(1) Contingent assets are included as assets in financial statements if it is probable that they will arise. (2) Contingent liabilities must be provided for in financial statements if it is probable that they will arise. (3) Details of all adjusting events after the balance sheet date must be given in notes to the financial statements. (4) Material non-adjusting events are disclosed by note in the financial statements.
(i) is the only correct elimination required by IFRS.
(1) The money measurement concept requires all assets and liabilities to be accounted for at historical cost. (2) The substance over form. convention means that the economic substance of a transaction should be reflected in the financial statements, not necessarily its legal form. (3) The realisation concept means that profits or gains cannot normally be recognised in the income statement until realised. (4) The application of the prudence concept means that assets must be understated and liabilities must be overstated in preparing financial statements.
$m Ordinary share capital 100 Share premium account 40 Retained earnings 60 10% Loan notes 40 The company’s income statement for the year ended 30 June 2005 showed: $m Operating profit 44 Loan note interest (4) ___ Profit for year 40 ____ What is the company’s return on capital employed?
to international accounting standards? 1 Internally generated goodwill should not be capitalised. 2 Purchased goodwill should normally be amortised through the income statement. 3 Development expenditure must be capitalised if certain conditions are met.
interest?
1 Unrealised revaluation gains. 2 Dividends paid. 3 Proceeds of equity share issue. 4 Profit for the period.
according to the payables ledger account of Alta in Ordan’s records was only $230. Comparison of the statement and the ledger account revealed the following differences: 1 A cheque sent by Ordan for $270 has not been allowed for in Alta’s statement. 2 Alta has not allowed for goods returned by Ordan $180. 3 Ordan made a contra entry, reducing the amount due to Alta by $3,200, for a balance due from Alta in Ordan’s receivables ledger. No such entry has been made in Alta’s records. What difference remains between the two companies’ records after adjusting for these items?