CA Final · Financial Reporting

Financial Instruments: Disclosures: formula sheet

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Key formulas

Objective of Ind AS 107: Disclose (1) significance of financial instruments + (2) nature and extent of risks, and how they are managed; Quote both limbs. Examiners often ask for the objective in a short answer.
Scope rule: Applies to all entities and all financial instruments, except the listed exclusions; Includes recognised and unrecognised instruments within Ind AS 109 scope.
Class rule: Class = group by nature of information and characteristics of the instrument; classes must reconcile to balance sheet line items; Minimum: amortised cost vs fair value, and out-of-scope instruments as a separate class.
Class vs category: Category = measurement basis under Ind AS 109; Class = disclosure grouping under Ind AS 107; Classes are usually finer than categories.
Loss allowance closing balance: Opening allowance + Charge to P&L (net of releases) − Write-offs ± Other movements (FX, etc.) = Closing allowance; Prepare this separately for each category, such as 12-month ECL, lifetime ECL not credit-impaired, lifetime ECL credit-impaired and simplified approach.
ECL per exposure: ECL = PD × LGD × EAD (discounted at the effective interest rate); PD is probability of default, LGD is loss given default, EAD is exposure at default. Collateral reduces LGD.
Net carrying amount: Net carrying amount = Gross carrying amount − Loss allowance; Credit quality tables show gross carrying amount by rating grade. The allowance is shown separately.
Maximum exposure to credit risk: For recognised financial assets: gross carrying amount before deducting the loss allowance (net of any amounts offset under Ind AS 32); for guarantees, the maximum amount the entity could be required to pay; Disclose it without taking collateral into account, then disclose collateral separately. The exposure is the gross carrying amount, not the net carrying amount. Show the loss allowance separately, so users can see both the gross exposure and the net carrying amount.
Collateral coverage (practical presentation measure): Collateral coverage = Fair value of collateral held ÷ Exposure (gross carrying amount, on the same basis as maximum exposure; often capped at 100% of the exposure); Ind AS 107 does not prescribe a coverage ratio or a cap. It requires a description of the collateral and its financial effect, and, for credit-impaired assets, the extent to which collateral mitigates credit risk. Capping at the exposure is a sensible way to present the effect, because excess collateral does not reduce the exposure further. Use the gross exposure so the comparison is on the same basis as the maximum exposure.
Maturity analysis amount: Amount in each time band = undiscounted contractual principal + contractual interest falling due in that band; Not carrying amount and not present value. Total of the table usually exceeds the balance sheet figure.
Fixed vs floating interest sensitivity: Effect on profit before tax = floating-rate net exposure × change in rate (in percentage points) × time fraction; Only floating-rate instruments affect profit from a rate change on cash flows. Fixed-rate instruments at amortised cost have no profit effect from rate changes.
Currency sensitivity: Effect = foreign currency monetary exposure × change in exchange rate (₹ per unit); Use monetary items outstanding at the reporting date, in currencies other than the functional currency.
Other price risk sensitivity: Effect = fair value of exposed instruments × reasonably possible % change in price; Effect goes to profit or loss, or to OCI for equity instruments designated at FVTOCI.
Disclosure requirement for market risk: Sensitivity analysis for each type of market risk + methods and assumptions + changes from prior period; Based on reasonably possible changes, not worst case.
Core relationship: Ind AS 107 = IFRS 7 disclosure framework + Indian terminology and references + effects of Ind AS carve-outs elsewhere; Use this as your answer skeleton. Do not claim Ind AS 107 has a different risk-disclosure framework.
Terminology mapping: Statement of financial position → Balance sheet; Statement of comprehensive income → Statement of profit and loss (with OCI); Ind AS 1 and Schedule III (Division II) use the Indian names.
Cross-reference rule: IFRS 9 → Ind AS 109; IAS 32 → Ind AS 32; IFRS 13 → Ind AS 113; IFRS 1 → Ind AS 101; Disclosure paragraphs point to the Ind AS equivalents.
Flow-through rule: Carve-out in Ind AS 32 / Ind AS 109 → different classification or measurement → different Ind AS 107 disclosure amounts; The disclosure changes because the accounting changes.
Risk disclosure structure (same in both): Significance of instruments + Nature and extent of risks (credit, liquidity, market); No difference in structure between Ind AS 107 and IFRS 7.

Quick revision

Ind AS 107 deals only with disclosure, not recognition or measurement.
Disclosures serve two aims: significance of instruments and nature and extent of risks.
Disclose financial assets and liabilities by category, as classified under Ind AS 109.
Group instruments into classes suited to their nature and the information being given.
Income statement disclosures cover items such as interest income, interest expense, gains and losses by category.
Credit risk is the risk that one party fails to pay and causes a loss to the other.
Liquidity risk is the risk of difficulty in meeting obligations settled in cash or another financial asset.
Market risk has three parts: currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk.
Market risk is usually shown through sensitivity analysis.
Liquidity risk disclosure includes a maturity analysis of financial liabilities.
Qualitative disclosures explain exposures and how management handles them.
Learn the Ind AS 107 versus IFRS 7 differences as a short separate list.

Common mistakes

Treating Ind AS 107 as a recognition and measurement standard. Fix: Remember that 107 only governs disclosure. Cite Ind AS 109 for measurement and Ind AS 32 for presentation.
Excluding every investment in a subsidiary or associate. Fix: State that the exclusion applies where interests are accounted under Ind AS 110, 27, 28 or 111. Where those standards permit or require Ind AS 109 accounting, Ind AS 107 applies.
Showing maximum exposure after deducting collateral. Fix: Disclose maximum exposure without considering collateral. Then disclose collateral and its financial effect separately.
Preparing one combined reconciliation for all assets. Fix: Reconcile separately by category: 12-month ECL, lifetime ECL not credit-impaired, lifetime ECL credit-impaired, and simplified approach, where relevant.
Showing discounted or carrying amounts in the maturity analysis Fix: Always use undiscounted contractual cash flows including future interest.
Placing a repayable-on-demand liability in a later band Fix: Use the earliest date the entity can be required to pay.
Saying Ind AS 107 has fewer or different risk disclosures than IFRS 7. Fix: State that credit, liquidity and market risk disclosures are the same in substance. The differences are limited to those in the comparison appendix.
Listing differences from memory that are not in the appendix. Fix: Keep the appendix list of Ind AS 107 separate. Mention other standards' carve-outs only as flow-through effects.

Exam tips

Write the two-limb objective in every theory answer. It is easy marks.
In scope questions, name the governing standard for each excluded item. A bare 'excluded' earns less.
Always mention the exceptions to the exclusions. Case MCQs are often built on them.
For classes, show the link to balance sheet line items. Use a small list of classes, not a long one.
Do not mix up classes and categories. Use the right word each time.
Start with the structure: qualitative, ECL reconciliation, exposure, collateral. Examiners award marks per heading.
In reconciliation questions, show every movement on its own line and prove the closing balance.
Keep maximum exposure and collateral in separate lines. Netting them is the commonest lost mark.