IAS 36 · Workpapers (Step 4 of 5)
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Reversal of an impairment loss
Professional file: annual impairment review of an industrial group
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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 36 workpaper
- Level
- Expert
- Estimated time
- ≈ 40 min
- Progress
- 0 / 5 steps done (review excluded)
Context
Corvenne Industries (a fictitious group) manufactures fluid-handling equipment. The group closes its year on 31 December, applies the cost model to its non-current assets and monitors three activities: industrial pumps (unit A), valves (unit B) and maintenance services (unit C). In 20X3 it acquired Hydra Pompes: the goodwill and the Hydra brand, with an indefinite useful life, arising from that business combination are in the statement of financial position. A shared IT services centre serves the three units. You are in charge of the annual impairment review file at 31 December 20X5: indicator review, identification of units, recoverable amount, allocation of losses, reversal of a prior loss, entries, disclosure note, replies to the reviewer's notes and conclusion. The measurements made under IFRS 13, the measurement of goodwill under IFRS 3 and the treatment of any restructuring plan under IAS 37 are given data; deferred tax effects (IAS 12) are outside the scope of the file.
Assignment
Workpaper Reversal of an impairment loss (line M7, 20X5).
Purpose of the workpaper
Check that there is an indication of reversal and a change in estimates (not only the unwinding of the discount), cap the carrying amount at the amount that would have existed without the prior loss, allocate the reversal between profit or loss and other comprehensive income according to the history of the asset, record it and recalculate the future charge. A goodwill loss is never reversed.
Questions of the file covered by this workpaper
- Calculate the reversal of the impairment loss of line M7 and its future depreciation.
- Which entries do you record at 31 December 20X5?
Documents in the file
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