contact us  |  print  |  français  |  log in
my downloads
pay an invoice
my account
Accounting & assurance
Business & finance
CPA Canada Handbook
Information technology
Practice management
Risk & governance
Tax
Other
in all formats

CPAstore - Guide to Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (GASPE)

Copyright

Notice to Reader

What's New

Preface

Chapter 1 — Standard Setting in Canada

Chapter 2 — Section 1000, Financial Statement Concepts

Chapter 3 — Section 1100, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Chapter 4 — Section 1400, General Standards of Financial Statement Presentation

Chapter 5 — Section 1500, First-time Adoption

Chapter 6 — Section 1505, Disclosure of Accounting Policies

Chapter 7 — Section 1506, Accounting Changes

Chapter 8 — Section 1508, Measurement Uncertainty

Chapter 9 — Section 1510, Current Assets and Current Liabilities

Chapter 10 — Section 1520, Income Statement

Chapter 11 — Section 1521, Balance Sheet

Chapter 12 — Section 1540, Cash Flow Statement

Chapter 13 — Section 1582, Business Combinations (April 2018)

Purpose and Scope

Overview of Key Requirements

Definitions

Recognition

What is a Business?

Development-stage Entities

What is a Business Combination?

Income Tax Considerations in a Business Combination

Future Income Taxes Method

Taxes Payable Method

Acquisition-related Costs

The Acquisition Method

Step 1 – Identify the Acquirer

Step 2 – Determine the Acquisition Date

Step 3 – Recognize Identifiable Assets, Liabilities and Non-controlling Interest

Recognition of intangible assets

Measurement Principle

Considerations for Measuring Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

Assembled Workforce and Other Items not Identifiable

Operating Leases

Lessor considerations

Classification of leases on acquisition

Exceptions to recognition and measurement principles

Contingent liabilities

Indemnification assets

Asset retirement obligations

Employee benefit plans

Reacquired rights

Share-based payment awards

Assets held for sale

Settlement of a Pre-existing Relationship Between Acquirer and Acquiree

Measurement of the Non-controlling Interest

Step 4 – Calculate Goodwill or a Gain from a Bargain Purchase

Bargain purchase

Consideration Paid

Other Non-cash Consideration

Contingent Consideration

Acquisition of shares with contingent consideration recorded as an asset

Acquisition of shares with contingent consideration recorded as a liability

Acquisition of shares with contingent consideration recorded as equity

Determining contingent consideration using probability of future payments

Determining whether contingent payments are a purchase consideration or employee compensation

Measurement Period

Subsequent Measurement and Post-combination Accounting

Reacquired rights

Contingent liabilities recognized as of the acquisition date

Indemnification assets

Contingent consideration

Business Combination Achieved in Stages

Business Combination Achieved without Transfer of Consideration

Disclosure

Immaterial Business Combinations

Acquisitions after the Reporting Period

Additional Disclosures

Sample Note Disclosures

Acquisition method

Goodwill

Business combination occurring during the reporting period

Business combination occurring after the end of the reporting period but before the financial statements are completed (purchase accounting is provisionally complete)

Business combination occurring after the end of the reporting period but before the financial statements have been completed (purchase accounting is incomplete)

Contingent consideration

Business combination achieved in stages

Application Resources

Effective Date and Transition

Significant Judgments and Estimates

Current Developments

Recent Revisions

Projects and Discussions

Comprehensive Examples

Appendix A – Taxes Payable Method

Appendix B – Reverse Acquisitions

Measuring the consideration transferred

Preparation and presentation of consolidated financial statements

Non-controlling interest

Reverse acquisition example with no non-controlling interest

Basic Information

Investment Analysis

Consolidated Balance Sheet

Reverse acquisition example with non-controlling interest

Investment Analysis and Consolidated Balance Sheet

Appendix C – Amalgamations of Wholly Owned Enterprises

What is an amalgamation?

Terminology

Analysis and application

Determining whether control (or common control) exists

Determining whether the transferred enterprise constitutes a business

Applying the relevant ASPE requirements

Determining whether to use exchange amount or carrying amount

Comparative figures

Decision tree

Vertical amalgamation — Examples

Horizontal amalgamation — Examples

Example 1: Vertical amalgamation

Example 2: Vertical amalgamation

Example 3: Horizontal amalgamation

Example 4: Subsidiaries acquired from a non-related party and amalgamated

Other matters to be considered

Availability of information

Appendix D – Summary of IFRS 3 Illustrations

Chapter 14 — Section 1591, Subsidiaries (April 2019)

Chapter 15 — Section 1601, Consolidated Financial Statements (April 2018)

Chapter 16 — Section 1602, Non-controlling Interests (April 2018)

Chapter 17 — Section 1625, Comprehensive Revaluation of Assets and Liabilities (April 2018)

Chapter 18 — Section 1651, Foreign Currency Translation

Chapter 19 — Section 1800, Unincorporated Businesses

Chapter 20 — Section 3031, Inventories

Chapter 21 — Section 3051, Investments (April 2018)

Chapter 22 — Section 3056, Interests in Joint Arrangements

Chapter 23 — Section 3061, Property, Plant and Equipment

Chapter 24 — Section 3063, Impairment of Long-lived Assets

Chapter 25 — Section 3064, Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Chapter 26 — Section 3065, Leases

Chapter 27 — Section 3110, Asset Retirement Obligations

Chapter 28 — Section 3240, Share Capital

Chapter 29 — Section 3251, Equity (June 2019)

Chapter 30 — Section 3260, Reserves

Chapter 31 — Section 3280, Contractual Obligations

Chapter 32 — Section 3290, Contingencies

Chapter 33 — Section 3400, Revenue

Chapter 34 — Section 3462, Employee Future Benefits

Chapter 35 — Section 3465, Income Taxes

Chapter 36 — Section 3475, Disposal of Long-Lived Assets and Discontinued Operations

Chapter 37 — Section 3610, Capital Transactions

Chapter 38 — Section 3800, Government Assistance

Chapter 39 — Section 3805, Investment Tax Credits

Chapter 40 — Section 3820, Subsequent Events

Chapter 41 — Section 3831, Non-Monetary Transactions

Chapter 42 — Section 3840, Related Party Transactions (November 2019)

Chapter 43 — Section 3841, Economic Dependence

Chapter 44 — Section 3850, Interest Capitalized — Disclosure Considerations

Chapter 45 — Section 3856, Financial Instruments (August 2019)

Chapter 46 — Section 3870, Stock-Based Compensation and Other Stock-based Payments


Terms and Conditions | Privacy Policy | Shipping and Store Policies | AODA | Anti-Harassment Policy | Advocacy | Vulnerability Disclosure

Help Desk: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm ET | 1-866-256-6842 | Contact us

© 2001-2024, CPA Canada | EYEP. All rights reserved.