Question
Dalebrook Manufacturing: measure a year of a defined benefit plan — cost in profit or loss, remeasurement in OCI and the closing net liability — and accrue carried-forward paid leave.
Statements in this challenge
- Pension ExpenseNumeric Answer
- RemeasurementNumeric Answer
- Net LiabilityNumeric Answer
- Journal EntriesJournal Entry
- Statement ImpactStatement Impact
Scoring
- 40% Account naming / line matching
- 40% Amount correctness
- 20% Structure / section placement
How to approach this
IAS 1 — Presentation of Financial Statements
A composite challenge links several statements built from one set of data, so figures flow between them: profit reaches retained earnings, and the closing balances feed the position statement. Complete them in the order the statements depend on each other rather than the order of the tabs.
Common mistakes
- Preparing each statement independently, so the linking figures disagree.
- Carrying a figure forward before finishing the adjustments that change it.
- Reworking a linked figure in one statement without updating it in the others.
Further readingIAS 1: what goes where in a full set of statements