MFRS 136 - Identifying cash-generating units
Insights into MFRS 136In this article we discuss how to identify cash-generating units (CGUs), and in our following articles how to allocate assets to them and also then to allocate goodwill to them.
MFRS 136 ‘Impairment of Assets’ prescribes the accounting for impairment reviews. There are some detailed requirements of MFRS 136 that are complex and challenging for the preparers of financial statements to apply.
The articles in our ‘Insights into MFRS 136’ series have been written to assist preparers of financial statements and those charged with the governance of reporting entities understand the requirements set out in MFRS 136, and revisit some areas where confusion has been seen in practice.
We will cover:
- Recoverable amount and fair value less costs of disposal
- Value in use – estimating future cash inflows and outflows
- Value in use – applying the appropriate discount rate
This article is the second in a three-part series on Step 4 of the impairment review on estimating the recoverable amount and discusses estimating future cash inflows and outflows in value in use (VIU) calculations.
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Scope and structure of MFRS 136
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