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CPA Review Batch 45  May 2023 CPA Licensure Examination
ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING & REPORTING (AFAR)
FULL PFRS vs. PFRS for SMEs
Business Combination and Goodwill
Item Full PFRS
Definitions and terminology
1. Business combination • “…is a transaction or other event
in which an acquirer obtains
control of one or more businesses.”
2. Contingent • Initially recognized as part of the
Consideration consideration transferred
regardless of the probability of
payment
• Non-occurrence of a future event
(e.g. not meeting earnings target)
is not considered to be a
measurement period adjustment –
therefore not adjusted against
goodwill.
3. Costs incurred in a business combination
Direct costs • Expensed
Indirect costs Expensed
Costs to issue and Debited to APIC/Share
register stocks Premium
Costs to issue debt/bonds Debited to BIC
4. Recognizing and measuring assets acquired and liabilities assumed on initial recognition
Identifiable intangible • Recognized separately from
assets goodwill if it is either
contractual-legal or separable
5. Exceptions to recognition or measurement principles, or both, on initial recognition
Contingent liabilities • Recognize only where there is a
present obligation that arises from
past events and its fair value can
be measured reliably.
6. Accounting Method
Terms Used • Acquisition Method
Measuring goodwill/ Options:
bargain purchase gain 1. Full fair Value
(Full-Goodwill)
2. Proportionate share of
identifiable net assets
(Partial- Goodwill)
Valuation of goodwill • Cost less impairment losses
Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements
7. Accounting for investment in Either:
subsidiaries, jointly (a) at cost, or
controlled entities (JCE) (b) in accordance with PFRS 9,
and associates or
(c) Equity method (PAS 27)
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AFAR-22
A. DAYAG  A. CRUZ
SME
• “bringing together separate
entities or businesses into one
reporting entity”
• Initially recognized in the cost of
the combination only if it meets
probability and ‘reliably
measurable’ criteria.
• If future event does not occur,
then any adjustments to the
cost of the business
combination are made against
goodwill.
• Capitalized
Expensed
Debited to APIC/Share
Premium
Debited to BIC
• Requires recognition if their fair
value can be measured
reliably
• Requires recognition of possible
obligations if their fair value
can be measured reliably.
• Purchase Method
Proportionate share of
identifiable net assets
(Partial-Goodwill)
• Cost less impairment losses and
amortization (life should be
presumed to be 10 years)
Either:
(a) at cost less impairment, or
(b) at fair value with changes in
fair value recognized in P&L
(FVTPL)
(c) Equity Method (effective
1/1/2017)
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FULL PFRS vs. PFRS for SMEs AFAR-22
8. Non-controlling Interests NCI can be measured using either:
(NCI)in the acquiree) 1. Fair value of NCI
(full goodwill); or NCI are stated at the non –
2. Proportionate interest in the fair controlling (NCI) interest
value of net identifiable assets portion of the fair value of the
of the entity acquired net assets of the entity
(partial goodwill) acquired (partial goodwill)
Construction Contracts
Full PFRSs and the PFRS for SMEs share the same principles for accounting and reporting. However, the PFRSs
for SMEs are drafted in simple language and provide less guidance on how to apply the principles.
Revenue
PFRS 15 Sec 23 – Revenue (old standard)
pending revisions to conform with
PFRS 15.

Foreign Currency
Full PFRSs and the PFRS for SMEs share the same principles for accounting and reporting. The key differences
are:
1. Simplified language and application guidance in the PFRS for SMEs.
2. The PFRS for SMEs does not allow or require cumulative exchange differences that relate to a
foreign operation that were previously recognized in other comprehensive income to be
reclassified from equity to profit or loss (as a reclassification adjustment) when the gain or loss
on disposal of the foreign operation is recognized. The Full PFRSs does.
Hedging
Some of the key differences between Full PFRSs and PFRS for SMEs are as follows:
1. The IFRS for SMEs gives SMEs a choice of following Sections 11 and 12 or PFRS 9 in accounting for
all of their financial instruments.
2. Hedge accounting is not permitted with an option-based hedging strategy. Because hedging
with options involves incurring a cost, SMEs are more likely to use forward contracts as hedging
instruments than options.
Hyperinflation
Full PFRSs and the PFRS for SMEs share the same principles for accounting and reporting. The key differences
are:
1. Simplified language and application guidance in the PFRS for SMEs.
2. The PFRS for SMEs does not set out specific procedures for the translation of the results and
financial position of an entity whose functional currency is the currency of a hyperinflationary
economy into a different presentation currency. Full PFRSs does.

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