Fair Value Model

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Fair value model

Investment property is remeasured at fair value, which is the price that would be
received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date. [IAS 40.5] Gains or losses
arising from changes in the fair value of investment property must be included in
net profit or loss for the period in which it arises. [IAS 40.35]

Fair value should reflect the actual market state and circumstances as of the
balance sheet date. [IAS 40.38] The best evidence of fair value is normally given
by current prices on an active market for similar property in the same location
and condition and subject to similar lease and other contracts. [IAS 40.45] In the
absence of such information, the entity may consider current prices for properties
of a different nature or subject to different conditions, recent prices on less active
markets with adjustments to reflect changes in economic conditions, and
discounted cash flow projections based on reliable estimates of future cash flows.
[IAS 40.46]

There is a rebuttable presumption that the entity will be able to determine the
fair value of an investment property reliably on a continuing basis. However: [IAS
40.53]

If an entity determines that the fair value of an investment property under


construction is not reliably determinable but expects the fair value of the
property to be reliably determinable when construction is complete, it measures
that investment property under construction at cost until either its fair value
becomes reliably determinable or construction is completed. If an entity
determines that the fair value of an investment property (other than an
investment property under construction) is not reliably determinable on a
continuing basis, the entity shall measure that investment property using the cost
model in IAS 16. The residual value of the investment property shall be assumed
to be zero. The entity shall apply IAS 16 until disposal of the investment property.

Where a property has previously been measured at fair value, it should continue
to be measured at fair value until disposal, even if comparable market
transactions become less frequent or market prices become less readily available.
[IAS 40.55]

Cost model

After initial recognition, investment property is accounted for in accordance with


the cost model as set out in IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment – cost less
accumulated depreciation and less accumulated impairment losses. [IAS 40.56]

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