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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