IAS 2 - INVENTORIES



IAS 2 - INVENTORY

Inventories include

  • Assets held for Sale in the ordinary course of business (finished goods)
  • Assets in the production process for sale in the ordinary course of business (work in progress)
  • Materials and supplies that are consumed in production (raw materials)

 

IAS 2 excludes (Scoped out)

  • Work in progress arising under construction contracts (IFRS 15)
  • Financial Instruments (IFRS 9)
  • Biological assets (IAS 41)

 

Fundamental Principle of IAS 2

Inventories are required to be stated at lower of Cost and Net Realisable Value (NRV)

 

Cost includes:

  • Costs of Purchase
  • Costs of Conversion
  • Other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition

  

Inventory cost should exclude

  • Abnormal cost       
  • Storage cost
  • Administrative Overheads unrelated to production
  •  Selling costs        
  • Foreign exchange differences arising directly on the recent acquisition of inventories invoiced in a foreign currency
  • Interest cost when inventories are purchased with deferred settlement terms

 

Cost formulas

·         Are the inventories not interchangeable?

·         Are the goods/ services produced and segregated for specific project?

 

IF THE ANSWER IS "YES", THEN APPLY "SPECIFIC COST"

IF THE ANSWER IS "NO", THEN APPLY "COST FORMULAS":

·         FIFO

·         Weighted Average

 

NET REALISABLE VALUE [NRV]

It refers to estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the estimated cost of completion and the estimated costs that are necessary to achieve the sale.

 

NRV = Estimated Selling Price less Estimated costs of completion less Estimated Selling costs

NB:

If NRV is less than cost, account for write down in Profit or Loss.

 

DISCLOSURE

  • Accounting policy for inventory
  • Carrying amount of any inventories carried at Fair value less costs to sell
  • Carrying amount of inventories pledged as security
  • Amount of any write-down of inventories recognised as an expense in the period
  • Amount of any reversal of a write-down to NRV and the circumstances that led to it.
  • Cost of inventories recognised as an expense

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