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Letter To Shareholders - Mitac

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4) Classification of current and non-current items<br />

A. Assets that meet one of the following criteria are classified as current assets;<br />

otherwise they are classified as non-current assets:<br />

a) Assets arising from operating activities that are expected to be realized or<br />

consumed, or are intended to be sold within the normal operating cycle;<br />

b) Assets held mainly for trading purposes;<br />

c) Assets that are expected to be realized within twelve months from the balance<br />

sheet date;<br />

d) Cash and cash equivalents, excluding restricted cash and cash equivalents and<br />

those that are to be exchanged or used to pay off liabilities more than twelve<br />

months after the balance sheet date.<br />

B. Liabilities that meet one of the following criteria are classified as current<br />

liabilities; otherwise they are classified as non-current liabilities:<br />

a) Liabilities arising from operating activities that are expected to be paid off<br />

within the normal operating cycle;<br />

b) Liabilities arising mainly from trading activities;<br />

c) Liabilities that are to be paid off within twelve months from the balance sheet<br />

date;<br />

d) Liabilities for which the repayment date cannot be extended unconditionally<br />

to more than twelve months after the balance sheet date.<br />

5) Cash equivalents<br />

Cash equivalents refer to highly-liquid, short-term investments with the following<br />

characteristics:<br />

A. Investments that can be readily converted into known amount of cash;<br />

B. Investments of which the values are not significantly affected by the<br />

fluctuations in interest rates.<br />

The preparation of cash flow statement is based on cash equivalents.<br />

6) Financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss<br />

A. Financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are<br />

recognized and derecognized using trade date accounting and are recognized<br />

initially at fair value.<br />

B. These financial instruments are subsequently remeasured and stated at fair<br />

value, and the gain or loss is recognized in profit or loss. The fair value of<br />

listed stocks, OTC stocks and closed-end mutual funds is based on latest<br />

quoted fair prices of the accounting period. The fair value of open-end and<br />

balanced mutual funds is based on the net asset value at the balance sheet date.<br />

~101~

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