Principles of Financial Reporting for Assets and Liabilities

Objective of the Standard

1.1 The aim of this Standard is to outline principles governing the financial reporting of financial assets and liabilities to furnish relevant and useful information to financial statement users for evaluating an entity's future cash flows in terms of their amounts, timing, and uncertainty.

Scope of the Standard

2.1 This Standard applies to all entities and all types of financial instruments, with the following exceptions:

Interests in Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures: Excluded if accounted for under Ind AS 110, Ind AS 27, or Ind AS 28. However, in certain circumstances, these entities may account for these interests per this Standard. This includes derivatives associated with such interests unless they qualify as equity instruments per Ind AS 32.
Leases: Rights and obligations under leases per Ind AS 17 are excluded, though lease receivables, finance lease payables, and derivatives embedded in leases are subject to the relevant provisions of this Standard.
Employee Benefits: Rights and obligations under employee benefit plans under Ind AS 19 are excluded.
Equity Instruments: Financial instruments that meet the definition of equity instruments as per Ind AS 32 are excluded unless the holder applies this Standard under conditions outlined in sections 16A-16D.
Insurance Contracts: Rights and obligations under insurance contracts as defined in Ind AS 104, except as specified in paragraph 2.1(e).
Loan Commitments: Excludes specific loan commitments as per paragraph 2.3, with applicable scope for impairment and derecognition.
Share-based Payment Transactions: Financial instruments related to share-based payments as per Ind AS 102 are excluded except under specified paragraphs (2.4-2.7).
Provisions and Contingent Assets: Rights to reimbursement for expenditures required to settle liabilities as per Ind AS 37, or previous provisions made under Ind AS 37.
Revenue Contracts: Rights and obligations within the scope of Ind AS 115 that are financial instruments, except as exceptions stated are noted.

2.2 For those rights accounted for under Ind AS 115 which fall within this Standard, the relevant impairment provisions must be applied to recognize expected credit loss gains or losses.

Loan Commitments in Scope

2.3 The following loan commitments are included under this Standard:

(a) Loan commitments designated as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss.

(b) Loan commitments that can be settled net in cash or via issuing another financial instrument.

2.4 Contracts for buying or selling non-financial items, able to be settled in cash or other financial instruments, are treated as if they were financial instruments unless they were held for the receipt or delivery of non-financial items as per the entity's expected requirements.

2.5 The irrevocable designation of a contract concerning non-financial items can be made at inception for valuation purposes through profit or loss to eliminate significant recognition inconsistencies.

2.6 There are various scenarios via which such a contract can be settled in cash or other financial instruments, including explicit settlement terms or established practices.

Recognition and Derecognition

Initial Recognition

3.1.1 A financial asset or financial liability is recognized in the balance sheet only when the entity enters into the contractual provisions of the instrument per the applicable paragraphs.

3.1.2 Regular way purchases or sales of financial assets can be recognized and derecognized using either trade date or settlement date accounting.

Derecognition of Financial Assets

3.2.1 In consolidated financial statements, specified paragraphs should be applied at the consolidated level.

3.2.2 Prior to assessing derecognition, entities must ascertain if assessments should be made for parts of financial assets or in their entirety.

Conditions for Derecognition

3.2.3 A financial asset is derecognized when:

(a) The contractual rights to cash flows from the asset expire, or

(b) The asset is transferred as specified in the Standard and qualifies for derecognition.

3.2.4 A transfer is defined as when an entity transfers rights to receive cash flows or retains those rights but takes on an obligation to transfer cash flows to one or more parties under specified conditions.

Classification of Financial Assets

4.1 Classification is required for financial assets based on the entity’s management model and the characteristics of its cash flows, with different measurement categories including amortized cost, fair value through other comprehensive income, or fair value through profit or loss.

4.2 An entity classifies financial liabilities at amortized cost, unless specific circumstances listed such as fair value through profit or loss apply.

Measurement

5.1 Initial and subsequent measurements for financial assets and liabilities must adhere to the outlined conditions, including considerations for transaction costs and the effective interest method.

Impairment

5.5 Loss allowances for expected credit losses must be calculated for relevant financial instruments, comprehensively assessing risks across reporting periods.

Hedge Accounting

6.1 The goal of hedge accounting is to reflect the effects of risk management through financial instruments.

Conclusion

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