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Apr 19 2017 01:26am
Under IFRS, how would you derecognize a replacement part? And how does this affect the total asset value?

For example:
Asset = Air conditioner for a mall
Major replacement part value = $2000
Old part being derecognized went in the trash
Straightline depreciation on the air conditioner, 10 years in out of 20 years total, residual value $0.

How do you derecognize that old part? And what does the carrying value of the Air Conditioner become?
I can think of two logical approaches. Please tell me what is right or wrong:

Idea#1: Old part is $0, so de-recognition does nothing. New part is $2000. Air conditioner is now carrying $2000 more now.
Idea #2: Value the old part at the fair value of the new component, less depreciation (so $2000 less $1000), so $1000. New part is $2000. So derecognize $2000 off of the asset, and $1000 off of the depreciation of the asset, and recognize $2000 back onto the asset for the new part.

I don't know what to do, by IFRS standards? Could there be a situation where the old part was a part of the asset, but the new part is recognized as a separate asset? Like, if you had a super computer with a power supply, and the whole thing is one asset... but 5 years down the line you replace the power supply, and the new one is significantly more expensive, serves the same purpose, but is so significant that it's now made its own asset instead?

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Apr 19 2017 01:30am
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Apr 19 2017 01:22pm
IAS 16: "If, under the recognition principle in paragraph 7, an entity recognises in the carrying amount of an item of
property, plant and equipment the cost of a replacement for part of the item, then it derecognises the carrying
amount of the replaced part regardless of whether the replaced part had been depreciated separately. If it is
not practicable for an entity to determine the carrying amount of the replaced part, it may use the cost of the
replacement as an indication of what the cost of the replaced part was at the time it was acquired or
constructed. "


But what is the carrying value? If the part is broken, do you consider any impairment against the asset to go directly against the part value? So derecognition would be nothing, you'd just impair the asset?

And what do you do with depreciation? IFRS states that depreciation is supposed to represent how much of the usable life of the asset has been taken up.

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Apr 19 2017 01:30pm
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