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yvreddy
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Hi,

Advance paid for purchase of machinery and no work has commenced yet. Can it be treated as advances under current assets or to be shown as capital work in progress under PPE.

Please advice as per IFRS
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From memory the standard isn't clear and you can treat it as a prepayment or other suitable approach. Presumably you don't control the machinery yet though.
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it's true that IAS 16 does not specifically cover prepayments, but in my opinion it doesn't have to. Prepayment should not be treated as PP&E as you did not receive any physical asset yet. In other words, a prepayment does not meet the definition of PP&E:
Property, plant and equipment are tangible items that [...]
Prepayment is an intangible right to receive a tangible asset in the future

PS. we had a discussion on this topic before:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=363
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Ah yes , that must be the memory :lol:
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Thanks
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