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IFRS 9Chapter 5Lesson 2

The contractual cash flow test (SPPI): a basic lending arrangement?

Step 1 of 7Learning objectives

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The SPPI test checks that an asset's cash flows are solely principal and interest on the principal outstanding; an asset that fails the test is measured at FVTPL, whatever the business model.

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Learning objectives

  • Define principal and interest within the meaning of the test.
  • Spot a clause that exposes the cash flows to a risk foreign to a basic lending arrangement.
  • Apply the test step by step and deduce the measurement category.
  • Place modified time value, prepayment and non-recourse assets.

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Original teaching content: it paraphrases the standard without reproducing it and does not replace the official text.

Contents — IFRS 9 — Financial Instruments

  1. 1 · Not startedScope of the standard0 / 1 lesson
  2. 2 · Not startedDefined terms0 / 0 lessons
  3. 3 · Not startedInitial recognition0 / 1 lesson
  4. 4 · Not startedDerecognition0 / 2 lessons
  5. 5 · Not startedCategories of financial assets0 / 3 lessons
  6. 6 · Not startedCategories of financial liabilities0 / 1 lesson
  7. 7 · Not startedMeasurement0 / 2 lessons
  8. 8 · Not startedReclassification of instruments0 / 1 lesson
  9. 9 · Not startedImpairment: expected credit losses0 / 4 lessons
  10. 10 · Not startedEmbedded derivatives0 / 1 lesson
  11. 11 · Not startedBoundaries with other standards0 / 0 lessons