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WorkpaperIFRS 18 — Presentation and Disclosure in Financial StatementsL1 · L2 · L3

Classification of income and expenses into the five categories: default category, investing, financing, exchange differences and specified main business activity

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Objective of the workpaper

For each item of income or expense, record its nature, the asset or liability that generates it and the evidence about the activity of the entity. Classify it into one of the five categories: the operating category receives everything not classified in the other four. Then judge the effect of a specified main business activity and the classification of exchange differences, and prepare the reclassification entry where applicable. The facts are case data; each classification remains a supported judgment.

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    The five categories of income and expenses: classification of the items of an industrial entity and operating profit
    Case task documented here
    • Classify each of the 9 items of income and expense of the ledger into one of the five categories.
    1

    Facts and data

    Inputs
    • Item of income or expense to classify: nature, generating asset or liability, amount, initial recording

      TextRequired

      GAIN_ON_THE_DISPOSAL_OF_AN_OLD_MACHINE_USED_IN_OPERATIONS

    • Evidence about the activities of the entity: main activities, share of revenue, communications

      Text

    • Exchange differences: originating item, currency, any hedge

      Text

    • Amount reclassified between categories

      Number

    2

    Supporting documents

    Evidence
    • Documents obtained and referenced (income and expense ledger, financing contracts, statements of investments, public communications)

      EvidenceRequired

    3

    Analysis of the classification by category

    Analysis

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    • Points examined: classification by category

      ChecklistRequired

      • All income and expenses classified into one of the five categories: operating, investing, financing, income taxes, discontinued operations
      • Operating category: everything not classified in any of the other four, including volatile or non-recurring items arising from operating activities
      • Investing category: assets generating a return individually and largely independently of the other resources, including cash and equity-accounted entities
      • Financing category: liabilities arising only from transactions that raise finance, and certain interest items arising under other standards
      • Income taxes (IAS 12) and discontinued operations (IFRS 5) in their own categories, with the related exchange differences
      • Exchange differences classified in the same category as the item that gave rise to them, unless undue cost or effort
      • Specified main business activity assessed on evidence and disclosed
    4

    Illustrative entries

    Entries
    • Reclassification entry between categories

      Entry

      Debit Income of the investing category ← Amount reclassified between categories ; Credit Income of the operating category ← Amount reclassified between categories

    5

    Judgments: category, specified main business activity and exchange differences

    Judgment

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    • Category retained for the item

      JudgmentRequired

      Operating category

      Operating category / Investing category / Financing category / Income taxes category / Discontinued operations category / Not applicable

      Professional judgment: the classification follows what the item is and what generates it, not its ledger name or the effect sought on a subtotal.

    • Rationale: nature of the item, generating asset or liability, default category

      Text

      ARISING_FROM_OPERATING_ACTIVITIES_AND_NOT_CLASSIFIED_IN_ANOTHER_CATEGORY_SO_THE_DEFAULT_CATEGORY

    • Specified main business activity

      JudgmentRequired

      Not applicable

      Specified main business activity identified: certain income and expenses classified as operating / No specified main business activity / Not applicable

      Professional judgment: the assessment is a judgement based on the entity's facts and is documented.

    • Rationale: evidence about the main business activity (investing in assets of a particular type or providing financing to customers)

      Text

    • Classification of exchange differences and hedges

      JudgmentRequired

      Not applicable

      Same category as the item that gave rise to the difference / Exception for undue cost or effort / Not applicable

      Professional judgment: an exchange difference follows the category of the item that gave rise to it; the classification of a hedging derivative depends on the case and is documented.

    • Rationale: originating item and, where applicable, hedged risk

      Text

    6

    Items to document for the notes

    Disclosure

    IFRS 18

    • Information to prepare on the classification

      Checklist

      • Statement of whether or not there is a specified main business activity
      • Significant judgments that led to the classification of items by category
    7

    Effect on the financial statements

    FS impact
    • Effect derived from the entries

      Table

    8

    Conclusion

    Conclusion
    • Category retained for each item of income and expense with its rationale, effect of a specified main business activity, classification of exchange differences and reclassification where applicable

      ConclusionRequired

    9

    Normative references

    References
    • Normative references cited in this workpaper

      References

    10

    Checks and financial statement impact

    • Item describedPass
    • Category judged and supportedPass
    • Specified main business activity judgedPass
    • Exchange differences judgedPass
    • Reclassification entry balancedNot evaluated
    Assets
    0
    Liabilities
    0
    Profit or loss
    0
    OCI
    0
    Equity
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