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The standard mandates that borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset must be capitalized as part of that asset. Other borrowing costs are recognised as an expense. [1] IAS 23 was issued in 1984 and came into effect on January 1, 1986.
IFRIC 23 Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments 2017 January 1, 2019: SIC 1: Consistency - Different Cost Formulas for Inventories 1997 January 1, 1999: January 1, 2005: IAS 2: SIC 2: Consistency - Capitalisation of Borrowing Costs 1997 January 1, 1998: January 1, 2005: IAS 8: SIC 3: Elimination of Unrealised Profits and Losses on Transactions ...
However certain standards require offsetting when specific conditions are satisfied (such as in case of the accounting for defined benefit liabilities in IAS 19 [32] and the net presentation of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets in IAS 12 [33]).
For the capitalisation of borrowing costs in inventories, consult “IAS 23 Borrowing Costs”. IAS 2 allows for two methods of costing, the standard technique and the retail technique. The standard technique requires that inventory be valued at the standard cost of each unit; that is, the usual cost per unit at the normal level of output and ...
The International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) had been established in 1973 and had issued a number of standards known as International Accounting Standards (IAS). As the organization was reformed in 2001, it changed the name of the standard-setting body from IASC to IASB, and established a foundation to oversee it, initially known as ...
An executory contract is defined as a contract under which neither party has performed any of its obligations (e.g. delivering an object and paying for that object) or both parties have partially performed their obligations to an equal extent. In case of an executory contract, IAS 37 does not apply and neither an asset nor a liability is recorded.
Deferred financing costs or debt issuance costs is an accounting concept meaning costs associated with issuing debt (loans and bonds), such as various fees and commissions paid to investment banks, law firms, auditors, regulators, and so on. Since these payments do not generate future benefits, they are treated as a contra debt account.
The historical cost of an asset at the time it is acquired or created is the value of the costs incurred in acquiring or creating the asset, comprising the consideration paid to acquire or create the asset plus transaction costs. [1]