Borrowing costs
Before recent revisions, IAS 23 provided an option to
either recognise borrowing costs as a cost of an asset
or to immediately recognise as an expense.
However, TFRS for NPAEs requires an entity to
capitalise the borrowing costs that are directly
attributable to the acquisition, construction or
production of a qualifying asset. This includes the gain
or loss on exchange as a result of borrowing in a nonfunctional
currency.
Borrowing costs recognised by an entity as an expense
before application of the new accounting standard are
not required to be retrospectively recognised as an
asset.