Limpopo Gambling Board Final

LIMPOPO GAMBLING BOARD Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023 Accounting Policies

1.6 Financial instruments (continued) Financial assets measured at amortised cost:

If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on financial assets measured at amortised cost is expected, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate. The carrying amount of the asset is reduced directly. The amount of the loss is recognised in surplus or deficit. If, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the previously recognised impairment loss is reversed directly. If the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the amortised cost would have been had the impairment not been recognised at the date the impairment is reversed, the amount of the reversal is recognised in surplus or deficit. Financial assets measured at cost: If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss has been incurred on an investment in a residual interest that is not measured at fair value because its fair value cannot be measured reliably, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the carrying amount of the financial asset and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. Such impairment losses are not reversed.

Derecognition Financial assets The entity derecognises financial assets using trade date accounting.

The entity derecognises a financial asset only when: * the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire, are settled or waived; * the entity transfers to another party substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset; or * the entity, despite having retained some significant risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, has transferred control of the asset to another party and the other party has the practical ability to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party, and is able to exercise that ability unilaterally and without needing to impose additional restrictions on the transfer. In this case, the entity: - derecognise the asset; and - recognise separately any rights and obligations created or retained in the transfer.

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