Question 2

(a) Star Bhd, a public listed firm, operates in the manufacturing sector. During the year ended 31 May 2021, Star Bhd announced two major restructuring plans. The first plan is to reduce its capacity by the closure of some of its smaller factories, which has already been identified. As a result, there will be a redundancy of 500 employees, who have all individually been selected, and communicated with. The costs of this plan will include RM9 million in redundancy costs, RM4 million in retraining costs, and RM5 million in lease termination costs. The second plan is re-organizing the finance and information technology department over a one-year period, but will not commence in the next two years. The plan will result in 20% of the finance staff losing their jobs as a result of the restructuring. The costs of this plan would include RM10 million in redundancy costs, RM6 million in retraining costs, and RM7 million in equipment lease termination costs.

Required

Discuss the treatment of each of the restructuring plans above in the financial statements of Star Bhd for the year ended 31 May 2021.