IFRIC's preliminary conclusion on several issues after discussion
Classification of short-term loans and credit facilities (IAS 7)The Committee received a request asking about the types of borrowings an entity includes in its statement of cash flows as a component of cash and cash equivalents. In the fact pattern described in the request:
a. an entity has short-term loans and credit facilities (short-term arrangements) that have a short contractual notice period (eg 14 days);
b. the entity says it uses the short-term arrangements for cash management; and
c. the balance of the short-term arrangements does not often fluctuate from being negative to positive.
The Committee observed that:
- applying paragraph 8 of IAS 7, an entity generally considers bank borrowings to be financing activities. An entity, however, includes a bank borrowing as a component of cash and cash equivalents only in the particular circumstances described in paragraph 8 of IAS 7—ie the banking arrangement is a bank overdraft that (i) is repayable on demand, and (ii) forms an integral part of the entity’s cash management.
- cash management includes managing cash and cash equivalents for the purpose of meeting short-term cash commitments rather than for investment or other purposes (paragraphs 7 and 9 of IAS 7). Assessing whether a banking arrangement is an integral part of an entity’s cash management is a matter of facts and circumstances.
- if the balance of a banking arrangement does not often fluctuate from being negative to positive, then this indicates that the arrangement does not form an integral part of the entity’s cash management and, instead, represents a form of financing.
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