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IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements requires management to assess a company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The going concern assessment needs to be performed up to the date on which the financial statements are issued. The assessment relates to at least the first twelve months after the Statement of Financial Position date, or after the date the financial statements will be signed, but the timeframe might need to be extended.

ability to operate under the going concern basis need to be disclosed in the financial statements. It is highly likely that many companies large and small, and particularly in certain sectors, will have issues relating to the coronavirus that need to be considered by management. There will be a wide range of factors to take into account in going concern judgments and financial projections including travel bans, restrictions, government assistance and potential sources of replacement financing, financial health of suppliers and customers and their effect on expected profitability and other key financial performance ratios including information that shows whether there will be sufficient liquidity to continue to meet obligations when they are due.

You have been hired to advise management of two companies: one is an airline company and the other is in the pharmaceutical industry on how management should assess the existing and anticipated effects of COVID-19 on each of the company’s activities and the appropriateness of the use of the going concern basis.

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IAS Presentation of fiscal statements:

The administration has been given the obligation to evaluate the going concern suspicions for the up and coming a year from end of reporting period.

The administration or management is required to asses the liquidity and wellspring of finance accessible to entity dependent on it's liquidity position and relations with loan specialists of company,Suppliers, goodwill of organization in market.For this administration may do some additional analysis dependent on data accessible and the administration ought to likewise consider the monetary stimulas if any ( on the off chance that the circumstance like coronavirus pandemic ) gave or to be given by legislature of different nations.

On the off chance that there appears to be an uncertainity on long haul feasibility of organization's capacity to push ahead yet ,for up and coming year the finance is accessible at that point organization is required to make disclosure about the uncertainity in long haul and future strategy (assuming any) in the notes to accounts.

On the off chance that there appears , neither liquidity is accessible nor there is any wellspring or source of finance at that point, organization is required to prepare financial report dependent on acknowledgment estimations of asset and repayment estimations of liabilities and different disclosures are additionally required.

In the given circumstance

a) Airlines Company :  In the current pandemic, airlines organization's are the one which has been fundamentally affected. Practically all the nations has forced the lockdown in their countries,which has affected local travel limitation and global travels has additionally been restricted in all the nations.

The effect of this can be seen in earning of aircrafts organization for atleast 2 quarters,however circumstance might be changed yet in stagnation premise.

The current reserves,which organization forces has been diminishing looking like fixed expense since the beginning of pandemic.The aircrafts organization's which were at that point in economic dilemma, has been hardly hit by this.

The administration of organization should worry among them and check their present liquidity position and path forward after pandemic. The administration is additionally required to examine with the loan specialists or lenders of organization if organization's reserves has been exhausted.The the executives is required to make a plan for forthcoming period since it require some investment to be in the groove again.

The administration ought to likewise know about the financial stimulas gave by government.They ought to consider whether there is something for them in the stimulas or not.They should make all the system and plan in the wake of considering the real factors identifying with all partners like supplier giving credits, loan specialists giving finance, workers accepting paycuts, goverment giving some stimulas and easying certains compliances and limitations.

As I would like to think, the aircrafts organization were at that point battling and after this pandemic, endurance of such organization is in harm's way. As an Auditor, you ought to know about the general guidlines gave by Auditors bodies regard to reporting of entities. In the event that there appears to be no choice for availabilty of finance and liquidity, at that point going concern presumption will be affected and as needs be choices of reporting should be taken.As a Managment, they ought to examine all the issues with all the stakeholders like providers or suppliers, loan specialists, representatives, government for any future plan of action.

b) Pharmaceuticals organization: These are the organization, which has been one of the most emphatically affected by this pandemic.There profits has been taking off [ if there should arise an occurrence of organization's manufacturing drugs utilized in coronavirus treatment] and reserves is increasing.With regard to appraisal of going concern and impacts of pandemic, the administration of these kinds of organization ought not be worried.They should evaluate dependent on existing informations.

Comment : In the current pandemic business may see predicament all in all, yet the business which largly relies upon public footfalls are going to confront some additional issues.