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International Financial Reporting Standard 16, dealing with leases.
1.  


The ability of an entity to pay its liabilities as they fall due, in the short, medium and longer term.


IFRS 16 is effective from 1 January 2019.


In broad terms, it requires all lease liabilities to be accounted for 'on balance sheet', by companies reporting under international financial reporting standards.
2.


This change will remove the former distinction between [[operating lease]]s and [[finance lease]]s.
Under UK law, the ability of a company - on a balance of probabilities - to meet all of its existing, prospective and contingent liabilities, taking account of future costs and of future interest obligations.


IFRS 16 replaces IAS 17: Leases.
In making this assessment, future income and future asset valuations are also taken into account.




Issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.
3. ''Pensions.''


The extent to which the assets of a defined benefit pension scheme are sufficient to meet the liabilities and thus closely related to funding level.


==See also==
Liabilities, and thus solvency, may be calculated on a discontinuance or a going concern basis for the scheme concerned.
*[[Finance lease]]
 
*[[Operating lease]]
 
*[[IAS 17]]
== See also ==
*[[Lease]]
* [[Discontinuance]]
*[[International Financial Reporting Standards]]
* [[Insolvency]]
* [[Liquidity]]

Revision as of 09:35, 29 May 2013

1.

The ability of an entity to pay its liabilities as they fall due, in the short, medium and longer term.


2.

Under UK law, the ability of a company - on a balance of probabilities - to meet all of its existing, prospective and contingent liabilities, taking account of future costs and of future interest obligations.

In making this assessment, future income and future asset valuations are also taken into account.


3. Pensions.

The extent to which the assets of a defined benefit pension scheme are sufficient to meet the liabilities and thus closely related to funding level.

Liabilities, and thus solvency, may be calculated on a discontinuance or a going concern basis for the scheme concerned.


See also