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''Financial reporting - impairment of financial assets - IFRS 9''


Dividends are amounts paid to an [[equity]] investor, in proportion to the size of their equity holding.
(ECL).


Most dividends are paid in cash, but they may also be in non-cash form, such as a scrip dividend.
Expected credit loss is a calculation of the present value of the amount expected to be lost on a financial asset, for financial reporting purposes.


It is calculated as:


Dividends are not generally an allowable expense for corporate tax calculation purposes, because they are deemed to be an appropriation of (after-tax) profits to the shareholders, rather than a business expense necessary to earn the taxable profits.
ECL = PD x EAD x LGD x Discount Factor




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Where:


Similar payments to other investors.
ECL = expected credit loss
 
PD = probability of default
 
EAD = exposure at default
 
LGD = loss given default
 
Discount Factor is based on the expected date of default




==See also==
==See also==
* [[All-in dividend]]
*[[Default]]
* [[Corporation Tax]]
*[[Discount factor]]
* [[Distributable reserves]]
*[[Exposure At Default]]
* [[Dividend cleaning company]]
*[[Financial asset]]
* [[Dividend cover]]
*[[IFRS 9]]
* [[Dividend payout ratio]]
*[[Impairment]]
* [[Dividend yield]]
*[[Loss Given Default]]
* [[DPS]]
*[[Probability of Default]]
* [[Equity]]
* [[Equity capital]]
* [[Franked Investment Income]]
* [[Imputation system]]
* [[Income Tax]]
* [[Investment]]
* [[Preference dividend]]
* [[Profit and Loss reserve]]
* [[Scrip dividend]]
* [[Shareholders]]
* [[Taxable profits]]
 
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]

Revision as of 09:21, 28 May 2017

Financial reporting - impairment of financial assets - IFRS 9

(ECL).

Expected credit loss is a calculation of the present value of the amount expected to be lost on a financial asset, for financial reporting purposes.

It is calculated as:

ECL = PD x EAD x LGD x Discount Factor


Where:

ECL = expected credit loss

PD = probability of default

EAD = exposure at default

LGD = loss given default

Discount Factor is based on the expected date of default


See also