Category Archives: Current/non-current classification

Classification of liabilities, or goodbye to a beloved Canadian accommodation

by John Hughes Looking back a few years at the initial communications about the anticipated impact of IFRS in Canada, it’s clear some issues were disproportionately highlighted, others unduly overlooked. The most obvious example is componentization of property, plant and equipment, … Continue reading

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Current/non-current versus liquidity – what’s more relevant?

by John Hughes Here’s a disclosure from CanaDream Corporation: The current/non-current balance sheet classification showed up of course in far more Canadian GAAP statements than not, with a few industry-driven exceptions, most prominently financial institutions and real estate entities. However, according to its most … Continue reading

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Inventories – subtleties in current/non-current classification

by John Hughes Here are two contrasting disclosures relating to inventories. The first is from Petaquilla Minerals Ltd.: The second is from Gennum Corporation: In the first case, a portion of inventory is classified as a non-current rather than a … Continue reading

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