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increases in interest rates
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net assets of the company higher than market capitalisation.
Internal sources:
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obsolescence or physical damage
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asset is idle or is being held for disposal
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worse economic performance than expected.
An indication of impairment indicates that the asset’s useful life, depreciation method, or residual value
may need to be reviewed and adjusted.
Recognition
of an impairment loss
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An impairment loss is recognised whenever the recoverable amount is below the carrying
amount.
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The impairment loss is recognised as an expense in the statement of profit or loss, unless it
relates to a revalued asset. For revalued assets, the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation
decrease.
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Depreciation for future periods must be adjusted.
Disclosure
Impairment losses either recognised or reversed should be disclosed by class of asset.
If an individual impairment loss is material, the following must be disclosed:
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the events and circumstances resulting in the impairment loss
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the amount of the loss or reversal
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details of the individual asset and the class to which it relates.
If impairment losses recognised or reversed are material in total to the financial statements as a
whole, disclose:
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the main classes of assets affected
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the main events and circumstances involved.
Example asset values in statement of financial position
An entity has three non-current assets in use at the date of its statement of financial position.
Details of their carrying values and recoverable amounts are set out below:
Asset
Carrying amount
$
Fair value less costs
to sell
$
Value in use
$
1
30 000
10 000
50 000
2
15 000
12 000
14 000
3
20 000
15 000
9 000
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IAS 37: Provisions, contingent liabilities and
contingent
assets
The objective of the standard is to make sure that appropriate recognition criteria and measurement
bases are applied to provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets. Sufficient information
must be disclosed in the notes to the financial statements to enable users to understand their nature,
timing and amount. The key principle established by the standard is that a
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