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IAS 34Chapter 4Lesson 2

Seasonal revenue, uneven costs and the ban on smoothing

Step 1 of 7Learning objectives

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Recognition criteria are the annual ones: a cost that is not an asset is not deferred, and seasonal revenue and uneven costs are anticipated or deferred only if the annual closing would also justify it.

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Learning objectives

  • Determine that a cost that is not an asset at the interim date is not deferred.
  • Apply the "appropriate at the annual closing" test to seasonal revenue and uneven costs.
  • Distinguish the accounting treatment from the information on seasonality.

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Original teaching content: it paraphrases the standard without reproducing it and does not replace the official text.

Contents — IAS 34 — Interim Financial Reporting

  1. 1 · Not startedWho publishes and under what statement0 / 1 lesson
  2. 2 · Not startedThe content of the interim report0 / 2 lessons
  3. 3 · Not startedThe periods presented0 / 2 lessons
  4. 4 · Not startedRecognition and measurement in interim reporting0 / 2 lessons
  5. 5 · Not startedInterim income tax0 / 2 lessons
  6. 6 · Not startedChanges in accounting policy0 / 1 lesson
  7. 7 · Not startedLinks with other standards0 / 1 lesson