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2. Significant accounting policies (Cont’d)
(k) Impairment (Cont’d)
(i) Financial assets (Cont’d)
If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of a debt instrument increases and the increase can be objectively
related to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognised in profit or loss, the impairment loss is
reversed, to the extent that the asset’s carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have
been had the impairment not been recognised at the date the impairment is reversed. The amount of the
reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
(ii) Other assets
The carrying amounts of other assets (except for inventories, deferred tax assets and non-current assets (or
disposal groups) classified as held for sale) are reviewed at the end of each reporting period to determine
whether there is any indication of impairment. If any such indication exists, then the asset’s recoverable amount
is estimated. For goodwill and intangible assets that have indefinite useful lives or that are not yet available
for use, the recoverable amount is estimated each period at the same time.
For the purpose of impairment testing, assets are grouped together into the smallest group of assets that
generates cash inflows from continuing use that are largely independent of the cash inflows of other assets or
cash-generating units. Subject to an operating segment ceiling test, for the purpose of goodwill impairment
testing, cash-generating units to which goodwill has been allocated are aggregated so that the level at which
impairment testing is performed reflects the lowest level at which goodwill is monitored for internal reporting
purposes. The goodwill acquired in a business combination, for the purpose of impairment testing, is allocated
to a cash-generating unit or a group of cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies
of the combination.
The recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is the greater of its value in use and its fair value
less costs of disposal. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present
value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and
the risks specific to the asset or cash-generating unit.
An impairment loss is recognised if the carrying amount of an asset or its related cash-generating unit exceeds
its estimated recoverable amount.
Impairment losses are recognised in profit or loss. Impairment losses recognised in respect of cash-generating
units are allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the cash-generating unit
(group of cash-generating units) and then to reduce the carrying amounts of the other assets in the cash-
generating unit (groups of cash-generating units) on a pro rata basis.
An impairment loss in respect of goodwill is not reversed. In respect of other assets, impairment losses
recognised in prior periods are assessed at the end of each reporting period for any indications that the loss
has decreased or no longer exists. An impairment loss is reversed if there has been a change in the estimates
used to determine the recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognised. An impairment loss
is reversed only to the extent that the asset’s carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would
have been determined, net of depreciation or amortisation, if no impairment loss had been recognised.
Reversals of impairment losses are credited to profit or loss in the financial year in which the reversals are
recognised.
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Cont’d.)
