Question 4iii
You are the financial controller of Omega, a listed entity which prepares consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The managing director, who is not an accountant, has recently been appointed. She formerly worked for Rival, one of Omega’s key competitors. She has reviewed the financial statements of Omega for the year ended 30 September 2014 and has prepared a series of queries relating to those statements:
Query Three
‘I was confused when I looked at the statement of financial position and saw that the assets and liabilities were divided up into three sections and not two. The current and non-current sections I understand but I don’t understand the ‘non-current assets held for sale’ and ‘liabilities directly associated with non-current assets held for sale’ sections. Please explain the meaning and accounting treatment of a non-current asset held for sale. Please also explain how there can be liabilities directly associated with non-current assets held for sale.’ (4 marks)
Required:
Provide answers to the three queries raised by the managing director. Your answers should refer to relevant provisions of International Financial Reporting Standards
Note: The mark allocation is shown against each of the three issues above.