The draft financial statements of Gbola Limited group and its investee companies Tanko Limited and Eze Limited at December 31, 2018 are shown below:

Draft Statements of Profit or Loss for the Year Ended December 31, 2018

Item Gbola Limited (N’000) Tanko Limited (N’000) Eze Limited (N’000)
Revenue 17,070 7,320 2,235
Cost of Sales (8,640) (3,210) (885)
Gross Profit 8,430 4,110 1,350
Other Operating Expenses (2,070) (810) (600)
Profit from Operations 6,360 3,300 750
Interest Expense (570) (660) (210)
Profit Before Tax 5,790 2,640 540
Income Tax Expense (810) (360) (90)
Profit for the Year 4,980 2,280 450

Draft Statements of Financial Position as at December 31, 2018

Additional Information

  1. On January 1, 2014, Gbola Limited acquired 9,000,000 ordinary shares in Tanko Limited for N23,250,000 when the reserves of Tanko Limited were N3,000,000.
  2. A new asset with a fair value of N1,500,000 was acquired during the year under a lease agreement by Gbola Limited. A clause in the lease agreement stipulated that N300,000 payments must be paid on December 31, each year for six years, starting from December 31, 2018. The interest rate implicit in the lease is 5.47%. Gbola Limited treated this as an operating expense; because the only accounting entry that the company believes must be made in relation to this asset is the N300,000 payment it has made.
  3. Gbola Limited had an intangible asset of N750,000 for software in its statement of financial position. The directors of Gbola Limited believed that the software will have no recoverable value at the date of acquisition, and Tanko Limited wrote it off shortly after its acquisition.
  4. At the date of acquisition of Tanko Limited, the carrying amount of its property, plant, and equipment, considered to have a remaining life of 10 years, was N5,625,000 lower than its fair value.
  5. On January 1, 2017, Gbola Limited acquired 2,250,000 ordinary shares in Eze Limited for N6,000,000 when the reserves of Eze Limited were N1,350,000. The carrying amount of assets of Eze Limited was the same as their fair values at that date. Depreciation should be treated as an operating expense.
  6. A component used by both Tanko Limited and Eze Limited is produced by Gbola Limited, and it sells this component at a margin of 25%. Goods worth N780,000 were sold to Tanko Limited during the year. None of these goods had been sold by Tanko Limited at December 31, 2018. Gbola Limited also sold goods worth N1,200,000 to Eze Limited, and Eze Limited sold all of these goods as at December 31, 2018.
  7. N900,000 in respect of amounts owed by Tanko Limited and N525,000 in respect of amounts owed by Eze Limited were included in the receivables of Gbola Limited. The corresponding balances in Tanko Limited and Eze Limited payables were N600,000 and N525,000, respectively. On December 31, 2018, Tanko Limited sent a cheque of N300,000 to Gbola Limited.
  8. There has been no impairment for Eze Limited. However, the impairment test conducted on Tanko Limited’s goodwill showed that goodwill is being impaired by 10% per annum on a straight-line basis.
  9. Gbola Limited’s cash and cash equivalents included a Director’s loan of N1,500,000. The Directors are of the view that the inclusion does not contravene any International Financial Reporting Standard.
  10. The goodwill arising on the acquisition of Tanko Limited is being amortized over a 10-year period, though this practice contravenes IAS 36, which prohibits goodwill amortization and instead requires annual impairment tests.

a. Prepare the necessary adjustments to account for the lease contract based on additional information provided in (ii) above in accordance with IFRS 16. (5 Marks)
b. Prepare the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the group for the year ended December 31, 2018. (8 Marks)
c. Prepare the consolidated statement of financial position of Gbola Limited group as at December 31, 2018. (12 Marks)
d. Discuss the ethical implication of the Director’s action in note (ix) above. (5 Marks)

(a) Gbola is the lessee in this scenario
IFRS 16 – Leases, requires lessees to recognise an asset and a liability for all leases, unless they are short-term or of a minimal value.
Therefore, this will be accounted for as a right-of-use assets in the books of the lessee.
Lessee accounting
At the commencement of the lease, IFRS 16 requires that the lessee recognizes a lease liability and a right-of-use asset.
Initial recognition
DR Right-of-use-asset N1,500,000
CR Lease liability N1,500,000
Being initial recognition of right-of –use asset
Workings:
(i) The lease liability is initially measured at the present value of the lease payments payable during the lease term.
In this case, since there are fixed payments of N300,000 for 6 years annuity formular should be applied.

 

The present value of the minimum lease payments amounts to N1,500,000 which will be recognized at the inception and amortized over the period of the lease.

(ii) Subsequent measurement
For right-of-use-asset
Depreciation N1500,000/6 = N250,000
DR Profit or Loss N250,000
CR Right-of-use-asset N250,000
Being annual depreciation charged on right-of-use asset
Statement of financial position (extract) as at December 31, 2018
Non-current asset – Right-of-use asset (N1,250,000)
(N1500,000 – N250,000)
Non-current liability – (wk iii) N1,052,180 (balance owing in one year’s time)
Current liability (wk iii) = N229,870) -(N1,282,050 – N1,052,180)
Retained earnings will reduce by = N32,050 (profit reduction in the income statement).
(iii) For lease liability

(iv) Adjustment to account for the lease

(v)

(b)Gbola Limited
Consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive
income for the year ended December 31, 2018

(c)

d. Ethical Implications of the Director’s Loan Disclosure (Note ix)

  • Misclassification of Director’s Loan as Cash and Cash Equivalents misleads financial statement users, violating faithful representation and relevance in financial reporting.
  • Such misclassification contravenes IAS 24 (Related Party Disclosures) and ethical standards, potentially eroding stakeholder trust.

Ethical Breaches Include:

  1. Misleading Information: Obscures true liquidity position.
  2. Conflict of Interest: Directors may prioritize personal gain over corporate interest.
  3. Regulatory Breach: Non-compliance with CAMA Section 296.

Recommendation:

  • Reclassify the loan correctly as a related-party liability and disclose transparently.
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