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1.7 Statement of comprehensive income
ABC CO
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 20X2
Illustrating the classification of expenses by function
20X2
20X1
$'000
$'000
Revenue
X
X
Cost of sales
(X)
(X)
Gross profit
X
X
Other income
X
X
Distribution costs
(X)
(X)
Administrative expenses
(X)
(X)
Other expenses
(X)
(X)
Finance cost
(X)
(X)
Profit before tax
X
X
Income tax expense
(X)
(X)
Profit for the year
X
X
Other comprehensive income:
Gains on property revaluation
X
X
Total comprehensive income for the year
X
X
Questions in the exam may refer to an income statement: this means the entries from Revenue to Profit
for the year. References to other comprehensive income means the last 3 lines. However a reference to
statement of comprehensive income means the whole statement shown above.
1.8 Notes to the financial statements
These notes are given as illustrations. For your exam, you only need to know five and these are listed in
Section 1.9.
(1)
Accounting policies
This will generally be the first note to the accounts and is governed by IAS 1 Presentation of
financial statements. Disclosure of the following policies is likely.
Depreciation
Inventories
Revaluation of long-term assets
(2)
General statement of financial position disclosures
Restrictions on the title to assets
Security given in respect of liabilities
Contingent assets and contingent liabilities, quantified if possible
Amounts committed for future capital expenditure
Events after the reporting period
(3)
Property, plant and equipment
Land and buildings
Plant and equipment
Other categories of assets, suitably identified
Accumulated
depreciation
Separate disclosure should be made of leaseholds and of assets being acquired on
instalment purchase plans.
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(4)
Other non-current assets
Include, if applicable, the method and period of depreciation and any unusual write-offs
during the period.
Long-term investments stating the market value of listed investments if different from the
carrying amount in the financial statements
Long-term receivables
–
Accounts and notes receivable: trade
–
Receivables from directors
– Other
Goodwill
Patents, trademarks, and similar assets
Development costs capitalised and their movements during the period
(5)
Investments
For marketable securities, the market value should be disclosed if different from the carrying
amount in the financial statements.
(6)
Receivables
Accounts and notes receivable: trade
Receivable from directors
Other receivables and prepaid expenses
(7)
Cash
Cash includes cash on hand and in current and other accounts with banks. Cash which is not
immediately available for use, for example balances frozen in foreign banks by exchange
restrictions, should be disclosed.
(8)
Shareholders' interests
The following disclosures should be made separately.
Share capital: disclose the following for each class of share capital.
–
Number of shares issued and partly paid, and issued but not fully paid
–
Par value per share or that the shares have not par value
–
Reconciliation of number of shares outstanding at the beginning and end of the year
–
Rights, preferences, and restrictions with respect to the distribution of dividends and
to the repayment of capital
–
Shares in the enterprise held by itself or related companies
–
Shares reserved for future issue under options and sales contracts, including the
terms and amounts.
–
Description of the nature and purpose of each reserve
–
Dividends proposed but not formally approved for payment
–
Cumulative preferred dividends not recognised
Statement of changes in equity
(9)
Non-current liabilities
Exclude the portion repayable within one year.
Secured
loans
Unsecured
loans
A summary of the interest rates, repayment terms, covenants,
subordination and conversion
features should be shown.
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(10) Other liabilities and provisions
The significant items included in other liabilities and in provisions and accruals should be
separately disclosed. You are unlikely to meet any items of this nature in your syllabus.
(11) Payables
Accounts and notes payable: trade
Payables to directors
Taxes on income
Other payables and accrued expenses
1.9 Examinable notes
For the purposes of your syllabus, you need to be able to
produce the following notes to the accounts.
(a)
Statement of changes in equity (see
Chapter 20
of this Study Text)
(b)
Tangible non-current assets (see
Chapter 9
of this Study Text)
(c)
Events after the reporting period (
Chapter 22
)
(d)
Contingent assets and contingent liabilities (
Chapter 13
)
(e)
Research and development (
Chapter 10
)
Question
Pro forma
Before we go any further, take a blank sheet of paper and write out the 'pro forma' statement of
comprehensive income and statement of financial position shown above. Mark which items are likely to
require further disclosure, either by note or on the face of the statements.
You must be able to account for these items when preparing the accounts of limited liability companies.
Taxation
Ordinary and preference shares
Shareholders' equity (share premium, revaluation surplus, reserves and retained earnings)
2 Items in the income statement and statement of
comprehensive income
2.1 Revenue
There are important rules on revenue recognition and these are the subject of IAS 18 Revenue. We will
look at this in detail in Section 6 of this chapter.
2.2 Cost of sales
This represents the summary of the detailed workings we have used in a sole trader's financial statements.
2.3 Expenses
Notice that expenses are gathered under a number of headings. Any detail needed will be given in the
notes to the financial statements.
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