IAS 41, Agriculture, effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2003, introduced fair value accounting
for standing timber, as it did for all biological assets. This entailed a major change from established accounting
practices. The application of fair value to standing timber requires considerable judgment.
Five years have now passed with IAS 41 and use of the standard is now widespread globally, as use of
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has spread. Nevertheless, amongst preparers there are major
questions about how the standard is being applied to forest assets. Fair value implies a market based value and
whilst there are markets around the world for the harvested products of forest, markets for standing timber are
limited in comparison with the total volume of standing forest.
In this short study, which is the first of its kind, we have reviewed how fair value is being applied by forest owning
companies using IFRS. It aims to provide insight into the key judgments that are made by preparers from around
the world and highlights some of the difficulties as well as similarities and differences. What it doesn’t seek to do
is pass judgment on how IAS 41 is being applied, but that said, it does aim to provide pointers as to what may be
considered as best practices in fair valuing forest assets and the related disclosures.
IAS 41, Agriculture, effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2003, introduced fair value accounting
for standing timber, as it did for all biological assets. This entailed a major change from established accounting
practices. The application of fair value to standing timber requires considerable judgment.
Five years have now passed with IAS 41 and use of the standard is now widespread globally, as use of
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has spread. Nevertheless, amongst preparers there are major
questions about how the standard is being applied to forest assets. Fair value implies a market based value and
whilst there are markets around the world for the harvested products of forest, markets for standing timber are
limited in comparison with the total volume of standing forest.
In this short study, which is the first of its kind, we have reviewed how fair value is being applied by forest owning
companies using IFRS. It aims to provide insight into the key judgments that are made by preparers from around
the world and highlights some of the difficulties as well as similarities and differences. What it doesn’t seek to do
is pass judgment on how IAS 41 is being applied, but that said, it does aim to provide pointers as to what may be
considered as best practices in fair valuing forest assets and the related disclosures.
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