IAS 24 · Workpapers (Step 4 of 5)
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Key management personnel compensation note: total, categories, management entity and other balances
Key management personnel compensation by category, management entity services and a loan to a manager
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Context
Sorelvia Énergie SA (fictitious entity) closes its books on 31 December 20X6. Its key management personnel comprises three salaried managers (chief executive, chief financial officer, chief operating officer). The investment director is made available to it by Gestion Altimar SAS, a separate advisory company that invoices its services to the entity. A loan was granted to the chief financial officer. The accounting department prepares the note on key management compensation.
Assignment
Key management personnel compensation note
Purpose 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.
Questions of the file covered by this workpaper
- 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.
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