Question
An investor holds 30% of an associate's ordinary shares and uses the equity method. The associate reports net income of $200,000 for the year and pays no dividends. The investor recognizes:
Scoring
- 40% Account naming / line matching
- 40% Amount correctness
- 20% Structure / section placement
IFRS 9 — Financial Instruments
Classification drives the accounting, so settle it first: amortised cost, fair value through profit or loss, or fair value through other comprehensive income. Only then decide where remeasurement gains and losses land, because the same price movement is reported in different places under different classifications.
Common mistakes
- Routing a fair value movement through profit or loss when the instrument is measured at FVOCI, or the reverse.
- Capitalising transaction costs on an instrument held at fair value through profit or loss, where they are expensed.
- Forgetting to remove the cumulative gain or loss from equity on the disposal of an FVOCI investment.
Further readingIFRS 9: measuring financial instruments