Acquisition costs
●Costs of issuing debt or equity instruments are accounted for under
•IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation and
•IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement.
●All other costs associated with an acquisition must be expensed.
Pre-existing relationships & reacquired rights
●If the acquirer and acquiree were parties to a pre-existing relationship, this must be accounted for separately from the business combination.
●In most cases, this will lead to the recognition of a gain or loss for the amount of the consideration transferred to the vendor.
Contingent liabilities
●Until a contingent liability is settled, cancelled or expired, a contingent liability that was recognised in the initial accounting for a business combination.
Contingent payment to
employees and shareholders
●As part of a business combination, an acquirer may enter into arrangements with selling shareholders or employees.
●In determining whether such arrangements are part of the business combination or accounted for separately, the acquirer considers a number of factors.
Indemnification assets
●Indemnification assets recognised at the acquisition date are subsequently measured on the same basis of the indemnified liability or asset, subject to contractual impacts and collectibility.
●Indemnification assets are only derecognised when collected, sold or when rights to it are lost.
Other issues
●business combinations achieved without the transfer of consideration
●reverse acquisitions
●identifying intangible assets acquired
Disclosure
●An acquirer is required to disclose information that enables users of its financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effect of a business combination.
Disclosure of information about adjustments of past business combinations
●An acquirer is required to disclose information that enables users of its financial statements to evaluate the financial effects of adjustments recognised.