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IAS-40: Investment Property

XYZ Inc. and its subsidiaries have provided you, their International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) specialist, with a list of the properties they own:

a) Land held by XYZ Inc. for undetermined future use


b) A vacant building owned by XYZ Inc. and to be leased out under an operating lease
c) Property held by a subsidiary of XYZ Inc., a real estate firm, in the ordinary course of its
business
d) Property held by XYZ Inc. for the use in production
e) A hotel owned by ABC Inc., a subsidiary of XYZ Inc., and for which ABC Inc. provides
security services for its guests’ belongings

Required:

Advise XYZ Inc. and its subsidiaries as to which of the above-mentioned properties would
qualify under IAS-40 as investment properties. If they do not qualify thus, how should they be
treated under IFRS?

Model Solution

Properties described under items (a), (b), and (e) would qualify as investment properties under
IAS -40. With respect to item (e), it is to be noted that IAS- 40 requires that when the ancillary
services are provided by the entity and they are considered relatively insignificant component of
the arrangement, then the property is considered an investment property.

These properties qualify as investment properties because they are being held for rental or for
capital appreciation as opposed to actively managed properties that are used in the production of
goods.

Property described in item (c) is to be treated as “inventory” under IAS -2.

Property described in item (d) is treated as a long-lived asset under IAS -16.

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