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Determine the best estimate of the expenditure (expected value, midpoint of a range or most likely outcome adjusted), justify how risks and future events are reflected, discount it at a pre-tax rate where the effect is material, then record the recognition entry.
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- IAS 37 §8
- IAS 37
- IAS 37
- IAS 37
- IAS 37 §39
- IAS 37
- IAS 37
- IAS 37 §42
- IAS 37 §43
- IAS 37 §45
- IAS 37
- IAS 37 §47
- IAS 37 §48
- IAS 37 §49
- IAS 37 §50
- IAS 37 §51
- IAS 37 §52
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- Restoration of a quarry site: best estimate, discounting, unwinding and revisionOpen the mission · Track restoration
- Restoration of a quarry site: best estimate, discounting, unwinding and revisionOpen the mission · Dismantling — 1 January 20X1
- Restoration of a quarry site: best estimate, discounting, unwinding and revisionOpen the mission · Dismantling — 31 December 20X1
- Professional file: review of the provisions and contingencies of an industrial groupOpen the mission · Merquin warranties
- Professional file: review of the provisions and contingencies of an industrial groupOpen the mission · Corvella dispute
- Professional file: review of the provisions and contingencies of an industrial groupOpen the mission · Quessandre clean-up
- Professional file: review of the provisions and contingencies of an industrial groupOpen the mission · Vellmont remediation
7 instances from the cases: the calculations and entries below are run by the calculation engine.
- File and entity
- Restoration of a quarry site: best estimate, discounting, unwinding and revision
- Case tasks documented here
- Determine the best estimate of the expenditure taking future events into account.
- Calculate the present value of each expenditure and the provision at 1 January 20X1.
- Record the entries recognising the provision at 1 January 20X1.
Inputs
InputsObligation measured (nature, large population or single obligation, expected timing)
TextRequired
ACCESS_TRACK_RESTORATION
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Table
Case data or management estimate: the outcomes and their probabilities are data, never set by the standard.
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end
Number
Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Number
The midpoint of a range is half the sum of its ends: enter 50.
Pre-tax discount rate (%)
Number
8 %
Case data: the standard describes the characteristics of the rate (para. 47) without setting a rate.
Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Number
1 units
Model assumption: a single outflow at a given date. With 0 periods, the present value equals the expenditure retained; discounting is required only where the effect of the time value of money is material (para. 45).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Best estimate
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §42IAS 37 §43
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Amount the entity would rationally pay to settle the obligation at the reporting date or to transfer it to a third party at that date
- Management judgement, experience of similar transactions, experts' reports, events after the reporting period
- Large population: expected value (outcomes weighted by their probabilities)
- Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: midpoint of the range
- Single obligation: most likely outcome, a higher or lower estimate if the other outcomes are mostly higher or mostly lower
- Measured before tax (tax consequences under IAS 12)
- Risks and uncertainties taken into account, without excessive provisions or double counting of risk adjustments
Discounting
AnalysisIAS 37 §45IAS 37IAS 37 §47
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Effect of the time value of money material: provision at the present value of the expected expenditures
- Pre-tax rate reflecting current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability
- Risks already reflected in the estimated cash flows not reflected again in the rate
Future events and expected disposals
AnalysisIAS 37 §48IAS 37 §49IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51IAS 37 §52
Points examined
Checklist
- Future event reflected only where there is sufficient objective evidence that it will occur
- Technological change: reasonable expectations of qualified and objective observers; entirely new technology only if supported by objective evidence
- Possible new legislation: taken into account if its enactment is virtually certain (evidence of its content, its enactment and its implementation)
- Gains from the expected disposal of assets excluded, even if the disposal is closely linked to the event giving rise to the provision
Expected disposal gains (amount not included in the provision)
Number
Estimate and present value
CalculationsIAS 37 §8IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47
Expected value (Σ amount × probability)
Calculation
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Most likely individual outcome (before any adjustment)
Calculation
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Midpoint of the range ((low end + high end) × 50 %)
Calculation
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end ; Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Provision to recognise: present value of the expenditure retained (expenditure / (1 + rate)^n)
CalculationRequired
50,000
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting ; Pre-tax discount rate (%) ; Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Number
Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Number
50,000
Journal entries
EntriesProvision recognised as an expense
Entry
Debit Provision expense ← Part of the provision recognised as an expense ; Credit Provision ← Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Provision included in the cost of an item of property, plant and equipment
Entry
Account Debit Credit Property, plant and equipment 50,000 Provision 50,000 Which standard does what. IAS 37: recognition and measurement of the obligation (the provision); IAS 37 neither requires nor prohibits capitalisation, which is left to other standards (para. 8). IAS 16: inclusion of the initial dismantling cost in the cost of the item of property, plant and equipment, when the applicable criteria are met (to be established by the case data). IFRIC 1: subsequent changes in that existing obligation (outside this template). IAS 16 / IFRIC 1 interaction — reading adopted in this course.
Method, rate and future events
JudgmentIAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §43IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47IAS 37 §48IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51
Basis of the best estimate
JudgmentRequired
Most likely outcome, without adjustment
Expected value (large population) / Midpoint of a continuous range / Most likely outcome, without adjustment / Most likely outcome adjusted (other outcomes mostly higher or lower)
Professional judgement (paras. 39 and 40): the basis depends on the nature of the obligation. Adjusting the most likely outcome is a documented judgement; the model does not calculate it.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting
NumberRequired
54,000
Take the result of the basis retained (expected value, midpoint or most likely outcome), adjusted where relevant; the amount of an adjustment is a documented judgement, never set by the standard.
Discounting and rate retained
JudgmentRequired
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk)
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk) / Pre-tax rate excluding the risks already reflected in the cash flows / No discounting (effect not material)
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Future events
JudgmentRequired
No relevant future event
Reflected (sufficient objective evidence) / Not reflected (insufficient evidence) / No relevant future event
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionAmount of the provision, method and assumptions retained, entries
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The basis of the best estimate is documentedPass
- The decision to discount and the rate retained are documentedPass
- The treatment of future events is documentedPass
- The amount of the provision is determinedPass
- The provision is fully split between expense and the cost of an assetNot evaluated
- The provision expense entry is balancedNot evaluated
- The capitalisation entry is balancedPass
- Assets
- 50,000
- Liabilities
- 50,000
- Profit or loss
- 0
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- 0
- File and entity
- Restoration of a quarry site: best estimate, discounting, unwinding and revision
- Case tasks documented here
- Determine the best estimate of the expenditure taking future events into account.
- Calculate the present value of each expenditure and the provision at 1 January 20X1.
- Record the entries recognising the provision at 1 January 20X1.
Inputs
InputsObligation measured (nature, large population or single obligation, expected timing)
TextRequired
CRUSHING_PLANT_DISMANTLING
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Table
Case data or management estimate: the outcomes and their probabilities are data, never set by the standard.
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end
Number
Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Number
The midpoint of a range is half the sum of its ends: enter 50.
Pre-tax discount rate (%)
Number
8 %
Case data: the standard describes the characteristics of the rate (para. 47) without setting a rate.
Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Number
3 units
Model assumption: a single outflow at a given date. With 0 periods, the present value equals the expenditure retained; discounting is required only where the effect of the time value of money is material (para. 45).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Best estimate
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §42IAS 37 §43
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Amount the entity would rationally pay to settle the obligation at the reporting date or to transfer it to a third party at that date
- Management judgement, experience of similar transactions, experts' reports, events after the reporting period
- Large population: expected value (outcomes weighted by their probabilities)
- Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: midpoint of the range
- Single obligation: most likely outcome, a higher or lower estimate if the other outcomes are mostly higher or mostly lower
- Measured before tax (tax consequences under IAS 12)
- Risks and uncertainties taken into account, without excessive provisions or double counting of risk adjustments
Discounting
AnalysisIAS 37 §45IAS 37IAS 37 §47
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Effect of the time value of money material: provision at the present value of the expected expenditures
- Pre-tax rate reflecting current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability
- Risks already reflected in the estimated cash flows not reflected again in the rate
Future events and expected disposals
AnalysisIAS 37 §48IAS 37 §49IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51IAS 37 §52
Points examined
Checklist
- Future event reflected only where there is sufficient objective evidence that it will occur
- Technological change: reasonable expectations of qualified and objective observers; entirely new technology only if supported by objective evidence
- Possible new legislation: taken into account if its enactment is virtually certain (evidence of its content, its enactment and its implementation)
- Gains from the expected disposal of assets excluded, even if the disposal is closely linked to the event giving rise to the provision
Expected disposal gains (amount not included in the provision)
Number
35,000
Estimate and present value
CalculationsIAS 37 §8IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47
Expected value (Σ amount × probability)
Calculation
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Most likely individual outcome (before any adjustment)
Calculation
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Midpoint of the range ((low end + high end) × 50 %)
Calculation
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end ; Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Provision to recognise: present value of the expenditure retained (expenditure / (1 + rate)^n)
CalculationRequired
500,000
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting ; Pre-tax discount rate (%) ; Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Number
Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Number
500,000
Journal entries
EntriesProvision recognised as an expense
Entry
Debit Provision expense ← Part of the provision recognised as an expense ; Credit Provision ← Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Provision included in the cost of an item of property, plant and equipment
Entry
Account Debit Credit Property, plant and equipment 500,000 Provision 500,000 Which standard does what. IAS 37: recognition and measurement of the obligation (the provision); IAS 37 neither requires nor prohibits capitalisation, which is left to other standards (para. 8). IAS 16: inclusion of the initial dismantling cost in the cost of the item of property, plant and equipment, when the applicable criteria are met (to be established by the case data). IFRIC 1: subsequent changes in that existing obligation (outside this template). IAS 16 / IFRIC 1 interaction — reading adopted in this course.
Method, rate and future events
JudgmentIAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §43IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47IAS 37 §48IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51
Basis of the best estimate
JudgmentRequired
Most likely outcome, without adjustment
Expected value (large population) / Midpoint of a continuous range / Most likely outcome, without adjustment / Most likely outcome adjusted (other outcomes mostly higher or lower)
Professional judgement (paras. 39 and 40): the basis depends on the nature of the obligation. Adjusting the most likely outcome is a documented judgement; the model does not calculate it.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting
NumberRequired
629,856
Take the result of the basis retained (expected value, midpoint or most likely outcome), adjusted where relevant; the amount of an adjustment is a documented judgement, never set by the standard.
Discounting and rate retained
JudgmentRequired
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk)
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk) / Pre-tax rate excluding the risks already reflected in the cash flows / No discounting (effect not material)
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Future events
JudgmentRequired
Reflected (sufficient objective evidence)
Reflected (sufficient objective evidence) / Not reflected (insufficient evidence) / No relevant future event
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionAmount of the provision, method and assumptions retained, entries
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The basis of the best estimate is documentedPass
- The decision to discount and the rate retained are documentedPass
- The treatment of future events is documentedPass
- The amount of the provision is determinedPass
- The provision is fully split between expense and the cost of an assetNot evaluated
- The provision expense entry is balancedNot evaluated
- The capitalisation entry is balancedPass
- Assets
- 500,000
- Liabilities
- 500,000
- Profit or loss
- 0
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- 0
- File and entity
- Restoration of a quarry site: best estimate, discounting, unwinding and revision
- Case tasks documented here
- Determine the best estimate of the expenditure taking future events into account.
- Calculate the present value of each expenditure and the provision at 1 January 20X1.
- Record the entries recognising the provision at 1 January 20X1.
Inputs
InputsObligation measured (nature, large population or single obligation, expected timing)
TextRequired
CRUSHING_PLANT_DISMANTLING
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Table
Case data or management estimate: the outcomes and their probabilities are data, never set by the standard.
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end
Number
Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Number
The midpoint of a range is half the sum of its ends: enter 50.
Pre-tax discount rate (%)
Number
8 %
Case data: the standard describes the characteristics of the rate (para. 47) without setting a rate.
Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Number
2 units
Model assumption: a single outflow at a given date. With 0 periods, the present value equals the expenditure retained; discounting is required only where the effect of the time value of money is material (para. 45).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Best estimate
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §42IAS 37 §43
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Amount the entity would rationally pay to settle the obligation at the reporting date or to transfer it to a third party at that date
- Management judgement, experience of similar transactions, experts' reports, events after the reporting period
- Large population: expected value (outcomes weighted by their probabilities)
- Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: midpoint of the range
- Single obligation: most likely outcome, a higher or lower estimate if the other outcomes are mostly higher or mostly lower
- Measured before tax (tax consequences under IAS 12)
- Risks and uncertainties taken into account, without excessive provisions or double counting of risk adjustments
Discounting
AnalysisIAS 37 §45IAS 37IAS 37 §47
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Effect of the time value of money material: provision at the present value of the expected expenditures
- Pre-tax rate reflecting current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability
- Risks already reflected in the estimated cash flows not reflected again in the rate
Future events and expected disposals
AnalysisIAS 37 §48IAS 37 §49IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51IAS 37 §52
Points examined
Checklist
- Future event reflected only where there is sufficient objective evidence that it will occur
- Technological change: reasonable expectations of qualified and objective observers; entirely new technology only if supported by objective evidence
- Possible new legislation: taken into account if its enactment is virtually certain (evidence of its content, its enactment and its implementation)
- Gains from the expected disposal of assets excluded, even if the disposal is closely linked to the event giving rise to the provision
Expected disposal gains (amount not included in the provision)
Number
Estimate and present value
CalculationsIAS 37 §8IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47
Expected value (Σ amount × probability)
Calculation
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Most likely individual outcome (before any adjustment)
Calculation
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Midpoint of the range ((low end + high end) × 50 %)
Calculation
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end ; Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Provision to recognise: present value of the expenditure retained (expenditure / (1 + rate)^n)
CalculationRequired
540,000
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting ; Pre-tax discount rate (%) ; Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Number
Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Number
Journal entries
EntriesProvision recognised as an expense
Entry
Debit Provision expense ← Part of the provision recognised as an expense ; Credit Provision ← Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Provision included in the cost of an item of property, plant and equipment
Entry
Debit Property, plant and equipment ← Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8) ; Credit Provision ← Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Which standard does what. IAS 37: recognition and measurement of the obligation (the provision); IAS 37 neither requires nor prohibits capitalisation, which is left to other standards (para. 8). IAS 16: inclusion of the initial dismantling cost in the cost of the item of property, plant and equipment, when the applicable criteria are met (to be established by the case data). IFRIC 1: subsequent changes in that existing obligation (outside this template). IAS 16 / IFRIC 1 interaction — reading adopted in this course.
Method, rate and future events
JudgmentIAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §43IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47IAS 37 §48IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51
Basis of the best estimate
JudgmentRequired
Most likely outcome, without adjustment
Expected value (large population) / Midpoint of a continuous range / Most likely outcome, without adjustment / Most likely outcome adjusted (other outcomes mostly higher or lower)
Professional judgement (paras. 39 and 40): the basis depends on the nature of the obligation. Adjusting the most likely outcome is a documented judgement; the model does not calculate it.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting
NumberRequired
629,856
Take the result of the basis retained (expected value, midpoint or most likely outcome), adjusted where relevant; the amount of an adjustment is a documented judgement, never set by the standard.
Discounting and rate retained
JudgmentRequired
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk)
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk) / Pre-tax rate excluding the risks already reflected in the cash flows / No discounting (effect not material)
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Future events
JudgmentRequired
Reflected (sufficient objective evidence)
Reflected (sufficient objective evidence) / Not reflected (insufficient evidence) / No relevant future event
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionAmount of the provision, method and assumptions retained, entries
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The basis of the best estimate is documentedPass
- The decision to discount and the rate retained are documentedPass
- The treatment of future events is documentedPass
- The amount of the provision is determinedPass
- The provision is fully split between expense and the cost of an assetNot evaluated
- The provision expense entry is balancedNot evaluated
- The capitalisation entry is balancedNot evaluated
- Assets
- 0
- Liabilities
- 0
- Profit or loss
- 0
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- 0
- File and entity
- Professional file: review of the provisions and contingencies of an industrial group
- Case tasks documented here
- Calculate the expected value of the Merquin warranties and of the outcomes of the Corvella dispute.
- Determine the best estimate of the Corvella dispute and the treatment of the insurer's reimbursement.
- Discount the Quessandre provision and re-estimate the Vellmont remediation.
- Record the closing entries.
Inputs
InputsObligation measured (nature, large population or single obligation, expected timing)
TextRequired
MERQUIN_PUMP_WARRANTIES
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Table
NO_CLAIM · NO_REPAIR · 0 · 65 | MINOR · MINOR_DEFECTS · 240,000 · 30 | MAJOR · MAJOR_DEFECTS · 1,300,000 · 5
Case data or management estimate: the outcomes and their probabilities are data, never set by the standard.
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end
Number
Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Number
The midpoint of a range is half the sum of its ends: enter 50.
Pre-tax discount rate (%)
Number
0 %
Case data: the standard describes the characteristics of the rate (para. 47) without setting a rate.
Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Number
0 units
Model assumption: a single outflow at a given date. With 0 periods, the present value equals the expenditure retained; discounting is required only where the effect of the time value of money is material (para. 45).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Best estimate
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §42IAS 37 §43
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Amount the entity would rationally pay to settle the obligation at the reporting date or to transfer it to a third party at that date
- Management judgement, experience of similar transactions, experts' reports, events after the reporting period
- Large population: expected value (outcomes weighted by their probabilities)
- Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: midpoint of the range
- Single obligation: most likely outcome, a higher or lower estimate if the other outcomes are mostly higher or mostly lower
- Measured before tax (tax consequences under IAS 12)
- Risks and uncertainties taken into account, without excessive provisions or double counting of risk adjustments
Discounting
AnalysisIAS 37 §45IAS 37IAS 37 §47
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Effect of the time value of money material: provision at the present value of the expected expenditures
- Pre-tax rate reflecting current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability
- Risks already reflected in the estimated cash flows not reflected again in the rate
Future events and expected disposals
AnalysisIAS 37 §48IAS 37 §49IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51IAS 37 §52
Points examined
Checklist
- Future event reflected only where there is sufficient objective evidence that it will occur
- Technological change: reasonable expectations of qualified and objective observers; entirely new technology only if supported by objective evidence
- Possible new legislation: taken into account if its enactment is virtually certain (evidence of its content, its enactment and its implementation)
- Gains from the expected disposal of assets excluded, even if the disposal is closely linked to the event giving rise to the provision
Expected disposal gains (amount not included in the provision)
Number
Estimate and present value
CalculationsIAS 37 §8IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47
Expected value (Σ amount × probability)
Calculation
137,000
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Most likely individual outcome (before any adjustment)
Calculation
0
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Midpoint of the range ((low end + high end) × 50 %)
Calculation
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end ; Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Provision to recognise: present value of the expenditure retained (expenditure / (1 + rate)^n)
CalculationRequired
137,000
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting ; Pre-tax discount rate (%) ; Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Number
137,000
Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Number
Journal entries
EntriesProvision recognised as an expense
Entry
Account Debit Credit Provision expense 137,000 Provision 137,000 Provision included in the cost of an item of property, plant and equipment
Entry
Debit Property, plant and equipment ← Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8) ; Credit Provision ← Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Which standard does what. IAS 37: recognition and measurement of the obligation (the provision); IAS 37 neither requires nor prohibits capitalisation, which is left to other standards (para. 8). IAS 16: inclusion of the initial dismantling cost in the cost of the item of property, plant and equipment, when the applicable criteria are met (to be established by the case data). IFRIC 1: subsequent changes in that existing obligation (outside this template). IAS 16 / IFRIC 1 interaction — reading adopted in this course.
Method, rate and future events
JudgmentIAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §43IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47IAS 37 §48IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51
Basis of the best estimate
JudgmentRequired
Expected value (large population)
Expected value (large population) / Midpoint of a continuous range / Most likely outcome, without adjustment / Most likely outcome adjusted (other outcomes mostly higher or lower)
Professional judgement (paras. 39 and 40): the basis depends on the nature of the obligation. Adjusting the most likely outcome is a documented judgement; the model does not calculate it.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting
NumberRequired
137,000
Take the result of the basis retained (expected value, midpoint or most likely outcome), adjusted where relevant; the amount of an adjustment is a documented judgement, never set by the standard.
Discounting and rate retained
JudgmentRequired
No discounting (effect not material)
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk) / Pre-tax rate excluding the risks already reflected in the cash flows / No discounting (effect not material)
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Future events
JudgmentRequired
No relevant future event
Reflected (sufficient objective evidence) / Not reflected (insufficient evidence) / No relevant future event
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionAmount of the provision, method and assumptions retained, entries
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The basis of the best estimate is documentedPass
- The decision to discount and the rate retained are documentedPass
- The treatment of future events is documentedPass
- The amount of the provision is determinedPass
- The provision is fully split between expense and the cost of an assetNot evaluated
- The provision expense entry is balancedPass
- The capitalisation entry is balancedNot evaluated
- Assets
- 0
- Liabilities
- 137,000
- Profit or loss
- -137,000
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- -137,000
- File and entity
- Professional file: review of the provisions and contingencies of an industrial group
- Case tasks documented here
- Calculate the expected value of the Merquin warranties and of the outcomes of the Corvella dispute.
- Determine the best estimate of the Corvella dispute and the treatment of the insurer's reimbursement.
- Discount the Quessandre provision and re-estimate the Vellmont remediation.
- Record the closing entries.
Inputs
InputsObligation measured (nature, large population or single obligation, expected timing)
TextRequired
CORVELLA_CROP_LOSS_CLAIM
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Table
SETTLEMENT · NEGOTIATED_SETTLEMENT · 420,000 · 60 | AWARD · PARTIAL_AWARD · 700,000 · 30 | FULL_CLAIM · FULL_CLAIM_AWARDED · 900,000 · 10
Case data or management estimate: the outcomes and their probabilities are data, never set by the standard.
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end
Number
Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Number
The midpoint of a range is half the sum of its ends: enter 50.
Pre-tax discount rate (%)
Number
0 %
Case data: the standard describes the characteristics of the rate (para. 47) without setting a rate.
Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Number
0 units
Model assumption: a single outflow at a given date. With 0 periods, the present value equals the expenditure retained; discounting is required only where the effect of the time value of money is material (para. 45).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Best estimate
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §42IAS 37 §43
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Amount the entity would rationally pay to settle the obligation at the reporting date or to transfer it to a third party at that date
- Management judgement, experience of similar transactions, experts' reports, events after the reporting period
- Large population: expected value (outcomes weighted by their probabilities)
- Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: midpoint of the range
- Single obligation: most likely outcome, a higher or lower estimate if the other outcomes are mostly higher or mostly lower
- Measured before tax (tax consequences under IAS 12)
- Risks and uncertainties taken into account, without excessive provisions or double counting of risk adjustments
Discounting
AnalysisIAS 37 §45IAS 37IAS 37 §47
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Effect of the time value of money material: provision at the present value of the expected expenditures
- Pre-tax rate reflecting current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability
- Risks already reflected in the estimated cash flows not reflected again in the rate
Future events and expected disposals
AnalysisIAS 37 §48IAS 37 §49IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51IAS 37 §52
Points examined
Checklist
- Future event reflected only where there is sufficient objective evidence that it will occur
- Technological change: reasonable expectations of qualified and objective observers; entirely new technology only if supported by objective evidence
- Possible new legislation: taken into account if its enactment is virtually certain (evidence of its content, its enactment and its implementation)
- Gains from the expected disposal of assets excluded, even if the disposal is closely linked to the event giving rise to the provision
Expected disposal gains (amount not included in the provision)
Number
Estimate and present value
CalculationsIAS 37 §8IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47
Expected value (Σ amount × probability)
Calculation
552,000
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Most likely individual outcome (before any adjustment)
Calculation
420,000
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Midpoint of the range ((low end + high end) × 50 %)
Calculation
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end ; Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Provision to recognise: present value of the expenditure retained (expenditure / (1 + rate)^n)
CalculationRequired
500,000
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting ; Pre-tax discount rate (%) ; Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Number
500,000
Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Number
Journal entries
EntriesProvision recognised as an expense
Entry
Account Debit Credit Provision expense 500,000 Provision 500,000 Provision included in the cost of an item of property, plant and equipment
Entry
Debit Property, plant and equipment ← Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8) ; Credit Provision ← Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Which standard does what. IAS 37: recognition and measurement of the obligation (the provision); IAS 37 neither requires nor prohibits capitalisation, which is left to other standards (para. 8). IAS 16: inclusion of the initial dismantling cost in the cost of the item of property, plant and equipment, when the applicable criteria are met (to be established by the case data). IFRIC 1: subsequent changes in that existing obligation (outside this template). IAS 16 / IFRIC 1 interaction — reading adopted in this course.
Method, rate and future events
JudgmentIAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §43IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47IAS 37 §48IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51
Basis of the best estimate
JudgmentRequired
Most likely outcome adjusted (other outcomes mostly higher or lower)
Expected value (large population) / Midpoint of a continuous range / Most likely outcome, without adjustment / Most likely outcome adjusted (other outcomes mostly higher or lower)
Professional judgement (paras. 39 and 40): the basis depends on the nature of the obligation. Adjusting the most likely outcome is a documented judgement; the model does not calculate it.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting
NumberRequired
500,000
Take the result of the basis retained (expected value, midpoint or most likely outcome), adjusted where relevant; the amount of an adjustment is a documented judgement, never set by the standard.
Discounting and rate retained
JudgmentRequired
No discounting (effect not material)
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk) / Pre-tax rate excluding the risks already reflected in the cash flows / No discounting (effect not material)
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Future events
JudgmentRequired
No relevant future event
Reflected (sufficient objective evidence) / Not reflected (insufficient evidence) / No relevant future event
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionAmount of the provision, method and assumptions retained, entries
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The basis of the best estimate is documentedPass
- The decision to discount and the rate retained are documentedPass
- The treatment of future events is documentedPass
- The amount of the provision is determinedPass
- The provision is fully split between expense and the cost of an assetNot evaluated
- The provision expense entry is balancedPass
- The capitalisation entry is balancedNot evaluated
- Assets
- 0
- Liabilities
- 500,000
- Profit or loss
- -500,000
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- -500,000
- File and entity
- Professional file: review of the provisions and contingencies of an industrial group
- Case tasks documented here
- Calculate the expected value of the Merquin warranties and of the outcomes of the Corvella dispute.
- Determine the best estimate of the Corvella dispute and the treatment of the insurer's reimbursement.
- Discount the Quessandre provision and re-estimate the Vellmont remediation.
- Record the closing entries.
Inputs
InputsObligation measured (nature, large population or single obligation, expected timing)
TextRequired
QUESSANDRE_SITE_DECONTAMINATION
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Table
Case data or management estimate: the outcomes and their probabilities are data, never set by the standard.
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end
Number
Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Number
The midpoint of a range is half the sum of its ends: enter 50.
Pre-tax discount rate (%)
Number
4 %
Case data: the standard describes the characteristics of the rate (para. 47) without setting a rate.
Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Number
1 units
Model assumption: a single outflow at a given date. With 0 periods, the present value equals the expenditure retained; discounting is required only where the effect of the time value of money is material (para. 45).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Best estimate
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §42IAS 37 §43
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Amount the entity would rationally pay to settle the obligation at the reporting date or to transfer it to a third party at that date
- Management judgement, experience of similar transactions, experts' reports, events after the reporting period
- Large population: expected value (outcomes weighted by their probabilities)
- Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: midpoint of the range
- Single obligation: most likely outcome, a higher or lower estimate if the other outcomes are mostly higher or mostly lower
- Measured before tax (tax consequences under IAS 12)
- Risks and uncertainties taken into account, without excessive provisions or double counting of risk adjustments
Discounting
AnalysisIAS 37 §45IAS 37IAS 37 §47
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Effect of the time value of money material: provision at the present value of the expected expenditures
- Pre-tax rate reflecting current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability
- Risks already reflected in the estimated cash flows not reflected again in the rate
Future events and expected disposals
AnalysisIAS 37 §48IAS 37 §49IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51IAS 37 §52
Points examined
Checklist
- Future event reflected only where there is sufficient objective evidence that it will occur
- Technological change: reasonable expectations of qualified and objective observers; entirely new technology only if supported by objective evidence
- Possible new legislation: taken into account if its enactment is virtually certain (evidence of its content, its enactment and its implementation)
- Gains from the expected disposal of assets excluded, even if the disposal is closely linked to the event giving rise to the provision
Expected disposal gains (amount not included in the provision)
Number
Estimate and present value
CalculationsIAS 37 §8IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47
Expected value (Σ amount × probability)
Calculation
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Most likely individual outcome (before any adjustment)
Calculation
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Midpoint of the range ((low end + high end) × 50 %)
Calculation
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end ; Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Provision to recognise: present value of the expenditure retained (expenditure / (1 + rate)^n)
CalculationRequired
750,000
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting ; Pre-tax discount rate (%) ; Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Number
750,000
Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Number
Journal entries
EntriesProvision recognised as an expense
Entry
Account Debit Credit Provision expense 750,000 Provision 750,000 Provision included in the cost of an item of property, plant and equipment
Entry
Debit Property, plant and equipment ← Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8) ; Credit Provision ← Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Which standard does what. IAS 37: recognition and measurement of the obligation (the provision); IAS 37 neither requires nor prohibits capitalisation, which is left to other standards (para. 8). IAS 16: inclusion of the initial dismantling cost in the cost of the item of property, plant and equipment, when the applicable criteria are met (to be established by the case data). IFRIC 1: subsequent changes in that existing obligation (outside this template). IAS 16 / IFRIC 1 interaction — reading adopted in this course.
Method, rate and future events
JudgmentIAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §43IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47IAS 37 §48IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51
Basis of the best estimate
JudgmentRequired
Most likely outcome, without adjustment
Expected value (large population) / Midpoint of a continuous range / Most likely outcome, without adjustment / Most likely outcome adjusted (other outcomes mostly higher or lower)
Professional judgement (paras. 39 and 40): the basis depends on the nature of the obligation. Adjusting the most likely outcome is a documented judgement; the model does not calculate it.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting
NumberRequired
780,000
Take the result of the basis retained (expected value, midpoint or most likely outcome), adjusted where relevant; the amount of an adjustment is a documented judgement, never set by the standard.
Discounting and rate retained
JudgmentRequired
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk)
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk) / Pre-tax rate excluding the risks already reflected in the cash flows / No discounting (effect not material)
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Future events
JudgmentRequired
No relevant future event
Reflected (sufficient objective evidence) / Not reflected (insufficient evidence) / No relevant future event
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionAmount of the provision, method and assumptions retained, entries
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The basis of the best estimate is documentedPass
- The decision to discount and the rate retained are documentedPass
- The treatment of future events is documentedPass
- The amount of the provision is determinedPass
- The provision is fully split between expense and the cost of an assetNot evaluated
- The provision expense entry is balancedPass
- The capitalisation entry is balancedNot evaluated
- Assets
- 0
- Liabilities
- 750,000
- Profit or loss
- -750,000
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- -750,000
- File and entity
- Professional file: review of the provisions and contingencies of an industrial group
- Case tasks documented here
- Calculate the expected value of the Merquin warranties and of the outcomes of the Corvella dispute.
- Determine the best estimate of the Corvella dispute and the treatment of the insurer's reimbursement.
- Discount the Quessandre provision and re-estimate the Vellmont remediation.
- Record the closing entries.
Inputs
InputsObligation measured (nature, large population or single obligation, expected timing)
TextRequired
VELLMONT_SOIL_REMEDIATION
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Table
Case data or management estimate: the outcomes and their probabilities are data, never set by the standard.
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end
Number
Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Number
The midpoint of a range is half the sum of its ends: enter 50.
Pre-tax discount rate (%)
Number
5 %
Case data: the standard describes the characteristics of the rate (para. 47) without setting a rate.
Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Number
3 units
Model assumption: a single outflow at a given date. With 0 periods, the present value equals the expenditure retained; discounting is required only where the effect of the time value of money is material (para. 45).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Best estimate
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §42IAS 37 §43
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Amount the entity would rationally pay to settle the obligation at the reporting date or to transfer it to a third party at that date
- Management judgement, experience of similar transactions, experts' reports, events after the reporting period
- Large population: expected value (outcomes weighted by their probabilities)
- Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: midpoint of the range
- Single obligation: most likely outcome, a higher or lower estimate if the other outcomes are mostly higher or mostly lower
- Measured before tax (tax consequences under IAS 12)
- Risks and uncertainties taken into account, without excessive provisions or double counting of risk adjustments
Discounting
AnalysisIAS 37 §45IAS 37IAS 37 §47
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Effect of the time value of money material: provision at the present value of the expected expenditures
- Pre-tax rate reflecting current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability
- Risks already reflected in the estimated cash flows not reflected again in the rate
Future events and expected disposals
AnalysisIAS 37 §48IAS 37 §49IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51IAS 37 §52
Points examined
Checklist
- Future event reflected only where there is sufficient objective evidence that it will occur
- Technological change: reasonable expectations of qualified and objective observers; entirely new technology only if supported by objective evidence
- Possible new legislation: taken into account if its enactment is virtually certain (evidence of its content, its enactment and its implementation)
- Gains from the expected disposal of assets excluded, even if the disposal is closely linked to the event giving rise to the provision
Expected disposal gains (amount not included in the provision)
Number
Estimate and present value
CalculationsIAS 37 §8IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47
Expected value (Σ amount × probability)
Calculation
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Most likely individual outcome (before any adjustment)
Calculation
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Midpoint of the range ((low end + high end) × 50 %)
Calculation
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end ; Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Provision to recognise: present value of the expenditure retained (expenditure / (1 + rate)^n)
CalculationRequired
1,800,000
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting ; Pre-tax discount rate (%) ; Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Number
Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Number
Journal entries
EntriesProvision recognised as an expense
Entry
Debit Provision expense ← Part of the provision recognised as an expense ; Credit Provision ← Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Provision included in the cost of an item of property, plant and equipment
Entry
Debit Property, plant and equipment ← Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8) ; Credit Provision ← Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Which standard does what. IAS 37: recognition and measurement of the obligation (the provision); IAS 37 neither requires nor prohibits capitalisation, which is left to other standards (para. 8). IAS 16: inclusion of the initial dismantling cost in the cost of the item of property, plant and equipment, when the applicable criteria are met (to be established by the case data). IFRIC 1: subsequent changes in that existing obligation (outside this template). IAS 16 / IFRIC 1 interaction — reading adopted in this course.
Method, rate and future events
JudgmentIAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §43IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47IAS 37 §48IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51
Basis of the best estimate
JudgmentRequired
Most likely outcome, without adjustment
Expected value (large population) / Midpoint of a continuous range / Most likely outcome, without adjustment / Most likely outcome adjusted (other outcomes mostly higher or lower)
Professional judgement (paras. 39 and 40): the basis depends on the nature of the obligation. Adjusting the most likely outcome is a documented judgement; the model does not calculate it.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting
NumberRequired
2,083,725
Take the result of the basis retained (expected value, midpoint or most likely outcome), adjusted where relevant; the amount of an adjustment is a documented judgement, never set by the standard.
Discounting and rate retained
JudgmentRequired
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk)
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk) / Pre-tax rate excluding the risks already reflected in the cash flows / No discounting (effect not material)
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Future events
JudgmentRequired
No relevant future event
Reflected (sufficient objective evidence) / Not reflected (insufficient evidence) / No relevant future event
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionAmount of the provision, method and assumptions retained, entries
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The basis of the best estimate is documentedPass
- The decision to discount and the rate retained are documentedPass
- The treatment of future events is documentedPass
- The amount of the provision is determinedPass
- The provision is fully split between expense and the cost of an assetNot evaluated
- The provision expense entry is balancedNot evaluated
- The capitalisation entry is balancedNot evaluated
- Assets
- 0
- Liabilities
- 0
- Profit or loss
- 0
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- 0
Inputs
InputsObligation measured (nature, large population or single obligation, expected timing)
TextRequired
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Table
Case data or management estimate: the outcomes and their probabilities are data, never set by the standard.
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end
Number
Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Number
The midpoint of a range is half the sum of its ends: enter 50.
Pre-tax discount rate (%)
Number
Case data: the standard describes the characteristics of the rate (para. 47) without setting a rate.
Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Number
Model assumption: a single outflow at a given date. With 0 periods, the present value equals the expenditure retained; discounting is required only where the effect of the time value of money is material (para. 45).
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Best estimate
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §42IAS 37 §43
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Amount the entity would rationally pay to settle the obligation at the reporting date or to transfer it to a third party at that date
- Management judgement, experience of similar transactions, experts' reports, events after the reporting period
- Large population: expected value (outcomes weighted by their probabilities)
- Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: midpoint of the range
- Single obligation: most likely outcome, a higher or lower estimate if the other outcomes are mostly higher or mostly lower
- Measured before tax (tax consequences under IAS 12)
- Risks and uncertainties taken into account, without excessive provisions or double counting of risk adjustments
Discounting
AnalysisIAS 37 §45IAS 37IAS 37 §47
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Effect of the time value of money material: provision at the present value of the expected expenditures
- Pre-tax rate reflecting current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability
- Risks already reflected in the estimated cash flows not reflected again in the rate
Future events and expected disposals
AnalysisIAS 37 §48IAS 37 §49IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51IAS 37 §52
Points examined
Checklist
- Future event reflected only where there is sufficient objective evidence that it will occur
- Technological change: reasonable expectations of qualified and objective observers; entirely new technology only if supported by objective evidence
- Possible new legislation: taken into account if its enactment is virtually certain (evidence of its content, its enactment and its implementation)
- Gains from the expected disposal of assets excluded, even if the disposal is closely linked to the event giving rise to the provision
Expected disposal gains (amount not included in the provision)
Number
Estimate and present value
CalculationsIAS 37 §8IAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47
Expected value (Σ amount × probability)
Calculation
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Most likely individual outcome (before any adjustment)
Calculation
Possible outcomes and probabilities (the probabilities sum to 100 %)
Midpoint of the range ((low end + high end) × 50 %)
Calculation
Continuous range of equally likely outcomes: low end + high end ; Percentage applied to the sum of the ends to obtain the midpoint (50)
Provision to recognise: present value of the expenditure retained (expenditure / (1 + rate)^n)
CalculationRequired
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting ; Pre-tax discount rate (%) ; Number of periods until the expected outflow (years; 0 if discounting is not material)
Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Number
Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Number
Journal entries
EntriesProvision recognised as an expense
Entry
Debit Provision expense ← Part of the provision recognised as an expense ; Credit Provision ← Part of the provision recognised as an expense
Provision included in the cost of an item of property, plant and equipment
Entry
Debit Property, plant and equipment ← Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8) ; Credit Provision ← Part included in the cost of an asset where the standard applying to that asset so provides (IAS 16 for property, plant and equipment; IAS 37, para. 8)
Which standard does what. IAS 37: recognition and measurement of the obligation (the provision); IAS 37 neither requires nor prohibits capitalisation, which is left to other standards (para. 8). IAS 16: inclusion of the initial dismantling cost in the cost of the item of property, plant and equipment, when the applicable criteria are met (to be established by the case data). IFRIC 1: subsequent changes in that existing obligation (outside this template). IAS 16 / IFRIC 1 interaction — reading adopted in this course.
Method, rate and future events
JudgmentIAS 37 §39IAS 37IAS 37 §43IAS 37 §45IAS 37 §47IAS 37 §48IAS 37 §50IAS 37 §51
Basis of the best estimate
JudgmentRequired
Expected value (large population) / Midpoint of a continuous range / Most likely outcome, without adjustment / Most likely outcome adjusted (other outcomes mostly higher or lower)
Professional judgement (paras. 39 and 40): the basis depends on the nature of the obligation. Adjusting the most likely outcome is a documented judgement; the model does not calculate it.
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Expenditure retained as the best estimate, before discounting
NumberRequired
Take the result of the basis retained (expected value, midpoint or most likely outcome), adjusted where relevant; the amount of an adjustment is a documented judgement, never set by the standard.
Discounting and rate retained
JudgmentRequired
Pre-tax rate reflecting the risks specific to the liability (cash flows not adjusted for risk) / Pre-tax rate excluding the risks already reflected in the cash flows / No discounting (effect not material)
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Future events
JudgmentRequired
Reflected (sufficient objective evidence) / Not reflected (insufficient evidence) / No relevant future event
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionAmount of the provision, method and assumptions retained, entries
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References