAS 24 §17
  • IAS 24 §17A
  • IAS 24 §18
  • IAS 24 §18A

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File and entity
Key management personnel compensation by category, management entity services and a loan to a manager
Case tasks documented here
  • Who is a member of the key management personnel and what is the relationship with Gestion Altimar SAS?
  • Compute the total compensation of the three employed managers as the sum of the five categories.
  • How should the 150,000 EUR invoiced by the management entity be treated and what must be disclosed?
  • Record the short-term compensation expense payable.
1

Facts and data

Inputs
  • List of key management personnel (authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling)

    Text

    THREE_EMPLOYEES_AND_MANAGEMENT_ENTITY_DIRECTOR

  • Short-term employee benefits

    Number

    640,000

  • Post-employment benefits

    Number

    85,000

  • Other long-term benefits

    Number

    30,000

  • Termination benefits

    Number

    45,000

  • Share-based payment

    Number

    120,000

  • Facts about the management entity: services provided and contract

    Text

  • Amounts incurred with the management entity for those services

    Number

    150,000

  • Other transactions and balances with key management (loans, guarantees, terms)

    Text

2

Supporting evidence

Evidence
  • Evidence obtained and referenced (list of key management, contracts, compensation statements)

    EvidenceRequired

3

Analysis of key management personnel

Analysis

IAS 24 §9IAS 24 §17IAS 24 §17AIAS 24 §18IAS 24 §18A

  • Points reviewed: key management personnel

    ChecklistRequired

    • Persons with authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities, directors included
    • Total and five categories of compensation covered
    • Services obtained from a management entity: amounts incurred disclosed instead of the breakdown of its own staff pay
    • Other transactions and balances with key management identified
4

Total compensation

Calculations

IAS 24 §17

  • Total compensation of key management personnel (sum of the five categories)

    CalculationRequired

    920,000

    Short-term employee benefits ; Post-employment benefits ; Other long-term benefits ; Termination benefits ; Share-based payment

5

Illustrative entries

Entries
  • Entry: short-term compensation expense payable

    Entry

    AccountDebitCredit
    Key management compensation expense640,000
    Key management benefits payable640,000
6

Judgement on the management entity

Judgment

IAS 24 §9IAS 24 §17A

  • Reading of the situation

    JudgmentRequired

    Services obtained from a management entity

    Services obtained from a management entity / Key management engaged directly by the entity

    Professional judgement: the use of a management entity is assessed on the contracts and documented facts; the pay that the management entity gives its own staff is not broken down by category, but the amounts incurred with it are disclosed.

  • Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected

    Text

    CONTRACT_FEES_FOR_DIRECTOR_SERVICES

7

Effect on the financial statements

FS impact
  • Effect derived from the entries

    Table

8

Disclosures about key management

Disclosure

IAS 24 §17IAS 24 §17AIAS 24 §18IAS 24 §18A

  • Points to complete

    ChecklistRequired

    • Total and each of the five categories
    • Amounts incurred for the management entity services
    • Nature of the relationship, amounts of transactions and balances
    • Terms, security and guarantees attached to the balances
    • Information given separately for the key management personnel category
  • Draft note on key management compensation

    Text

9

Conclusion

Conclusion
  • Compensation, judgement on the management entity, entry and note submitted to the reviewer

    ConclusionRequired

10

Normative references

References
  • Paragraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status)

    References

11

Checks and financial statement impact

  • Judgement documentedPass
  • Rationale writtenPass
Assets
0
Liabilities
640,000
Profit or loss
-640,000
OCI
0
Equity
-640,000