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(Net) Fair Value Accounting for Forward Contracts
Author(s) -
BRADBURY MICHAEL,
PRANGNELL HELEN
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
australian accounting review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1835-2561
pISSN - 1035-6908
DOI - 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2005.tb00307.x
Subject(s) - accounting , liability , business , asset (computer security) , fair value , net asset value , value (mathematics) , financial accounting , accounting information system , actuarial science , economics , finance , computer science , computer security , machine learning
This paper illustrates the contract method of accounting for a forward exchange contract under IAS 39. This differs from the method demonstrated in most current textbooks, which is based on gross accounting for the underlying rights and obligations of the forward exchange. The gross approach had been argued from the conceptual framework (eg, SAC 4) whereas IAS 39 requires the contract (net) approach. IAS 39 requires the existence of a contract for a financial instrument to be recognised and then requires accounting for that contract as a separate asset or liability from the underlying executory asset or obligations.