Financial & Managerial Accounting
Financial & Managerial Accounting
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781285866307
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 13, Problem 2CP
To determine

Investment:

The act of allocating money to buy a monetary asset, in order to generate wealth in the future is referred to as investment.

To explain: The similarities in valuation of property, plant, and equipment and the valuation of investments under international financial reporting.

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International Financial Reporting Standard No. 16 provides companies the option of valuing property, plant, and equipment at either historical cost or fair value. If fair value is selected, then the property, plant, and equipment must be revalued periodically to fair value. Under fair value, if there is an increase in the value of the property, plant, and equipment during the reporting period, then the increase is credited to stockholders’ equity. However, if there is a decrease in fair value, then the decrease is reported as an expense for the period.How is the international accounting treatment for changes in fair value for property, plant, and equipment similar to investments?
The main difference between U.S. accounting standards and international accounting standards when accounting for plant, property and equipment is a. international accounting standards require the use of current fair value with changes recognized in equity only. b. U.S. accounting standards do not allow the write-down of assets due to impairment. c. international accounting standards allow plant, property and equipment to be stated at current fair value with changes recognized in income or equity. d. U.S. accounting standards allow plant, property and equipment to be stated at current fair value with changes recognized in income or equity.
Companies following international accounting standards are permitted to revalue fixed assets above the assets’ historical costs. Such revaluations are allowed under various countries’ standards and the standards issued by the IASB. Liberty International, a real estate company headquartered in the United Kingdom (U.K.), follows U.K. standards. In a recent year, Liberty disclosed the following information on revaluations of its tangible fixed assets. The revaluation reserve measures the amount by which tangible fixed assets are recorded above historical cost and is reported in Liberty’s stockholders’ equity.Liberty InternationalCompleted Investment PropertiesCompleted investment properties are professionally valued on a market value basis by external valuers at the balance sheet date. Surpluses and deficits arising during the year are reflected in the revaluation reserve.Liberty reported the following additional data. Amounts for Kimco Realty (which follows GAAP) in the same year are…

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