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WorkpaperIAS 1 — Presentation of Financial StatementsL1 · L2 · L3

General features of a set of financial statements: fair presentation, going concern, materiality and aggregation, comparatives and consistency

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Objective of the workpaper

Record the facts of the entity, the information available about the future (at least the 12 months after the closing date) and the items that are candidates for aggregation or separate presentation. Then assess fair presentation, going concern and materiality; check the comparatives and the consistency of presentation. The facts are case data; each conclusion remains a supported judgment and no numerical threshold is presented as imposed by the standard.

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  • IAS 1 §25
  • IAS 1 §29
  • IAS 1 §38
  • IAS 1 §45

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File and entity
Complete set of financial statements, compliance, going concern and accrual basis
Case tasks documented here
  • Can proposed note 1 state without reservation compliance with IFRS?
  • Can the financial statements be prepared on the going concern basis?
1

Facts and data

Inputs
  • Facts and conditions of the entity: activity, financing, events of the period, envisaged compliance statement

    TextRequired

    DRAFT_NOTE_1_STATES_COMPLIANCE_WITH_IFRS_BUT_3_LEASES_FOLLOW_A_LOCAL_RULE

  • Information about the future: cash forecasts, renewed financing, intentions of management

    Text

  • Items that are candidates for aggregation or separate presentation: nature, function, amounts

    Text

  • Comparative information and presentation changes of the period

    Text

2

Supporting documents

Evidence
  • Documents obtained and referenced (cash forecasts, financing contracts, minutes, detailed trial balance)

    EvidenceRequired

3

Analysis of the general features

Analysis

IAS 1 §25IAS 1 §29IAS 1 §38IAS 1 §45

  • Points examined: general features

    ChecklistRequired

    • Components of the complete set identified: financial position, profit or loss and other comprehensive income, changes in equity, cash flows, notes
    • Explicit and unreserved compliance statement only if all the applicable requirements are met
    • Going concern assessed by management; material uncertainties disclosed
    • Accrual basis, except for the cash flow information
    • Materiality: material classes presented separately, immaterial items aggregated
    • Comparative information of the previous period for all the amounts
    • Presentation and classification retained from one period to the next except by exception
    • Complete set presented at least annually
4

Calculations

Calculations

IAS 1 §25IAS 1 §29IAS 1 §38IAS 1 §45

  • Key amount of the assessment (case data or result of a calculation)

    Number

5

Judgments: fair presentation, going concern, materiality and aggregation

Judgment

IAS 1 §25IAS 1 §29IAS 1 §38IAS 1 §45

  • Fair presentation, compliance and departure

    JudgmentRequired

    Compliance statement not supported: requirement not applied

    Unreserved compliance statement supported / Compliance statement not supported: requirement not applied / Departure not justified / Not applicable

    Professional judgment: the compliance statement holds only if all the applicable requirements are met; the reason for a departure is not a preference of management.

  • Rationale: requirements applied, differences found, reason given for a departure

    Text

    A_REQUIREMENT_OF_THE_LEASE_STANDARD_IS_NOT_APPLIED_TO_3_CONTRACTS

  • Going concern

    JudgmentRequired

    Not applicable

    Going concern basis appropriate, no material uncertainty / Material uncertainty to disclose in the notes / Going concern basis not appropriate / Not applicable

    Professional judgment: management takes into account all the available information about the future; the conclusion is supported by the facts and not by a threshold.

  • Rationale: horizon of the assessment, information about the future, intention to liquidate or absence of a realistic alternative

    Text

  • Materiality and aggregation

    JudgmentRequired

    Not applicable

    Immaterial items aggregated / Material item presented separately / Not applicable

    Professional judgment: an item can be material by its nature even if its amount is small; the standard imposes no percentage.

  • Rationale: nature and function of the items, effect on the decisions of users

    Text

6

Items to document for the notes

Disclosure

IAS 1 §25

  • Information to prepare on the general features

    Checklist

    • Statement of compliance with IFRS
    • Material uncertainties about going concern, where applicable
    • Basis of preparation of the financial statements
7

Conclusion

Conclusion
  • Supported conclusion on fair presentation, going concern, aggregation of items and presentation of the comparatives

    ConclusionRequired

8

Normative references

References
  • Normative references cited in this workpaper

    References

9

Checks and financial statement impact

  • Facts of the entity describedPass
  • Fair presentation judged and supportedPass
  • Going concern judged and supportedPass
  • Materiality judged and supportedPass
Assets
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Liabilities
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Profit or loss
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OCI
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Equity
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