PAS 22
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS – PRESENTATION
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT
PAS 32, paragraph 11
• any contract that gives rise to both a financial asset of one entity and a financial
liability or equity instrument of another entity
• financial asset, a financial liability and an equity instrument
CHARACTERISTICS
✓ There must be a contract.
✓ There are at least two parties to the contract..
✓ The contract shall give rise to a financial asset of one party and financial liability
or equity instrument of another party.
FINANCIAL ASSET
• Cash
• A contractual right to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity
• A contractual right to exchange financial instruments with another entity under
favorable conditions
• An equity instrument of another entity
Examples of financial asset
✓ Cash or currency
✓ Cash deposit in bank
✓ Accounts receivable
✓ Notes receivable
✓ Loans receivable
✓ investment in shares or equity instruments
Examples of nonfinancial asset
✓ Physical assets, such as inventory and property, plant and equipment
✓ Intangible assets, such as patent and trademark
✓ Prepaid, expenses
FINANCIAL LIABILITY
• To deliver cash or other financial asset to another entiy.
• To exchange financial instruments with another entity under conditions that are
potentially unfavorable.
Examples of financial liabilities
✓ Accounts payable
✓ Notes payable
✓ Loans payable
✓ Bonds payable
Examples of nonfinancial liabilities
✓ Deferred revenue and warranty obligations because the outflow of economic
benefits is the delivery of goods and services rather than a contractual obligation
to pay cash.
✓ Income tax payable because it is imposed by law and noncontractual
✓ Constructive obligations because the obligations do not arise from contract
EQUITY INSTRUMENT
• any contract that evidences a residual interest in assets of entity after deducting all
the liabilities.
✓ Ordinary share capital
✓ Preference share capital
✓ Share options or share warrants
COMPOUND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT
PAS 32, paragraph 28,
• financial instrument contains both liability and equity element from perspective of
issuer.
• one component of financial instrument meets definition of financial liability and
another component of the financial instrument meets the definition of equity instrument.
✓ Bonds payable issued with share warrants
✓ Convertible bonds payable
ACCOUNTING FOR COMPOUND INSTRUMENT
• issuer of financial instrument shall evaluate terms of instrument contains liability and
an equity
• if financial instrument contains both a liability and equity, PAS 32 mandates accounted
for separately.
• approach in accounting for compound financial instrument is known as "split
accounting".
• consideration received from issuance of compound financial instrument shall be
allocated between the liability and equity components.
• fair value of liability component is first determined, deducted from total consideration
received from the issuance of the compound financial instrument.
• residual amount is allocated to the equity component