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ATTX Taxonomy Development Notes - AASB128 Issue

The amount of impairment losses and reversals of impairment losses are inlcuded in a movement analysis of investments in Associates (see screen shot below).

As well as the amounts AASB128 Aus37.1(c) requires the Income Statement line item where the amount has been recorded. The statement suggests item(s) - singular or plural - that there may be a number of amounts, each with its own line item. AASB have already confirmed that there is a 1:1 relationship between amount and line item. This would mean that the "Impairment, Investments in Associates" needs to have a tuple as a child so that the individual amounts can be associated with a line item.

The concern is putting the presentation relationship in the middle of a movement analysis and the effect this might have to the subsequent calculation relationships.


Presentation relationship:
   Impairment, Investments in Associates
	Detail of Impairment of Investment in Associates
	   Impairment of Investment in Associates (tuple)
		Amount of Impairment of Investments in Associates Recognised in Profit (monetary)
		Income Statement Line Item where Impairment in Associates Recognised

The same would happen for Reversals of Impairments

Calculation relationship:
   Impairment, Investments in Associates
	Amount of Impairment of Investments in Associates Recognised in Profit (monetary) (weight = 1)

Again, repeated for Reversals.
The response from our technical adviser is:
The presentation relationships and calculation relationships are COMPLETELY independent of each other. One cannot have implications for the other. That said, some badly designed tools may force calculation relationships to be created when you create presentation relationships.

Charlie Hoffman advised (on another matter) not to have string children of a monetary parent. We may need to rethink where we disclose this information. It may need to show the impairments and reversals somewhere other than in the movement analysis to implement Charlie’s advice.


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