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1、ACCA考试F7知识点辅导I.Theaccountingproblem BeforeIAS37provisionswererecognizedonthebasisofprudence,littleguidancewasgivenonwhenaprovisionshouldberecognizedandhowitshouldbemeasured.Thisgaverisetoinconsistencies,andalsoallowedprofitstobemanipulated. Someproblemsarenotedbelow: (a)Provis
2、ionscouldberecognizedonthebasisofmanagementintentions,ratherthanonanyobligationtobeentity; (b)Severalitemscouldbecombinedintoonelargeprovision.Therewereknownas‘bigbath’provisions; (c)Aprovisioncouldbecreatedforonepurposeandthenusedforanother; (d)Poordisclosuremadeitdifficultto
3、assesstheeffectofprovisionsonreportedprofits.Inparticular,provisionscouldbecreatedwhenprofitswerehighandreleasedwhenprofitswerelowinordertosmoothprofits. (1)Definitions IAS37viewsaprovisionasaliability. Aprovisionisaliabilityofuncertaintytimingoramount; Aliabilityisanobligat
4、ionofanenterprisetotransfereconomicbenefitsasaresultofpasttransactionsorevents. Provisionmustbebasedonobligations,notmanagementintentions. (2)UnderIAS37,aprovisionshouldberecognized: a.Whenanenterprisehasapresentobligation; b.Itisprobablethatatransferofeconomicbenefitswillbe
5、requiredtosettleit; c.Areliableestimatecanbemadeofitsamount;ifareasonableestimatecannotbemade,thenthenatureoftheprovisionandtheuncertaintiesrelatingtotheamountandtimingofthecashflowsshouldbedisclosed. Aprovisionismadeforsomethingwhichwillprobablyhappen.Itshouldberecognizedwhenit
6、isprobablethatatransferofeconomiceventswilltakeplaceandwhenitsamountcanbeestimatedreliably. (3)Contingentliabilities Definition TheStandarddefinesacontingentliabilityas: (a)Apossibleobligationthatarisesfrompasteventsandwhoseexistencewillbeconfirmedonlybytheoccurrenceornon-oc
7、currenceofoneormoreuncertainfutureeventsnotwhollywithinthecontroloftheenterprise;or (b)Apresentobligationthatarisesfrompasteventsbutisnotrecognizedbecause: (i)Itisnotprobablethatanoutflowofresourcesembodyingeconomicbenefitswillberequiredtosettletheobligation;or (ii)Theamountof
8、theobligationcannot
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