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Accountancy

Class of assets

Financial services; Accountancy

A grouping of assets of a similar nature and use in an entity’s operations.

Class of financial instruments

Financial services; Accountancy

Grouping of financial instruments that is appropriate to the nature of the information disclosed and that takes into account the characteristics of those financial instruments.

Deductible temporary differences

Financial services; Accountancy

Temporary differences between the carrying amount of an asset or liability in the balance sheet and its tax base that will result in amounts that are deductible in determining taxable profit (tax ...

Deemed cost

Financial services; Accountancy

An amount used as a surrogate for cost or depreciated cost at a given date. Subsequent depreciation or amortisation assumes that the entity had initially recognised the asset or liability at the ...

Deferred tax liabilities

Financial services; Accountancy

The amounts of income taxes payable in future periods in respect of taxable temporary differences.

Costs to sell

Financial services; Accountancy

The incremental costs directly attributable to the disposal of an asset (or disposal group), excluding finance costs and income tax expense.

Credit risk

Financial services; Accountancy

The risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss for the other party by failing to discharge an obligation.

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