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Objective of the workpaper
Check that the programme meets the definition of a restructuring and that a constructive obligation exists at the reporting date (detailed formal plan, valid expectation raised in those affected), sort the eligible direct expenditures from the excluded costs, calculate the provision, record the entry and pass the items of the note.
12 sections · 18 blocks · 1 calculation · 1 entry
- IAS 37
- IAS 37 §10
- IAS 37 §51
- IAS 37 §70
- IAS 37 §71
- IAS 37
- IAS 37 §73
- IAS 37
- IAS 37
- IAS 37
- IAS 37
- IAS 37
- IAS 37
- IAS 37 §80
- IAS 37
- IAS 37
- IAS 37
- IAS 37 §84
- IAS 37 §85
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- Site closure: constructive obligation to restructure and eligible costsOpen the mission · Closure of the Plessac site
- Site closure: constructive obligation to restructure and eligible costsOpen the mission · Iberian sales reorganisation
- Professional file: review of the provisions and contingencies of an industrial groupOpen the mission · Rocbrune closure
- Professional file: review of the provisions and contingencies of an industrial groupOpen the mission · Junquera sale project
4 instances from the cases: the calculations and entries below are run by the calculation engine.
- File and entity
- Site closure: constructive obligation to restructure and eligible costs
- Case tasks documented here
- Are the Plessac and Iberian projects restructurings within the meaning of IAS 37?
- Is there a constructive obligation to restructure at 31 December 20X3 for each project?
- Classify each cost in the finance department's schedule: eligible expenditure or excluded cost.
- Calculate the restructuring provision at 31 December 20X3.
- Record the entry at 31 December 20X3.
Inputs
InputsRestructuring plan (business concerned, locations, employees to be compensated, expenditures, timetable)
TextRequired
PLESSAC_WEAVING_PLANT_CLOSURE
Date of the decision of management or the board
Date
20X3-11-14
Date implementation of the plan started or its main features were announced to those affected
Date
20X3-12-05
Reporting date
DateRequired
20X3-12-31
Direct expenditures of the restructuring retained (necessarily entailed by it and not associated with the ongoing activities)
Table
REDUNDANCY · REDUNDANCY_PAYMENTS · 1,530,000 | PENALTIES · SUPPLIER_CONTRACT_PENALTIES · 45,000 | LOOMS · LOOM_REMOVAL · 160,000
Sorting eligible expenditures from excluded costs comes before the calculation; the amounts are case data or estimates. Without a constructive obligation at the reporting date, no expenditure is retained.
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Restructuring programme
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37 §10IAS 37 §70IAS 37 §71
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Programme planned and controlled by management that materially changes the scope of the business or the manner in which it is conducted
- Sale or termination of a line of business, closure or relocation of sites, elimination of a layer of management, fundamental reorganisation
- General recognition criteria for provisions applied to the restructuring
- Discontinued operation: IAS 37 applies, and IFRS 5 may require additional disclosures
Constructive obligation to restructure
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37 §73IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Detailed formal plan: business concerned, principal locations, location, function and approximate number of employees to be compensated, expenditures, implementation date
- Valid expectation in those affected: implementation started (dismantling, sale of assets) or sufficiently detailed announcement of the main features
- Implementation planned to begin as soon as possible and over a timeframe making significant changes unlikely
- Decision taken before the reporting date with neither implementation started nor announcement before that date: no constructive obligation
- Implementation started or announcement after the reporting date: disclosure under IAS 10 if the restructuring is material
- Obligation that may result from earlier events together with the decision
- Board including representatives of other interests (employees): its decision, involving their being informed, may create a constructive obligation
- Sale of an operation: no obligation before a binding sale agreement; assets tested under IAS 36
Eligible expenditures and excluded costs
AnalysisIAS 37 §51IAS 37 §80IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Direct expenditures: both necessarily entailed by the restructuring and not associated with the ongoing activities
- Excluded: retraining or relocating continuing staff, marketing, investment in new systems and distribution networks
- Excluded: identifiable future operating losses up to the date of the restructuring, unless they relate to an onerous contract
- Excluded: gains on the expected disposal of assets, even if the sale is part of the restructuring
Costs and gains excluded from the provision (nature, amount, reason for exclusion)
Table
RETRAINING · RETRAINING_TRANSFERRED_STAFF · 120,000 · CONTINUING_ACTIVITIES | RELOCATION · RELOCATION_RETAINED_STAFF · 90,000 · CONTINUING_ACTIVITIES | MARKETING · MARKETING_CAMPAIGN · 70,000 · CONTINUING_ACTIVITIES | SOFTWARE · NEW_PLANNING_SOFTWARE · 250,000 · NEW_SYSTEMS | LOSSES · OPERATING_LOSSES_TO_CLOSURE · 380,000 · FUTURE_OPERATING_LOSSES | BUILDING_GAIN · EXPECTED_GAIN_ON_BUILDING_SALE · 210,000 · DISPOSAL_GAINS
Amount of the provision
CalculationsIAS 37 §80
Restructuring provision (sum of the eligible direct expenditures only)
CalculationRequired
1,735,000
Direct expenditures of the restructuring retained (necessarily entailed by it and not associated with the ongoing activities)
Journal entries
EntriesRecognition of the restructuring provision
Entry
Account Debit Credit Restructuring expense 1,735,000 Provision 1,735,000
Obligation and costs retained
JudgmentIAS 37IAS 37 §73IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §80IAS 37
Existence of a constructive obligation at the reporting date
JudgmentRequired
Constructive obligation: provision for the eligible direct expenditures
Constructive obligation: provision for the eligible direct expenditures / Decision neither implemented nor announced at the reporting date: no provision / Announcement or start of implementation after the reporting date: no provision, disclosure under IAS 10 / Sale without a binding agreement: no obligation for the sale
Professional judgement: whether the plan and the announcement are sufficiently detailed is assessed in the light of the facts of the case (paras. 72 to 75).
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionReasoned conclusion on recognition and provision detailed by nature of cost
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Items passed to the note
DisclosureIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §84IAS 37 §85
Items passed to the notes workpaper (“Note: provisions and contingencies”)
ChecklistRequired
- Restructuring class in the roll-forward (provision made in the period)
- Nature, expected timing of outflows, uncertainties and major assumptions
- Restructuring started or announced after the reporting date: disclosure under IAS 10 if material
- Discontinued operation: possible additional disclosures under IFRS 5
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The restructuring plan is describedPass
- The existence of a constructive obligation is documentedPass
- The provision entry is balancedPass
- Assets
- 0
- Liabilities
- 1,735,000
- Profit or loss
- -1,735,000
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- -1,735,000
- File and entity
- Site closure: constructive obligation to restructure and eligible costs
- Case tasks documented here
- Are the Plessac and Iberian projects restructurings within the meaning of IAS 37?
- Is there a constructive obligation to restructure at 31 December 20X3 for each project?
- Classify each cost in the finance department's schedule: eligible expenditure or excluded cost.
- Calculate the restructuring provision at 31 December 20X3.
- Record the entry at 31 December 20X3.
Inputs
InputsRestructuring plan (business concerned, locations, employees to be compensated, expenditures, timetable)
TextRequired
IBERIA_SALES_NETWORK_REORGANISATION
Date of the decision of management or the board
Date
20X3-12-20
Date implementation of the plan started or its main features were announced to those affected
Date
20X4-01-15
Reporting date
DateRequired
20X3-12-31
Direct expenditures of the restructuring retained (necessarily entailed by it and not associated with the ongoing activities)
Table
Sorting eligible expenditures from excluded costs comes before the calculation; the amounts are case data or estimates. Without a constructive obligation at the reporting date, no expenditure is retained.
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Restructuring programme
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37 §10IAS 37 §70IAS 37 §71
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Programme planned and controlled by management that materially changes the scope of the business or the manner in which it is conducted
- Sale or termination of a line of business, closure or relocation of sites, elimination of a layer of management, fundamental reorganisation
- General recognition criteria for provisions applied to the restructuring
- Discontinued operation: IAS 37 applies, and IFRS 5 may require additional disclosures
Constructive obligation to restructure
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37 §73IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Detailed formal plan: business concerned, principal locations, location, function and approximate number of employees to be compensated, expenditures, implementation date
- Valid expectation in those affected: implementation started (dismantling, sale of assets) or sufficiently detailed announcement of the main features
- Implementation planned to begin as soon as possible and over a timeframe making significant changes unlikely
- Decision taken before the reporting date with neither implementation started nor announcement before that date: no constructive obligation
- Implementation started or announcement after the reporting date: disclosure under IAS 10 if the restructuring is material
- Obligation that may result from earlier events together with the decision
- Board including representatives of other interests (employees): its decision, involving their being informed, may create a constructive obligation
- Sale of an operation: no obligation before a binding sale agreement; assets tested under IAS 36
Eligible expenditures and excluded costs
AnalysisIAS 37 §51IAS 37 §80IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Direct expenditures: both necessarily entailed by the restructuring and not associated with the ongoing activities
- Excluded: retraining or relocating continuing staff, marketing, investment in new systems and distribution networks
- Excluded: identifiable future operating losses up to the date of the restructuring, unless they relate to an onerous contract
- Excluded: gains on the expected disposal of assets, even if the sale is part of the restructuring
Costs and gains excluded from the provision (nature, amount, reason for exclusion)
Table
Amount of the provision
CalculationsIAS 37 §80
Restructuring provision (sum of the eligible direct expenditures only)
CalculationRequired
0
Direct expenditures of the restructuring retained (necessarily entailed by it and not associated with the ongoing activities)
Journal entries
EntriesRecognition of the restructuring provision
Entry
Debit Restructuring expense ← Restructuring provision (sum of the eligible direct expenditures only) ; Credit Provision ← Restructuring provision (sum of the eligible direct expenditures only)
Obligation and costs retained
JudgmentIAS 37IAS 37 §73IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §80IAS 37
Existence of a constructive obligation at the reporting date
JudgmentRequired
Announcement or start of implementation after the reporting date: no provision, disclosure under IAS 10
Constructive obligation: provision for the eligible direct expenditures / Decision neither implemented nor announced at the reporting date: no provision / Announcement or start of implementation after the reporting date: no provision, disclosure under IAS 10 / Sale without a binding agreement: no obligation for the sale
Professional judgement: whether the plan and the announcement are sufficiently detailed is assessed in the light of the facts of the case (paras. 72 to 75).
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionReasoned conclusion on recognition and provision detailed by nature of cost
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Items passed to the note
DisclosureIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §84IAS 37 §85
Items passed to the notes workpaper (“Note: provisions and contingencies”)
ChecklistRequired
- Restructuring class in the roll-forward (provision made in the period)
- Nature, expected timing of outflows, uncertainties and major assumptions
- Restructuring started or announced after the reporting date: disclosure under IAS 10 if material
- Discontinued operation: possible additional disclosures under IFRS 5
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The restructuring plan is describedPass
- The existence of a constructive obligation is documentedPass
- The provision 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
- Is there an obligation to restructure at 31 December 20X5 for Rocbrune and for Junquera?
- Calculate the provision for the closure of Rocbrune.
- Record the closing entries.
Inputs
InputsRestructuring plan (business concerned, locations, employees to be compensated, expenditures, timetable)
TextRequired
ROCBRUNE_DISTRIBUTION_CENTRE_CLOSURE
Date of the decision of management or the board
Date
20X5-10-08
Date implementation of the plan started or its main features were announced to those affected
Date
20X5-11-20
Reporting date
DateRequired
20X5-12-31
Direct expenditures of the restructuring retained (necessarily entailed by it and not associated with the ongoing activities)
Table
SEVERANCE · SEVERANCE_PAYMENTS · 640,000 | TRANSPORT · TRANSPORT_SUBCONTRACT_PENALTY · 60,000 | RACKING · RACKING_DISMANTLING · 45,000
Sorting eligible expenditures from excluded costs comes before the calculation; the amounts are case data or estimates. Without a constructive obligation at the reporting date, no expenditure is retained.
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Restructuring programme
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37 §10IAS 37 §70IAS 37 §71
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Programme planned and controlled by management that materially changes the scope of the business or the manner in which it is conducted
- Sale or termination of a line of business, closure or relocation of sites, elimination of a layer of management, fundamental reorganisation
- General recognition criteria for provisions applied to the restructuring
- Discontinued operation: IAS 37 applies, and IFRS 5 may require additional disclosures
Constructive obligation to restructure
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37 §73IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Detailed formal plan: business concerned, principal locations, location, function and approximate number of employees to be compensated, expenditures, implementation date
- Valid expectation in those affected: implementation started (dismantling, sale of assets) or sufficiently detailed announcement of the main features
- Implementation planned to begin as soon as possible and over a timeframe making significant changes unlikely
- Decision taken before the reporting date with neither implementation started nor announcement before that date: no constructive obligation
- Implementation started or announcement after the reporting date: disclosure under IAS 10 if the restructuring is material
- Obligation that may result from earlier events together with the decision
- Board including representatives of other interests (employees): its decision, involving their being informed, may create a constructive obligation
- Sale of an operation: no obligation before a binding sale agreement; assets tested under IAS 36
Eligible expenditures and excluded costs
AnalysisIAS 37 §51IAS 37 §80IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Direct expenditures: both necessarily entailed by the restructuring and not associated with the ongoing activities
- Excluded: retraining or relocating continuing staff, marketing, investment in new systems and distribution networks
- Excluded: identifiable future operating losses up to the date of the restructuring, unless they relate to an onerous contract
- Excluded: gains on the expected disposal of assets, even if the sale is part of the restructuring
Costs and gains excluded from the provision (nature, amount, reason for exclusion)
Table
RETRAINING · RETRAINING_RETAINED_STAFF · 55,000 · CONTINUING_ACTIVITIES | WMS · NEW_WAREHOUSE_SYSTEM · 180,000 · NEW_SYSTEMS | CAMPAIGN · CUSTOMER_CAMPAIGN · 25,000 · MARKETING | LOSSES · OPERATING_LOSSES_TO_CLOSURE · 90,000 · FUTURE_OPERATING_LOSSES | FORKLIFTS · EXPECTED_GAIN_ON_FORKLIFTS · 30,000 · DISPOSAL_GAINS
Amount of the provision
CalculationsIAS 37 §80
Restructuring provision (sum of the eligible direct expenditures only)
CalculationRequired
745,000
Direct expenditures of the restructuring retained (necessarily entailed by it and not associated with the ongoing activities)
Journal entries
EntriesRecognition of the restructuring provision
Entry
Account Debit Credit Restructuring expense 745,000 Provision 745,000
Obligation and costs retained
JudgmentIAS 37IAS 37 §73IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §80IAS 37
Existence of a constructive obligation at the reporting date
JudgmentRequired
Constructive obligation: provision for the eligible direct expenditures
Constructive obligation: provision for the eligible direct expenditures / Decision neither implemented nor announced at the reporting date: no provision / Announcement or start of implementation after the reporting date: no provision, disclosure under IAS 10 / Sale without a binding agreement: no obligation for the sale
Professional judgement: whether the plan and the announcement are sufficiently detailed is assessed in the light of the facts of the case (paras. 72 to 75).
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionReasoned conclusion on recognition and provision detailed by nature of cost
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Items passed to the note
DisclosureIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §84IAS 37 §85
Items passed to the notes workpaper (“Note: provisions and contingencies”)
ChecklistRequired
- Restructuring class in the roll-forward (provision made in the period)
- Nature, expected timing of outflows, uncertainties and major assumptions
- Restructuring started or announced after the reporting date: disclosure under IAS 10 if material
- Discontinued operation: possible additional disclosures under IFRS 5
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The restructuring plan is describedPass
- The existence of a constructive obligation is documentedPass
- The provision entry is balancedPass
- Assets
- 0
- Liabilities
- 745,000
- Profit or loss
- -745,000
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- -745,000
- File and entity
- Professional file: review of the provisions and contingencies of an industrial group
- Case tasks documented here
- Is there an obligation to restructure at 31 December 20X5 for Rocbrune and for Junquera?
- Calculate the provision for the closure of Rocbrune.
- Record the closing entries.
Inputs
InputsRestructuring plan (business concerned, locations, employees to be compensated, expenditures, timetable)
TextRequired
JUNQUERA_SUBSIDIARY_SALE
Date of the decision of management or the board
Date
20X5-12-18
Date implementation of the plan started or its main features were announced to those affected
Date
Reporting date
DateRequired
20X5-12-31
Direct expenditures of the restructuring retained (necessarily entailed by it and not associated with the ongoing activities)
Table
Sorting eligible expenditures from excluded costs comes before the calculation; the amounts are case data or estimates. Without a constructive obligation at the reporting date, no expenditure is retained.
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Restructuring programme
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37 §10IAS 37 §70IAS 37 §71
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Programme planned and controlled by management that materially changes the scope of the business or the manner in which it is conducted
- Sale or termination of a line of business, closure or relocation of sites, elimination of a layer of management, fundamental reorganisation
- General recognition criteria for provisions applied to the restructuring
- Discontinued operation: IAS 37 applies, and IFRS 5 may require additional disclosures
Constructive obligation to restructure
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37 §73IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Detailed formal plan: business concerned, principal locations, location, function and approximate number of employees to be compensated, expenditures, implementation date
- Valid expectation in those affected: implementation started (dismantling, sale of assets) or sufficiently detailed announcement of the main features
- Implementation planned to begin as soon as possible and over a timeframe making significant changes unlikely
- Decision taken before the reporting date with neither implementation started nor announcement before that date: no constructive obligation
- Implementation started or announcement after the reporting date: disclosure under IAS 10 if the restructuring is material
- Obligation that may result from earlier events together with the decision
- Board including representatives of other interests (employees): its decision, involving their being informed, may create a constructive obligation
- Sale of an operation: no obligation before a binding sale agreement; assets tested under IAS 36
Eligible expenditures and excluded costs
AnalysisIAS 37 §51IAS 37 §80IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Direct expenditures: both necessarily entailed by the restructuring and not associated with the ongoing activities
- Excluded: retraining or relocating continuing staff, marketing, investment in new systems and distribution networks
- Excluded: identifiable future operating losses up to the date of the restructuring, unless they relate to an onerous contract
- Excluded: gains on the expected disposal of assets, even if the sale is part of the restructuring
Costs and gains excluded from the provision (nature, amount, reason for exclusion)
Table
Amount of the provision
CalculationsIAS 37 §80
Restructuring provision (sum of the eligible direct expenditures only)
CalculationRequired
0
Direct expenditures of the restructuring retained (necessarily entailed by it and not associated with the ongoing activities)
Journal entries
EntriesRecognition of the restructuring provision
Entry
Debit Restructuring expense ← Restructuring provision (sum of the eligible direct expenditures only) ; Credit Provision ← Restructuring provision (sum of the eligible direct expenditures only)
Obligation and costs retained
JudgmentIAS 37IAS 37 §73IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §80IAS 37
Existence of a constructive obligation at the reporting date
JudgmentRequired
Sale without a binding agreement: no obligation for the sale
Constructive obligation: provision for the eligible direct expenditures / Decision neither implemented nor announced at the reporting date: no provision / Announcement or start of implementation after the reporting date: no provision, disclosure under IAS 10 / Sale without a binding agreement: no obligation for the sale
Professional judgement: whether the plan and the announcement are sufficiently detailed is assessed in the light of the facts of the case (paras. 72 to 75).
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionReasoned conclusion on recognition and provision detailed by nature of cost
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Items passed to the note
DisclosureIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §84IAS 37 §85
Items passed to the notes workpaper (“Note: provisions and contingencies”)
ChecklistRequired
- Restructuring class in the roll-forward (provision made in the period)
- Nature, expected timing of outflows, uncertainties and major assumptions
- Restructuring started or announced after the reporting date: disclosure under IAS 10 if material
- Discontinued operation: possible additional disclosures under IFRS 5
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References
Checks and financial statement impact
- The restructuring plan is describedPass
- The existence of a constructive obligation is documentedPass
- The provision entry is balancedNot evaluated
- Assets
- 0
- Liabilities
- 0
- Profit or loss
- 0
- OCI
- 0
- Equity
- 0
Inputs
InputsRestructuring plan (business concerned, locations, employees to be compensated, expenditures, timetable)
TextRequired
Date of the decision of management or the board
Date
Date implementation of the plan started or its main features were announced to those affected
Date
Reporting date
DateRequired
Direct expenditures of the restructuring retained (necessarily entailed by it and not associated with the ongoing activities)
Table
Sorting eligible expenditures from excluded costs comes before the calculation; the amounts are case data or estimates. Without a constructive obligation at the reporting date, no expenditure is retained.
Supporting evidence
EvidenceEvidence obtained and referenced (category, document reference)
EvidenceRequired
Restructuring programme
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37 §10IAS 37 §70IAS 37 §71
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Programme planned and controlled by management that materially changes the scope of the business or the manner in which it is conducted
- Sale or termination of a line of business, closure or relocation of sites, elimination of a layer of management, fundamental reorganisation
- General recognition criteria for provisions applied to the restructuring
- Discontinued operation: IAS 37 applies, and IFRS 5 may require additional disclosures
Constructive obligation to restructure
AnalysisIAS 37IAS 37 §73IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Detailed formal plan: business concerned, principal locations, location, function and approximate number of employees to be compensated, expenditures, implementation date
- Valid expectation in those affected: implementation started (dismantling, sale of assets) or sufficiently detailed announcement of the main features
- Implementation planned to begin as soon as possible and over a timeframe making significant changes unlikely
- Decision taken before the reporting date with neither implementation started nor announcement before that date: no constructive obligation
- Implementation started or announcement after the reporting date: disclosure under IAS 10 if the restructuring is material
- Obligation that may result from earlier events together with the decision
- Board including representatives of other interests (employees): its decision, involving their being informed, may create a constructive obligation
- Sale of an operation: no obligation before a binding sale agreement; assets tested under IAS 36
Eligible expenditures and excluded costs
AnalysisIAS 37 §51IAS 37 §80IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37
Points examined
ChecklistRequired
- Direct expenditures: both necessarily entailed by the restructuring and not associated with the ongoing activities
- Excluded: retraining or relocating continuing staff, marketing, investment in new systems and distribution networks
- Excluded: identifiable future operating losses up to the date of the restructuring, unless they relate to an onerous contract
- Excluded: gains on the expected disposal of assets, even if the sale is part of the restructuring
Costs and gains excluded from the provision (nature, amount, reason for exclusion)
Table
Amount of the provision
CalculationsIAS 37 §80
Restructuring provision (sum of the eligible direct expenditures only)
CalculationRequired
Direct expenditures of the restructuring retained (necessarily entailed by it and not associated with the ongoing activities)
Journal entries
EntriesRecognition of the restructuring provision
Entry
Debit Restructuring expense ← Restructuring provision (sum of the eligible direct expenditures only) ; Credit Provision ← Restructuring provision (sum of the eligible direct expenditures only)
Obligation and costs retained
JudgmentIAS 37IAS 37 §73IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §80IAS 37
Existence of a constructive obligation at the reporting date
JudgmentRequired
Constructive obligation: provision for the eligible direct expenditures / Decision neither implemented nor announced at the reporting date: no provision / Announcement or start of implementation after the reporting date: no provision, disclosure under IAS 10 / Sale without a binding agreement: no obligation for the sale
Professional judgement: whether the plan and the announcement are sufficiently detailed is assessed in the light of the facts of the case (paras. 72 to 75).
Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected
TextRequired
Conclusion
ConclusionReasoned conclusion on recognition and provision detailed by nature of cost
ConclusionRequired
Financial statement impact
FS impactImpact by caption, derived from the entries above (the Notes line refers to the disclosures)
TableRequired
Items passed to the note
DisclosureIAS 37IAS 37IAS 37 §84IAS 37 §85
Items passed to the notes workpaper (“Note: provisions and contingencies”)
ChecklistRequired
- Restructuring class in the roll-forward (provision made in the period)
- Nature, expected timing of outflows, uncertainties and major assumptions
- Restructuring started or announced after the reporting date: disclosure under IAS 10 if material
- Discontinued operation: possible additional disclosures under IFRS 5
Normative references
ReferencesParagraphs cited in this workpaper (verification status shown from the register)
References