Accounting for Borrowing Costs LKAS 23 Rangajeewa Herath

Accounting for Borrowing Costs LKAS 23 Rangajeewa Herath B. Sc. Accountancy and Financial Management (Sp. ) (USJ), MBA- PIM(USJ)

Borrowing costs are interest and other costs that an entity incurs in connection with borrowing of funds. - e. g: - Interest expense on financial instrument - Finance charges of a lease 2 Rangajeewa Herath

Recognition �An 3 entity shall capitalized the borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of an qualifying asset as a cost of such asset. An entity shall recognized other borrowing costs as an expense in the period in which it incurs them. Rangajeewa Herath

Qualifying Asset Qualifying asset is an asset which necessarily takes a substantial period of time to get ready for its intended use or sale. 4 Depending on the circumstances any of the following may be a qualifying asset. v Inventories v Manufacturing plant v Power generation facilities v Intangible assets Herathproperties v. Rangajeewa Investment

Capitalization of borrowing cost - To the extent that an entity’s borrows 5 fund specifically for the purpose of obtaining a qualifying asset, the entity shall determine the amount of borrowing costs eligible for capitalization as the actual borrowing cost incurred on that borrowing during the period less any investment income on temporary investment of those Rangajeewa Herath

Exercise 1 � Kandy PLC started a construction of a building on 6 01. 04. 2015. For this purpose, on 01. 04. 2015, they obtained a bank loan amounting to Rs. 8 million. The construction was in the progress as at 31. 03. 2016 and Rs. 6 million had been incurred for the building by that date. The interest cost of the loan for the year ending 31. 03. 2016 was Rs. 780, 000. By temporary investing these borrowing the company has received interest income of Rs. 190, 000 during the year ending 31. 03. 2016. � Identify the borrowing costs to be capitalized for the year ending 31. 03. 2016. � Calculate the carrying amount of the building as at Rangajeewa Herath 31. 03. 2016

Capitalization of borrowing cost To the extent that entity borrows funds generally and uses them for the purpose of obtaining a qualifying asset, the entity shall determine the amount of borrowing costs eligible for capitalization by applying the capitalization rate to the expenditure on such asset. The capitalization rate shall be the weighted average of the borrowing costs applicable to borrowings of the entity that are outstanding during the period, other than borrowing made specifically for the purpose of obtaining qualifying assets. 7 Rangajeewa Herath

Commencement of capitalization When the entity first meets all of the following conditions: �It incurs expenditure for assets �It incurs the borrowing cost �It undertakes activities that are necessary to prepare the asset for its intended use or sale 8 Rangajeewa Herath