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IAS 37Workpapers (Step 4 of 5)

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Step 4 of 5
WorkpaperIAS 37 — Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent AssetsL2 · L3 · L4

Measurement of the provision

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Objective of the workpaper

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.

11 sections · 29 blocks · 4 calculations · 2 entries

  • 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 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.
1

Inputs

Inputs
  • Obligation 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).

2

Supporting evidence

Evidence
  • Evidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)

    EvidenceRequired

3

Best estimate

Analysis

IAS 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
4

Discounting

Analysis

IAS 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
5

Future events and expected disposals

Analysis

IAS 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

6

Estimate and present value

Calculations

IAS 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

7

Journal entries

Entries
  • Provision 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

    AccountDebitCredit
    Property, plant and equipment50,000
    Provision50,000

    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.

8

Method, rate and future events

Judgment

IAS 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

9

Conclusion

Conclusion
  • Amount of the provision, method and assumptions retained, entries

    ConclusionRequired

10

Financial statement impact

FS impact
  • Impact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)

    TableRequired

11

Normative references

References
  • Paragraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)

    References

12

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