Assignment
Air France-KLM (AF), a Franco-Dutch company, prepares its financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards. AF's financial statements and disclosure notes for the year ended December 31, 2013, are provided with all new textbooks. This material also is available at www.airfranceklm-finance.com.
Required:
1. Read Notes 4.10.2, 4.10.5, 24, 34.3, and 34.4, focusing on investments accounted for at fair value through profit and loss (FVPL):
1. As of December 31, 2013, what is the balance of those investments in the balance sheet? Be specific regarding which line of the balance sheet includes the balance.
2. How much of that balance is classified as current and how much as noncurrent?
3. Is that balance stated at fair value? How do you know?
4. How much of the fair value of those investments is accounted for using level 1, level 2, and level 3 inputs of the fair value hierarchy? Given that information, assess the reliability (representational faithfulness) of this fair value estimate.
2. Complete requirement 1 again, but for investments accounted for as available-for-sale.
3. Read notes 4.3.2, 11, and 22.
1. When AF can exercise significant influence over an investee, what accounting approach do they use to account for the investment? How does AF determine if it can exercise significant influence?
2. If AF exercises joint control over an investee by virtue of a contractual agreement, what accounting method does it use?
3. What is the carrying value of AF's equity-method investments in its December 31, 2013, balance sheet?
4. How did AF's equity-method investments affect AF's 2013 net income from continuing operations?