Question

J.J. Heva Company is an American company that prepares its financial statements under US GAAP. In 2014, the company reported income of $5,000,000 wit stockholders’ equity of $40,000,000 on December 31, 2014. In anticipation of possible adoption of IFRS by the US companies, the management wishes to explore possible impacts of the conversion on the company’s financial statements. You are hired to prepare a reconciliation schedule to convert 2014 income as well as stockholders’ equity on December 31, 2014 from US GAAP basis to IFRS. The following information is provided by the company’s accounting department:

In 2012, the company’s pension plan was amended and consequently created a past service cost of $75,000. Half of the past service cost was attributable to already vested employees who had an average remaining service life of 15 years, and half of the past service cost was attributable to non-vested employees who, on average, had two more years until vesting. The company has no retired employees.

In 2014, the company entered into a contract to provide engineering services to a long term customer over a 12-month period. The fixed price is $300,000 and the company estimates with high degree of reliability that the project is 30 percent complete at the end of 2014.

The company publicly announced a restructuring plan in 2014 and created a valid expectation on the part of the employees to be terminated that the company will carry out the restructuring. The estimated cost of restructuring is $500,000. No legal obligation to restructure exists as of December 31, 2014.

Stock options were granted to key officers on January 1, 2014. The grant date fair value per option was $10, and a total of 9,000 options were granted. The options vest in equal installments over three years: one-third in 2013, one-third in 2014, and one-third in 2015. A straight line method is utilized to recognize compensation expense related to stock options.

On January 1, 2013, the company issued $10,000,000 of 5% bonds at par value that matures in five years on December 31, 2017. Costs incurred in issuing the bonds were $500,000. Interest is paid on bonds annually. Assume the effective interest rate is 6.193%.

Make sure your reconciliation statement is accompanied by an adequate explanation and reference for every one of your adjustments. Ignore income taxes.

Answer 1

	Profit	Shareholder's equity
As Per US GAAP	$ 50,00,000	$ 4,00,00,000
Adjustments:
Debt Issue cost	$    1,00,000	$      (4,00,000)	It is assumed that under US GAAP company has capitalised the issue cost and amortising over life of bond where as under IFRS issue costs can not be capitalised
5% Bond payable	$ -	$ -	it is assumed that under US GAAP company is carring its bond payable at effective rate.
Past Service Cost	$     (37,500)	$ -	As per US GAAP past service cost is trf to AOCI where as per IFRS Past service cost related to vested employees should be charged to profit and loss account
Long term contract	$ -	$ -	US GAAP and IFRS under both we will use percentage of copletion method
restructuring plan	$ -	$ -	Under both US GAAP and IFRS we will required to make provision
Stock options	$ -	$ -	in general under both US GAAp and IFRS compensation cost whould be recognised over a smilar period
Total	$ 50,62,500	$ 3,96,00,000
Diff as per IFRS	$                 -	$ 62,500
Total		$ 3,96,62,500