FINANCIAL REPORT c ) Goods and services tax ( GST ) Revenues , expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of goods and services tax ( GST ), except :
i ) where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable from the taxation authority , it is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of an asset or as part of an item of expense ; or
ii ) for receivables and payables which are recognised inclusive of GST .
The net amount of GST recoverable from , or payable to , the taxation authority is included as part of receivables or payables .
Cash flows are included in the cash flow statement on a gross basis . The GST component of cash flows arising from investing and financing activities which is recoverable from , or payable to , the taxation authority is classified as operating cash flows .
d ) Financial Instruments Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised in the Company ’ s Statement of Financial Position when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument .
Financial assets and financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value . Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of financial assets and financial liabilities ( other than financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss ) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities , as appropriate , on initial recognition . Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition of financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are recognised immediately in profit or loss .
Financial assets - Initial recognition and measurement At initial recognition , financial assets are classified and measured at fair value . Financial assets are subsequently measured in their entirety at either amortised cost or fair value , depending on the classification of the financial assets .
The classification of the financial assets at initial recognition depends on the financial asset ’ s contractual cash flow characteristics .
Financial assets subsequently measured at amortised cost Debt instruments are measured subsequently at amortised cost when the financial asset is held within a business model whose objective is to hold financial assets in order to collect contractual cash flows and the contractual terms give rise to on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding ( SPPI ).
Financial assets designated at fair value through other comprehensive income ( FVTOCI ) Debt instruments are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss if the financial asset is held within a business model whose objective is achieved by both collecting contractual cash flows and selling the financial assets and the contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding .
By default , all other financial assets are measured subsequently at fair value through profit or loss ( FVTPL ).
Despite the foregoing , the Company may make the following irrevocable election / designation at initial recognition of a financial asset :
1 ) The Company may irrevocably elect to present subsequent changes in fair value of an equity investment in other comprehensive income if certain criteria are met ; and
2 ) The Company may irrevocably designate a debt investment that meets the amortised cost or FVTOCI criteria as measured at FVTPL if doing so eliminates or significantly reduces an accounting mismatch .
Amortised cost and effective interest method The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a debt instrument and of allocating interest income over the relevant period . Interest income is recognised in profit or loss and is included in the “ finance income - interest income ” line item .
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