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Raw material "R" to be used for manufacturing of a product "P" cost AED 10. The total cost and selling price of P is AED 45 and AED 65 respectively. NRV of R is AED 7. At what value, R will be valued in financial statements?

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Question added by Abu Bakar Ashfaq , Senior Consultant , PricewaterhouseCoopers Middle East
Date Posted: 2016/02/13
Shahbaz Hayder
by Shahbaz Hayder , Group Head of Finance , Sharif Group of Companies

Finished Product Cost = AED Forty Five

Finished Product Selling Price = AED Sixty Five

 

Raw Material Cost = AED Ten

Raw Material NRV = AED Seven

 

Now as Per IAS2

 

"Materials and other supplies held for use in the production of inventories are not written down below cost if the finished products in which they will be incorporated are expected to be sold at or above cost."

 

As Finished Product is expected to be sold above its cost price, we will record Raw Material at Cost i.e., AED Ten.

Shazia Anees
by Shazia Anees , Assistant Manager Finance , Arham Trading Company

TEN is the answer for this question.

Abu Bakar Ashfaq
by Abu Bakar Ashfaq , Senior Consultant , PricewaterhouseCoopers Middle East

As per IAS -2 There is an exception to the basic rule "inventory should be valued at lower of cost or NRV"

 

The exception is given below:

IAS - Two.Thirty Two2.

Materials and other supplies held for use in the production of inventories are not written down below cost if the finished products in which they will be incorporated are expected to be sold at or above cost.

 

So in this scenario R would be recorded at cost which is AED ten.

Ali Abbas
by Ali Abbas , Financial Planning and Analysis Manager , Ali Zaid Al Quraishi & Brothers Co.

According to IAS2, inventory should be valued at lower of cost or NRV. In this case, "R" should be valued at AED7 for  financial reporting purposes.

Duncan Robertson
by Duncan Robertson , Strategy Consultant , Duncan Robertson Consultancy

It depends on the accounting method, and the company's particular policies within the context of that method.

Or, to put it another way, what do you want it to be?

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