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Case 12-9 Rough Waters Ahead - IFRS 1. Cruise Ship belongs to the assets that apply to IAS 36 Impairment rule IAS 36-2 states the Impairment of Assets rule shall be applied in accounting for the impairment of all assets, other than: a) Inventories b) Assets arising from construction contracts c) Deferred tax assets d) Assets arising from employee benefits e) Financial assets that are within the scope of IFRS 19 f) Investment property that is measured at fair value g) Biological assets related to agricultural activity that are measured at fair value less costs of disposal h) Deferred acquisition costs, and intangible assets, …show more content…

These changes include the asset becoming idle, plans to discontinue or restructure the operation to which an asset belongs, plans to dispose of an asset before the previously expected date, and reassessing the useful life of an asset as finite rather than indefinite. g) evidence is available from internal reporting that indicates that the economic performance of an asset is, or will be, worse than expected. Smooth Sailing has the indications b), d), f) and g) in their operations related to the cruise ship. Regarding to indication b), the presence of pirates greatly affects the cruise ship’s market because customers are afraid of using the cruise ship. The cruise ship’s book value is $4.6million, while the estimated fair value is $3.0milion which is much less than $4.6 so this meets the description of indication d). The presence of pirates greatly affected cruise ship’s operations and economic performance so indications f) and g) also exist. Based on these indications, Cruise ship should be impaired. 3. Recoverable Amount IAS 36-50 regulates estimates of future cash flow shall not include: (a) cash inflows or outflows from

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