Question: Hyper Ltd makes safety glass for windows. Set out below are the draft extracts from the financial statements for Hyper Ltd: Statement of financial position

Hyper Ltd makes safety glass for windows. Set out below are the draft extracts from the financial statements for Hyper Ltd:

Statement of financial position for the year ended 31 March 2020

£000

PPE

30,098

Inventories

4,000

Total assets

34,098

Equity and liabilities

Share capital and reserves

16,038

Non-current liabilities

11,000

Current liabilities

6,320

Net defined benefit pension obligation at 1 April 2019 (Issue 1)

740

Total equity and liabilities

34,098

Statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 2020

£000

Revenue

115,425

Cost of sales

       (80,120)

Gross profit

35,305

Operating expenses (Issue 1)

(22,084)

Finance costs

               (51)

Profit for the year

13,170

Other comprehensive income

                    -

Total comprehensive income

          13,170

The following financial reporting issues are unresolved:

Issue 1 Defined benefit pension scheme

Operating expenses include £810,000 relating to the company's defined benefit pension scheme. This figure represents the contributions paid into the scheme in the year ended 31 March 2020. No other accounting entries have been made relating to this scheme in the year ended 31 March 2020.

The figures included in the draft statement of financial position for the net pension benefit obligation represent opening balances as at 1 April 2019:

£000

Pension scheme assets

4,320

Pension scheme liabilities

(5,060)

Net defined benefit pension obligation

            (740)

After the year end 31 March 2020, a report was obtained from an independent actuary. This gave valuations as at 31 March 2020 as follows:

£000

Pension scheme assets

4,180

Pension scheme liabilities

(5,250)

Other information in the report included:

Current service cost

£000

748

Pensions paid

440

Interest rate on high quality corporate bonds

10%

Hyper Ltd’s accounting policy is to recognise any gains and losses on re-measurement of the net defined benefit pension obligation (actuarial gains and losses) in other comprehensive income.

Issue 2 Financial asset

On 1 January 2020, Hyper plc purchased shares issued in GY plc for a total consideration of £2,200,000. The shareholding represents less than 5% of the shares in GY plc.

Transaction costs were £10,000. Hyper plc has incorrectly recorded the share purchase and payment of transaction costs by the following journal:

£000

Dr Inventory

2,210

Cr Cash

2,210

On 31 March 2020, the market price for the shares, which are publicly traded on a stock exchange, was £1,800,000. Hyper plc does not wish to classify the shares as fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI).

REQUIRED:

  1. Set out and explain, for each of Issue 1 and Issue 2, the appropriate financial reporting treatments in the financial statements of Hyper plc for the year ended 31 March 2020. Include references to relevant accounting standards, concepts and characteristics in your explanations
  2. Prepare a revised statement of financial position and a revised statement of profit or loss for Hyper plc for the year ended 31 March 2020 including your adjustments in part a).
  3. Explain the impact on the financial statements if Hyper plc had made an irrevocable election to classify the purchase of shares in GY plc as at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI).

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