22 Explanation of Transition to NZ IFRS
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The Department's financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2008 are the first financial statements that comply with NZ IFRS. LINZ has applied NZ IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of NZ IFRS (NZ IFRS 1) in preparing these financial statements.
The Department's NZ IFRS adoption date is 1 July 2007.
The accounting policies set out in the Notes to the Financial Statements have been applied in preparing financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2008, the comparative information presented for the year ended 30 June 2007 and in the preparation of an opening NZ IFRS Balance Sheet at 1 July 2006 (the Department's date of transition).
In preparing our opening NZ IFRS Balance Sheet and restating the 2007 financial statements, the Department has adjusted amounts reported previously in financial statements prepared in accordance with our old basis of accounting (previous GAAP). An explanation of how the transition from previous GAAP to NZ IFRS has affected the Department's financial position, financial performance and cash flows is set out in the following tables and the notes that accompany the tables.
Reconciliation of equity
The following table shows the changes in equity, resulting from the transition from previous NZ GAAP to NZ IFRS as at 1 July 2006 and 30 June 2007.
| Transition balance sheet 1/7/06 |
Comparative balance sheet 30/6/07 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous GAAP $000 |
Effect of transition to NZ IFRS $000 |
NZ IFRS $000 |
Previous GAAP $000 |
Effect of transition to NZ IFRS $000 |
NZ IFRS $000 |
|
| Assets | ||||||
| Prepayments | 860 | – | 860 | 967 | – | 967 |
| Debtors and other receivables | 5,751 | – | 5,751 | 3,816 | – | 3,816 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 2,858 | – | 2,858 | 5,946 | – | 5,946 |
| Total current assets | 9,469 | 0 | 9,469 | 10,729 | 0 | 10,729 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 58,765 | (55,625) | 3,140 | 54,807 | (49,955) | 4,852 |
| Intangible assets | – | 55,625 | 55,625 | – | 49,955 | 49,955 |
| Work in progress | 419 | – | 419 | 1,046 | – | 1,046 |
| Total non-current assets | 59,184 | 0 | 59,184 | 55,853 | 0 | 55,853 |
| Total assets | 68,653 | 0 | 68,653 | 66,582 | 0 | 66,582 |
| Liabilities | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | (1,937) | – | (1,937) | (1,127) | – | (1,127) |
| Finance lease liabilities | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Creditors and other payables | (9,402) | – | (9,402) | (16,264) | – | (16,264) |
| Provision for repayment of surplus to Crown | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Employee entitlements | (4,132) | (507) | (4,639) | (4,475) | (172) | (4,647) |
| Provisions | (281) | – | (281) | (637) | – | (637) |
| Total current liabilities | (15,752) | (507) | (16,259) | (22,503) | (172) | (22,675) |
| Finance lease liabilities | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Employee entitlements | (4,804) | – | (4,804) | (4,668) | – | (4,668) |
| Creditors and payables | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Provisions | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total non-current liabilities | (4,804) | 0 | (4,804) | (4,668) | 0 | (4,668) |
| Total liabilities | (20,556) | (507) | (21,063) | (27,171) | (172) | (27,343) |
| Equity | ||||||
| Taxpayer funds | (48,097) | 507 | (47,590) | (39,411) | 172 | (39,239) |
| Total funds employed | (48,097) | 507 | (47,590) | (39,411) | 172 | (39,239) |
| Total equity and liabilities | (68,653) | 0 | (68,653) | (66,582) | 0 | (66,582) |
Reconciliation of the profit for the year ended 30 June 2007
| Previous GAAP | Effect of transition to NZ IFRS |
NZ IFRS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Crown | 42,346 | – | 42,346 |
| Revenue other | 53,278 | – | 53,278 |
| Gains | – | – | – |
| Total income | 95,624 | 0 | 95,624 |
| Personnel costs | 42,288 | (335) | 41,953 |
| Depreciation and amortisation expense | 9,453 | – | 9,453 |
| Capital charge | 3,004 | – | 3,004 |
| Restructuring costs | 5,909 | – | 5,909 |
| Other operating expenses | 48,728 | – | 48,728 |
| Total expenditure | 109,382 | (335) | 109,047 |
| Net surplus/(deficit) for the period | (13,758) | 335 | (13,423) |
Notes to the reconciliation of previous GAAP
(a) Long-service leave and sick leave
Under previous GAAP, long-service leave was recognised when the employee's long-service leave days had vested. In accordance with NZ IAS 19, the provision for long-service leave is calculated as the present value of the future benefit that employees have earned in return for their services in past periods.
Under previous GAAP, sick leave was not provided for. Since sick leave granted by the Department to our employees is an accumulating compensating absence, the Department has the obligation to provide for accumulated sick leave expected to be taken in future periods (over and above the entitlement to be earned by employees in those future periods). Under NZ IAS 19, the Department now recognises the expected cost of accumulated compensated absences which the Department expects to be used in the future years. This provision was based on our historical payroll information.
(b) Intangible assets
Under previous GAAP, software was included within property, plant and equipment. NZ IFRS 38 includes computer software as an example of an intangible asset. Consequently EDP software has been reclassified to intangible assets.
1 July 2006 adjustments
The effect of recognising the above employee entitlements resulted in an increase in current provisions by $507,000 as at 1 July 2006, and a reduction in public equity by $507,000.
30 June 2007 adjustments
Similarly, the effect of recognising the above employee entitlements resulted in a decrease in current provisions of $335,000 for the year ending 30 June 2007.
(c) Public equity
The effect of the above adjustments on public equity is as follows:
| Public equity $000 |
|
| Total adjustments to equity at 1 July 2006 | 507 |
|---|---|
| Total adjustments to equity at 30 June 2007 | 172 |
