FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781259964947
Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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Consider yourself the financial controller of Alpha. The managing director, who is not an accountant, has recently attended a seminar and has raised the following questions for you concerning issues discussed at the seminar:The notes to the financial statements say that plant and equipment is held under the ‘cost model’. However, property which is owner occupied is revalued annually to fair value. Changes in fair value are sometimes reported in profit or loss but usually in ‘other comprehensive income’. Please explain how all these treatments comply with relevant reporting standards. The manager director also added “I wonder how the revaluation model can affect the information relevancy and reliability”

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