Impairment of Assets
IAS36 Impariment
All assets, except: inventories, contract assets and assets arising from costs to obtain or fulfill a contract, deferred tax assets, employee benefits, financial assets, investment property measured at fair value, biological assets, insurance contract assets, and non-current assets held for sale.
IMPAIRMENT = Carrying Amount > Recoverable Amount
RECOVERABLE AMOUNT = Higher of fair value less costs of disposal and value in use
Fair value less cost of disposal
Fair value
The price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
Costs of disposal
Incremental costs attributable to the disposal of an asset excluding finance costs and income tax expenses.
Value-in-use
Represents the discounted future net pre-tax cash flows from the continuing use and ultimate disposal of the asset.
Cash flows
From continuing use and disposal
Based on asset in its current form
Exclude financing activities
Pre-tax.
Discount rate
Pre-tax
Risks relating to value in use are reflected either in
future cash flows or in the discount rate. The
assumptions are otherwise double-counted.
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