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WorkpaperIAS 38 — Intangible AssetsL2 · L3

Useful life and amortisation

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Objective of the workpaper

Assess the useful life (finite or indefinite, rights and renewals), choose the method reflecting the pattern of consumption of the benefits, prepare the amortisation schedule from the available-for-use date, apply any revision prospectively and record the charge for the period.

9 sections · 30 blocks · 5 calculations · 3 entries

  • IAS 38 §88
  • IAS 38 §90
  • IAS 38 §94
  • IAS 38 §97
  • IAS 38 §98
  • IAS 38 §100
  • IAS 38 §102
  • IAS 38 §104
  • IAS 8 §36
  • IFRS 13

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File and entity
Acquisition of a management software licence
Case tasks documented here
  • Calculate the annual amortisation charge.
  • From which date does amortisation start? Calculate the charge for 20X1.
  • Which journal entries do you record in 20X1?
1

Inputs

Inputs
  • Asset amortised (nature, rights, renewal terms)

    TextRequired

  • Date the asset is available for use

    DateRequired

    20X1-04-01

  • Term of the contractual or legal rights (supported renewals included)

    Number

  • Cost (or other base amount) to amortise

    NumberRequired

    200,000

  • Residual value (zero, unless a third party has committed to buy the asset at the end of its useful life, or an active market allows it to be determined and is likely to still exist at that date)

    NumberRequired

    0

    Residual value presumed to be zero unless (a) a third party has committed to buy the asset at the end of its useful life, or (b) there is an active market as defined in IFRS 13 (Appendix A) and both of these conditions are met: the residual value can be determined by reference to that market, and that market is likely to still exist at the end of the useful life (para. 100).

  • Useful life retained

    NumberRequired

    5 years

  • Months of amortisation in the period (from the available-for-use date)

    Number

    9 months

  • Total expected units (right expressed in units)

    Number

  • Units consumed in the period

    Number

  • Carrying amount at the date of the change in estimate

    Number

  • Revised residual value

    Number

  • Revised remaining useful life

    Number

2

Supporting evidence

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

    EvidenceRequired

3

Useful life factors and rights

Analysis

IAS 38 §88IAS 38 §90IAS 38 §94

  • Factors considered

    ChecklistRequired

    • Expected usage and life cycles of similar products
    • Technical, technological or commercial obsolescence
    • Stability of the industry and changes in demand
    • Maintenance expenditure required and ability to incur it
    • Period of control and legal limits
    • Dependence on the useful life of other assets
  • Contractual or legal rights

    Checklist

    • Life retained limited to the term of the rights (or shorter)
    • Renewal included only if supported and without significant cost
4

Amortisation schedule

Calculations

IAS 38 §94IAS 38 §97IAS 38 §98IAS 38 §100IAS 38 §104

  • Amortisable amount

    Calculation

    200,000

    Cost (or other base amount) to amortise ; Residual value (zero, unless a third party has committed to buy the asset at the end of its useful life, or an active market allows it to be determined and is likely to still exist at that date) ; Useful life retained

  • Annual straight-line amortisation

    Calculation

    40,000

    Cost (or other base amount) to amortise ; Residual value (zero, unless a third party has committed to buy the asset at the end of its useful life, or an active market allows it to be determined and is likely to still exist at that date) ; Useful life retained

  • Straight-line charge for the period (pro rata from the available-for-use date)

    Calculation

    30,000

    Annual straight-line amortisation ; Months of amortisation in the period (from the available-for-use date)

  • Charge for the period based on units consumed

    Calculation

    Amortisable amount ; Total expected units (right expressed in units) ; Units consumed in the period

  • Revised annual amortisation (change in estimate, prospective treatment)

    Calculation

    Carrying amount at the date of the change in estimate ; Revised residual value ; Revised remaining useful life

    Reviewed at least at each year-end: a change in life, method or residual value is a change in estimate (paras. 102 and 104), recognised prospectively in the period of the change and later periods, without restatement (IAS 8, para. 36).

5

Journal entries

Entries
  • Straight-line amortisation for the period

    Entry

    AccountDebitCredit
    Amortisation expense30,000
    Accumulated amortisation30,000
  • Units-of-production amortisation

    Entry

    Debit Amortisation expense ← Charge for the period based on units consumed ; Credit Accumulated amortisation ← Charge for the period based on units consumed

  • Revised amortisation (full period)

    Entry

    Debit Amortisation expense ← Revised annual amortisation (change in estimate, prospective treatment) ; Credit Accumulated amortisation ← Revised annual amortisation (change in estimate, prospective treatment)

6

Useful life and method

Judgment

IAS 38 §88IAS 38 §97IAS 38 §98IAS 38 §100

  • Finite or indefinite useful life

    JudgmentRequired

    Finite: amortised over the life retained

    Finite: amortised over the life retained / Indefinite: no amortisation, annual test (impairment workpaper)

  • Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected

    TextRequired

  • Method reflecting the pattern of consumption of the benefits

    JudgmentRequired

    Straight-line (pattern regular or not reliably determinable)

    Straight-line (pattern regular or not reliably determinable) / Method based on the expected pattern of consumption of benefits (for example units of production, right expressed in units)

  • Rationale: facts relied on, analysis, alternative rejected

    TextRequired

7

Conclusion

Conclusion
  • Conclusion on the life, the method and the charge for the period

    ConclusionRequired

8

Financial statement impact

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

    TableRequired

9

Normative references

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

    References

10

Checks and financial statement impact

  • The straight-line entry is balancedPass
  • The units entry is balancedNot evaluated
  • The revised entry is balancedNot evaluated
Assets
-30,000
Liabilities
0
Profit or loss
-30,000
OCI
0
Equity
-30,000