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Financial Statements 20<strong>15</strong><br />

City of Wanneroo<br />

Notes to the Financial Statements<br />

for the year ended 30 June 20<strong>15</strong><br />

Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)<br />

discounts estimated future cash payments or<br />

receipts (including fees, transaction costs and other<br />

premiums of discounts) through the expected life (or<br />

when this cannot be reliably predicted, the<br />

contractual term of the financial instrument to the net<br />

carrying amount of the financial asset or financial<br />

liability). Revisions to expected future cash flows will<br />

necessitate an adjustment to the carrying value with<br />

a consequential recognition of an income or expense<br />

in profit or loss.<br />

(i)<br />

Financial assets at fair value through<br />

profit or loss<br />

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss<br />

are financial assets held for trading. A financial asset<br />

is classified in this category if acquired principally for<br />

the purpose of selling in the short term. Derivatives<br />

are classified as held for trading unless they are<br />

designated as hedges. Assets in this category are<br />

classified as current assets.<br />

(ii)<br />

Loans and receivables<br />

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial<br />

assets with fixed or determinable payments that are<br />

not quoted in an active market. They are included in<br />

current assets, except for those with maturities<br />

greater than 12 months after the Statement of<br />

Financial Position date which are classified as noncurrent<br />

assets. Loans and receivables are included<br />

in trade and other receivables in the Statement of<br />

Financial Position.<br />

(iii)<br />

Held-to-maturity investments<br />

Held-to-maturity investments are non-derivative<br />

financial assets with fixed or determinable payments<br />

and fixed maturities that the City's management has<br />

the positive intention and ability to hold to maturity.<br />

If the City were to sell other than an insignificant<br />

amount of held-to-maturity financial assets, the<br />

whole category would be tainted and reclassified as<br />

available-for-sale. Held-to-maturity financial assets<br />

are included in non-current assets, except for those<br />

with maturities less than 12 months from the<br />

reporting date, which are classified as current<br />

assets.<br />

(iv)<br />

Available-for-sale financial assets<br />

or not classified in any of the other categories. They<br />

are included in non-current assets unless<br />

management intents to dispose of the investment<br />

within 12 months of the Statement of Financial<br />

Position date. Investments are designated as<br />

available-for-sale if they do not have fixed maturities<br />

and fixed or determinable payments and management<br />

intends to hold them for the medium to long term.<br />

(v)<br />

Financial Liabilities<br />

Non-derivative financial liabilities (excluding financial<br />

guarantees) are subsequently measured at amortised<br />

cost.<br />

Impairment<br />

At the end of each reporting period, the City assesses<br />

whether there is objective evidence that a financial<br />

instrument has been impaired. In the case of<br />

available-for-sale financial instruments, a prolonged<br />

decline in the value of the instrument is considered to<br />

determine whether impairment has arisen.<br />

Impairment losses recognised in the Statement of<br />

Comprehensive Income.<br />

(j)<br />

Fair Value Estimation<br />

The fair value of financial assets and financial<br />

liabilities must be estimated for recognition and<br />

measurement or for disclosure purposes.<br />

The fair value of financial instruments traded in active<br />

markets is determined using valuation techniques.<br />

The City uses a variety of methods and makes<br />

assumptions that are based on market conditions<br />

existing at each balance date. Quoted market prices<br />

or dealer quotes for similar instruments are used for<br />

long-term debt instruments held. Other techniques,<br />

such as estimated discounted cash flows, are used to<br />

determine fair value for the remaining financial<br />

instruments.<br />

The nominal value less estimated credit adjustments<br />

of trade receivables and payables are assumed to<br />

approximate their fair values. The fair value of<br />

financial liabilities for disclosure purposes is estimated<br />

by discounting the future contractual cash flows at the<br />

current market interest rate that is available to the City<br />

for similar financial instruments.<br />

Available-for-sale financial assets, comprising<br />

principally marketable equity securities, are nonderivatives<br />

that are either designated in this category<br />

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