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Abacus Property Group – Annual Financial Report 2018

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Equity Accounted Investments<br />

Why significant<br />

The <strong>Group</strong> has entered into a number of joint<br />

venture arrangements which are involved in<br />

property investment or property development.<br />

The application of the equity method of<br />

accounting for the joint venture investments is<br />

predicated on the <strong>Group</strong> having joint control with<br />

the other party(ies) under the arrangements.<br />

We have focused on this area as a key audit<br />

matter due to the judgment involved in assessing<br />

whether the entities are controlled or joint<br />

ventures. Some joint arrangements include the<br />

potential to earn variable returns subject to<br />

reaching certain performance thresholds. The<br />

determination of the variable returns is based on<br />

a calculation that is specified under the relevant<br />

joint venture agreement.<br />

Disclosure of equity accounted investments is<br />

included in Note 8 of the financial report.<br />

How our audit addressed the key audit matter<br />

Our audit procedures included the following:<br />

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For new joint ventures entered into during the<br />

year we assessed the joint venture agreements to<br />

understand the ownership interest and rights of<br />

each joint venture party. We considered the<br />

<strong>Group</strong>’s assessment of joint control and the<br />

determination of applying equity accounting to<br />

the investment.<br />

For existing joint ventures we confirmed with the<br />

<strong>Group</strong> that there had been no changes to the joint<br />

arrangements with respect to decision making<br />

power and entitlement to profits nor in the<br />

underlying operation and performance of the<br />

arrangement, which would amend the conclusion<br />

from prior periods.<br />

We assessed the <strong>Group</strong>’s variable return<br />

calculation against the provisions of the joint<br />

venture agreement and tested the calculation<br />

methodology.<br />

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