Notes To The Financial Statements (Continued)
30 June 2015
For assets excluding goodwill, an assessment is made at each reporting date to determine whether
there is an indication that previously recognised impairment losses no longer exist or have
decreased. If such indication exists, the organisation estimates the asset’s or CGU’s recoverable
amount. A previously recognised impairment loss is reversed only if there has been a change in the
assumptions used to determine the asset’s recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was
recognised. The reversal is limited so that the carrying amount of the asset does not exceed its
recoverable amount, nor exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of
depreciation, had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. Such reversal is
recognised in the statement of profit or loss unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which
case, the reversal is treated as a revaluation increase.
Financial assets
Initial Recognition
The organisation determines the classification of its financial assets at initial recognition. Financial
assets are recognised initially at fair value plus, in the case of investments not at fair value through
profit and loss, directly attributable transaction costs. The organisation’s financial assets include
cash trade and other receivables.
Subsequent measurement
The subsequent measurement of financial assets depends on their classification as follows:
Receivables
Receivables are non-derivatives financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not
quoted in an active market. Such financial assets are carried at cost.
Impairment of financial assets
The organisation assesses at each balance sheet date whether there is any objective evidence that a
financial asset or group of financial assets is impaired. A financial asset or a group of financial
assets is deemed to be impaired if, and only if, there is objective evidence of impairment as a result
of one or more events that has occurred after initial recognition of the asset (an incurred ‘loss event’)
and that the loss event has an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset or
group of financial assets that can be reliably estimated. Evidence of impairment may include
indications that the debtors or a group of debtors are experiencing significant financial difficulty,
default or delinquency in interest or principal payments, the probability that they will enter
bankruptcy or other financial reorganisation and where observable data indicate that there is a
measurable decrease in the estimated future cash flows, such as changes in arrears or economic
conditions that correlate with defaults.
Derecognition of financial asset
A financial asset (or, where applicable a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar
financial assets) is derecognised when the rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired.
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