The carrying amount of the financial asset is reduced through the use of an allowance for impairment account and the amount of the loss is recognized in profit or loss. Interest income continues to be accrued on the reduced carrying amount
based on the original effective interest rate of the financial asset. Loans and receivables, together with the associated allowance, are written-off when there is no realistic prospect of future recovery and all collateral has been realized or has been transferred to the Group. If, in a subsequent year, the amount of the estimated impairment loss increases or decreases because of an event occurring after the impairment was recognized, the previously recognized impairment loss is increased or reduced by adjusting the allowance for impairment account. If a future write-off is later recovered, the recovery is recognized in profit or loss.