IAS 24 · Workpapers (Step 4 of 5)
Workpaper assignment
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Related party identification map: persons, entities, exclusions, substance and parent: Group related party map
Group file: close family, entities controlled by a manager, post-employment plan, management entity, arm's length, aggregation and public fund
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Objective
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 24 workpaper
- Level
- Expert
- Estimated time
- ≈ 45 min
- Progress
- 0 / 3 steps done (review excluded)
Context
Valmora Matériaux SA (fictitious entity) closes its books on 31 December 20X6. Its chief executive, Mr Marc Bastide, controls two companies that work with the entity, Bastide Immobilier SARL (offices leased) and Bastide Transports SARL (transport). His father, Mr Lucien Bastide, is consulted by him on major decisions; the sister of the chief financial officer, Ms Hélène Roux, has no business or financial link with him. The chief financial officer is provided by Conseil Financier Altair SAS. The employees have a post-employment plan, Valmora Prévoyance, and the Regional Fund Valdor, a public fund, sits on the board and has significant influence over the entity. The person in charge of the file must settle several judgements before the note.
Assignment
Related party identification map
Purpose of the workpaper
Describe the group structure and the facts about persons (key management, close family), enter each relationship examined in the map with its category and basis, review the links and the exclusions, justify the assessment of substance (professional judgement, no threshold imposed), then name the parent and the ultimate controlling party.
Questions of the file covered by this workpaper
- Are Mr Lucien Bastide and Ms Roux close family members to retain? Justify each case.
- Are Bastide Immobilier SARL, Bastide Transports SARL, the plan, the management entity and the fund related parties? On what substance?
- Draw up the map: number of related parties retained and of parties excluded.
Documents in the file
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