PAS 16 Borrowing Costs
PAS 16 Borrowing Costs
PAS 16 Borrowing Costs
Borrowing Costs are defined as interest and other costs that an entity incurs in connection with borrowing of
funds.
Qualifying Asset is an asset that necessarily takes a substantial period of time to get ready for the intended use or
sale.
Manufacturing plant
Power generation facility
Intangible asset
Investment property
Excluded: Financial asset and inventories that are manufactured/ produce over a short period of time and
assets that intended use or sale
If the qualifying asset is financed by specific borrowing, the capitalized borrowing cost is equal to actual
borrowing cost incurred up to completion of asset minus any investment income from the temporary investment of
the borrowing
If the qualifying asset is financed by general borrowing, the capitalized borrowing cost is equal to average
expenditures on the asset multiplied by a capitalization rate or actual borrowing cost incurred, whichever is lower.
An asset is being constructed for an entity’s own use. The asset has been financed with a specific new borrowing.
The
cost incurred during the construction period as a result of expenditures for the asset is a part of the historical cost
of acquiring the asset to be allocated over the estimated useful life of the asset.
When computing the amount of interest cost to be capitalized, the concept of “avoidable interest” refers to that
portion of total interest cost which would not have been incurred if expenditures for asset construction had not
been made.