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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

Restructuring provision

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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 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.
1

Inputs

Inputs
  • Restructuring 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.

2

Supporting evidence

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

    EvidenceRequired

3

Restructuring programme

Analysis

IAS 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
4

Constructive obligation to restructure

Analysis

IAS 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
5

Eligible expenditures and excluded costs

Analysis

IAS 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

6

Amount of the provision

Calculations

IAS 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)

7

Journal entries

Entries
  • Recognition of the restructuring provision

    Entry

    AccountDebitCredit
    Restructuring expense1,735,000
    Provision1,735,000
8

Obligation and costs retained

Judgment

IAS 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

9

Conclusion

Conclusion
  • Reasoned conclusion on recognition and provision detailed by nature of cost

    ConclusionRequired

10

Financial statement impact

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

    TableRequired

11

Items passed to the note

Disclosure

IAS 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
12

Normative references

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

    References

13

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