PPSAS 05 - Borrowing Cost Oct-18 2013

Philippine Public Sector Accounting Standard 5 BORROWING COSTS

Table of Contents PAG Number BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION TO THE IPSAS 5 PHILIPPINE APPLICATION GUIDANCE TO IPSAS 5 Scope

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Borrowing Costs-Allowed Alternative Treatment

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Effective Date

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Philippine Public Sector Accounting Standard 5 BORROWING COSTS Background This Philippine Public Sector Accounting Standard (PPSAS) 5 consists of International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS) 5, “Borrowing Costs,” and the Philippine Application Guidance (PAG) prepared to suit the Philippine public sector situation. The IPSAS 5 was issued in May 2000 by the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). This includes amendments resulting from IPSASs issued up to January 15, 2012. The PAG (in italics) provides supplementary guidance on the proper implementation of IPSAS 5. Introduction to the IPSAS 5 IPSAS 5 prescribes the accounting treatment for borrowing costs consisting of interest and other expenses incurred by an entity in connection with the borrowing of funds. This Standard sets the criteria when the borrowing costs shall be treated as expense and when these shall be capitalized as part of the cost of the assets. Philippine Application Guidance to IPSAS 5 Scope PAG1.Paragraph 2 deals with the applicability of this Standard to all public sector entities other than Government Business Enterprises (GBEs). GBE is an entity that has all the following characteristics: (a) Is an entity with the power to contract in its own name; (b) Has been assigned the financial and operational authority to carry on a business; (c) Sells goods and services, in the normal course of its business, to other entities at a profit or full cost recovery; (d) Is not reliant on continuing government funding to be a going concern (other than purchases of outputs at arm’s length); and (e) Is controlled by a public sector entity. This standard shall be applied to all National Government Agencies (NGAs), Local Government Units (LGUs) and Government-Owned and/or Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) not considered as GBEs. Borrowing Costs-Allowed Alternative Treatment

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PAG2.Paragraph 18 deals with the capitalization of borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction, or production of a qualifying asset. For borrowing costs pertaining to loans borrowed by the National Government (NG) which are recorded by the Bureau of the Treasury, the benchmark treatment shall be used. However for loans borrowed directly by the LGUs and GOCCs not considered as GBEs, the allowed alternative treatment shall be used. Effective Date PAG3.This PPSAS shall apply for annual financial statements covering periods beginning January 1, 2014.

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