This document discusses Sri Lanka Ports Management & Consultancy Services (Private) Limited's transition to adopting the Sri Lanka Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium-sized Entities (SLFRS for SMEs). It provides an overview of what a small and medium-sized entity is, the content and sections of the SLFRS for SMEs, the transition process, and presumptions on sections that would be applicable to the company. The document was prepared by Tudor V. Perera & Co., a firm of chartered accountants, to explain the transition to adopting the SLFRS for SMEs.
1. Sri Lanka Ports Management & Consultancy Services (Private) Limited
2. What is a small and medium-sized entity ?
Why SLFRSs for SMEs ?
Content
Section 35 - Transition to the SLFRS for SMEs
Section 3 - Financial Statement Presentation
Other Sections Presumed Applicable in Summary
What would the Audit Report Say?
Conclusion
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4. (a) do not have public accountability, and
(b) publish general purpose financial statements for
external users.
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5. An entity has public accountability if:
(a) its debt or equity instruments are traded in a public
market
(b) it holds assets in a fiduciary capacity for a broad
group of outsiders as one of its primary businesses.
This is typically the case for banks
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6. Financial statements directed to the general financial
information needs of a wide range of users who are not
in a position to demand reports tailored to meet their
particular information needs.
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7. Companies licensed under the Banking Act, No. 30 of 1988
Companies authorized under the Control of Insurance Act, No. 25 of 1962, to carry on
insurance business
Companies carrying on leasing business
Factoring companies
Companies registered under the Finance Companies Act, No. 78 of 1988
Companies licensed, under the Securities and Exchange Commission Act, No 36 of
1987, to operate unit trust
Fund Management Companies
Companies licensed under the Securities and Exchange Commission Act, No 36 of
1987, to carry on business as
stock brokers or stock dealers
Companies licensed under the Securities and Exchange Commission Act, No. 36 of
1987 to operate a Stock Exchange
Companies listed in a Stock Exchange licensed under the Securities and Exchange
Commission Act, No 36 of 1987
Public corporations engaged in the sale of goods or the provision of services
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10. Some topics in SLFRSs full version omitted if
irrelevant to private entities
Where SLFRSs have options, include only simpler
option
Recognition and measurement simplifications
Reduced disclosures
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11. Completely stand-alone
The only „fallback‟ option to full SLFRS is the option to
use LKAS 39 instead of the financial instruments
sections of SLFRS for SMEs
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15. What is an entity‟s first financial statements that
conform to this SLFRS?
The first annual financial statements in which the entity makes an explicit
and unreserved statement in those financial statements of compliance with
the SLFRS for SMEs.
What is an entity‟s Starting date to adopt these SLFRS?
SLFRS for SMEs is applicable for financial periods beginning on or after
01st January 2012. It is first applicable for Sri Lanka Ports Management
& Consultancy Services (Private) Limited 2012/2013 financial period.
The date of transition is 1st April 2011.
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16. ◦ Recognize all assets and liabilities whose recognition is required
by the SLFRS for SMEs;
◦ Not recognise items as assets or liabilities if this SLFRS does not
permit such recognition;
◦ Reclassify items that it recognised under its previous financial
reporting framework as one type of asset, liability or component
of equity, but are a different type of asset, liability or component
of equity under this SLFRS; and
◦ apply this SLFRS in measuring all recognised assets and
liabilities.
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17. The accounting policies that an entity uses in its
opening statement of financial position under this
SLFRS may differ from those that it used for the same
date using its previous financial reporting framework.
The resulting adjustments shall recognises directly in
retained earnings (or, if appropriate, another category
of equity) at the date of transition to this SLFRS.
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18. This SLFRS establishes 2 categories of exceptions
under the headings,
“Exceptions for retrospective application”
“Exemptions applicable for First time adopters”
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19. Retrospective Application: A retrospective
application is the application of a new accounting
policy as if that policy had always been applied.
Prospective Application: A prospective application is
the application of a new accounting policy to
transactions after the date of the policy change, with
recognition of the effect of changes in accounting
estimates in the current and future periods.
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20. On first-time adoption of this SLFRS, an entity shall not
retrospectively change the accounting that it followed under
its previous financial reporting framework for any of the
following transactions:
Non-controlling interests.
Hedge accounting.
Accounting estimates.
Discontinued operations.
Derecognition of financial assets and financial liabilities.
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21. Derecognition of financial assets and financial
liabilities.
Financial assets and liabilities derecognized under an
entity‟s previous accounting framework before the date
of transition should not be recognized upon adoption of
the SLFRS for SMEs.
Accounting Estimates.
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22. An entity may use one or more of the following exemptions in
preparing its first financial statements that conform to this
SLFRS:
Business combinations.
Share-based payment transactions.
Fair value as deemed cost.
Revaluation as deemed cost.
Cumulative translation differences.
Separate financial statements.
Compound financial instruments.
Deferred income tax.
Service concession arrangements.
Extractive activities
Arrangements containing a lease.
Decommissioning liabilities included in the cost of property, plant and equipment.
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23. Fair value as deemed cost.
A first-time adopter may elect to measure an item of property, plant
and equipment, an investment property, or an intangible asset on
the date of transition to this SLFRS at its fair value and use that
fair value as its deemed cost at that date.
Revaluation as deemed cost.
A first-time adopter may elect to use a previous accounting standard
on revaluation of an item of property, plant and equipment, an
investment property, or an intangible asset at, or before, the date
of transition to this SLFRS as its deemed cost at the revaluation
date.
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24. Deferred income tax.
A first-time adopter is not required to recognize, at the date of
transition to the SLFRS for SMEs, deferred tax assets or deferred
tax liabilities relating to differences between the tax basis and the
carrying amount of any assets or liabilities for which recognition
of those deferred tax assets or liabilities would involve undue
cost or effort.
Arrangements containing a lease.
A first-time adopter may elect to determine whether an arrangement
existing at the date of transition to the SLFRS for SMEs contains
a lease on the basis of facts and circumstances existing at that
date, rather than when the arrangement was entered into.
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25. Explanation of transition to the SLFRS for SMEs
An entity shall explain how the transition from its previous financial reporting framework to
this SLFRS affected its reported financial position, financial performance and cash flows.
Reconciliation of equity
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27. Complete set of financial statements:
– Statement of financial position
– Either single statement of comprehensive
◦ income, or two statements: Income
◦ statement and statement of
◦ comprehensive income
– Statement of changes in equity
– Statement of cash flows
– Notes
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28. If the only changes to equity during the periods
for, which financial statements are presented arise from
profit or loss, payment of dividends, corrections of
prior period errors and changes in accounting
policy, the entity may present a single statement of
income and
retained earnings in place of the statement of
comprehensive income and statement of changes in
equity.
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29. If an entity has no items of other comprehensive
income in any of the periods for which financial
statements are presented, it may present only an
income statement, or it may present a statement of
comprehensive income in which the „bottom line‟ is
labeled as „profit or loss‟.
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31. No new provisions or major changes when compared to
previous SLAS
May still be called “balance sheet”
Current/non-current split is not required if entity
concludes liquidity approach is better
Some minimum line items
This SLFRS does not prescribe the sequence or format
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32. An entity shall present its total comprehensive income for
a period either:
◦ in a single statement of comprehensive income or
◦ in two statements - an income statement and a statement of
comprehensive income
Three types of other comprehensive income are
recognised as part of total comprehensive income, outside
of profit or loss, when they arise:
some gains and losses arising on translating the financial
statements of a foreign operation.
some actuarial gains and losses.
some changes in fair values of hedging instruments.
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33. It is not required to prepare a separate statement of changes
in equity if there is no owner investment or withdrawal
other than dividends whereas previous SLAS required to
present a separate statement of changes in Equity.
An entity shall present,
◦ retained earnings at the beginning of the reporting period.
◦ dividends declared and paid or payable during the period.
◦ restatements of retained earnings for corrections of prior period
errors.
◦ restatements of retained earnings for changes in accounting policy.
◦ retained earnings at the end of the reporting period.
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34. No Major changes compared to previous SLAS.
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35. An entity normally presents the notes in the following
order:
a statement that the financial statements have been
prepared in compliance with the SLFRS for SMEs;
a summary of significant accounting policies applied;
supporting information for items presented in the financial
statements, in the sequence in which each statement and
each line item is presented; and
any other disclosures.
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36. Consolidation is required when parent subsidiary
relationship except:
◦ Sub was acquired with intent to dispose within one year
◦ Parent itself is a sub and its parent or ultimate parent uses full IFRSs
or IFRS for SMEs
Basis of consolidation: control
◦ Consolidate all controlled SPEs
SPE- An entity may be created to accomplish a narrow objective (eg - to effect a
lease, undertake research and development activities or securities financial assets).Such an
SPE may take the form of a corporation, trust, partnership or unincorporated entity.
Often, SPEs are created with legal arrangements that impose strict requirements over the
operations of the SPE.
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37. No major changes compared to previous SLAS.
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38. Section 11 is on ‘Basic financial Instruments’ while
section 12 is on ‘Other financial Instruments Issues’.
Section 11 applies to basic financial instruments and is
relevant for all entities.
Section 12 applies to other and complex financial
instruments. We presume that section 12 is not
applicable to the company at present.
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39. An entity shall choose to apply either:
◦ (a) the provisions of both Section 11 and Section 12 in full, or
◦ (b) the recognition and measurement provisions of LKAS 39
Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement and the
disclosure requirements of Sections 11and 12
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40. Cash.
Demand and fixed-term deposits
Commercial paper
Investments
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41. Initial measurement
◦ When a financial asset or financial liability is recognised
initially, an entity shall measure it at the transaction price
(including transaction costs)
Subsequent measurement
At the end of each reporting period, an entity shall assess
whether there is objective evidence of impairment of any financial
assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost. If there is
objective evidence of impairment, the entity shall recognise an
impairment loss in profit or loss immediately.
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42. No major changes compared to previous SLAS.
Historical cost – depreciation – impairment model only.
No revaluation model.
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43. Finance and operating lease classification similar to
LKAS 17
Measure finance leases at lower of FV of interest in
leased property and present value of minimum lease
payments
For operating leases, do not force straight-line expense
recognition if lease payments are structured to
compensate lessor for general inflation
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44. No major changes compared to previous SLAS.
Guidance on classifying an instrument as liability or equity,
• Instrument is a liability if the issuer could be required to pay
cash
• However, if puttable only on liquidation then it is equity.
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45. Scope of this section covers the revenue from the
construction contracts as well but as per previous
SLAS, there is a separate standard for construction
contracts.
Goods: Revenue recognised when risks and rewards are
transferred, seller has no continuing
involvement, measurable
Services and construction contracts: Recognise by
percentage of completion
Principle for measurement is fair value of consideration
received or receivable
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46. An entity shall recognise all borrowing costs as an
expense in profit or loss in the period in which they are
incurred.
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47. Impairment of inventories - An entity shall assess at
each reporting date whether any inventories are
impaired whereas it is not discussed under the previous
SLAS
Write down to lower of cost and selling price less costs
to complete and sell, if below carrying amount
Other assets - write down to recoverable amount, if
below carrying amount
Recoverable amount is the greater of fair value less
costs to sell and value in use
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48. This SLFRS does not require an entity to engage an
independent actuary to perform the comprehensive actuarial
valuation needed to calculate its defined benefit obligation.
Nor does it require that a comprehensive actuarial valuation
must be done annually.
In the periods between comprehensive actuarial valuations, if
the principal actuarial assumptions have not changed
significantly the defined benefit obligation can be measured by
adjusting the prior period measurement for changes in
employee demographics such as number of employees and
salary levels.
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49. For defined benefit plans, use projected unit credit
calculation only if entity is able without undue cost or
effort. Otherwise, can simplify:
◦ Ignore estimated future salary increases
◦ Ignore future service of current employees (assume closure
of plan)
◦ Ignore possible future in-service mortality
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50. Recognise deferred taxes if the tax basis of an asset or
liability is different from its carrying amount
◦ Temporary difference approach
Deferred taxes all non-current
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51. No major changes compared to previous SLAS.
No major changes compared to previous SLAS.
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53. “Fairly presents financial position, results of
operations, and cash flows in conformity with the Sri
Lanka Financial Reporting Standards for Small &
Medium Sized Entities ”
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55. The SLFRS for SMEs will result in:
◦ Better quality reporting
◦ Tailored for the capabilities of your company
◦ Tailored for the needs of lenders and creditors
◦ Understandability across borders
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56. Sri Lanka Financial Reporting Standards for Small & Medium Sized Entities
(SLFRSs for SMEs)
Sri Lanka Ports Management & Consultancy Services (Private) Limited
Deshapriya Senanayake, ACA
Tudor V. Perera & Company,
Chartered Accountants,
P O Box 1177 ,3rd Floor De Mel Building,
Chatham Street Colombo 01.
Tel : (011) 232-0639 | Fax : (011) 243-1941
Email: tudorv@sltnet.lk
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