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Joint Arrangement Financial reporting by joint operators
A joint operator shall recognize in
“an arrangement of which two or more parties relation to its interest in a joint operation: have a joint control” 1. Its assets, including its share of any assets held jointly; Characteristics: 2. Its liabilities, including its share of any 1. Parties are bound by a contractual liabilities incurred jointly; arrangement. 3. Its revenue from the sale of its share of This arrangement distinguishes it from the output arising from the joint other types of investments(PFRS 9, PAS 28, PFRS operation; 3&10). The interest is contractually agreed. 4. Its share of the revenue from the sale of the output by the join operation; and 2. Contractual arrangement gives two or more 5. Its expenses, including its share of any of those parties joint control of the expenses incurred jointly. arrangement. The joint operator shall recognize its own assets, liabilities, income, and expenses, and its Joint control share in joint operations’ assets, liabilities, “the contractually agreed sharing of income, and expenses. control of an arrangement, which exists only when decisions about the relevant activities Accounting for joint operation transactions require the unanimous consent of the parties sharing control.” Separate accounting records may or may - it exists when all the parties sharing not be required for the joint operation control over the arrangement act collectively or itself and financial statements may or may together in directing the activities that not be prepared for the joint operation. significantly affects the returns of the However, the join operators may prepare arrangement. Unanimous consent means that management accounts so that they may there must be consent of all the parties. assess the performance of the joint operation. Types of Joint Arrangements: The following are considerations in 1. Joint Operation - parties that have joint accounting for joint operations: control of the arrangement have rights to the 1. No separate records are maintained for the assets and obligations for the liabilities, relating joint operation to the arrangement. They are called joint 2. Separate records are maintained for the joint operators. operation
A. NO SEPARATE RECORDS MAINTAINEDMANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
Joint operation transactions are recorded in each of the individual books of the joint operators.
If credit balance - Profit
If debt balance - Loss Unsold merchandise or ending inventory is placed on the credit side to reflect cost of goods sold. Personal accounts are used. Eg., Receivable from a joint operator, Payable to joint operator One or more join operators may as the manager/s are usually paid management fee/s Management fees are treated as expense by the joint operation and as income by the manager. The manager records any asset (other than merchandise) and any liability he receives/incurs on behalf of the joint operation using regular accounts but labeled as ‘JO’ E.g., JO - Cash, JO - AR, JO - AP
B. SEPARATE RECORDS MAINTAINED - MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
The joint operation transaction are recorded in those separate books in the regular manner The joint operators record only their own transactions in their respective books
2. Joint Venture - is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights to the net assets of the arrangement. They are called joint venturers.