Identify which of the four categories specified in IAS 39 each of the following items belongs to

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Identify which of the four categories specified in IAS 39 each of the following items belongs to in the books of company H, the holder. Also identify how each item will be measured.
(a) Forward exchange contract
(b) 5-year government bond paying interest of 5%
(c) Trade accounts receivable
(d)
Trade accounts payable
(e)
Mandatory converting notes paying interest of 6% (the notes must convert to a variable number of ordinary shares at the expiration of their term)
(f) Investment in a portfolio of listed shares held for capital growth
(g) Investment in a portfolio of listed shares held for short-term gains
(h) As in part (e), except that in the previous year company H sold the majority of its held-to-maturity investments to company Z.
(i) Borrowings of $1 million, carrying a variable interest rate
Accounts Payable
Accounts payable (AP) are bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.This is a standard accounting term, one of the most common liabilities, which normally appears in the balance sheet listing of liabilities. Businesses receive...
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
Portfolio
A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...
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Applying International Financial Reporting Standards

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Authors: Keith Alfredson, Ken Leo, Ruth Picker, Paul Pacter, Jennie Radford Victoria Wise

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