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An entity holds short-term investments to fund a future capital expenditure. Sales are INFREQUENT and INSIGNIFICANT in value (only mature-and-reinvest cycles until funds are needed; only minor pre-maturity sales). Under Ind AS 109, the business model is:

AOther (FVTPL) — investments funding future expenditures default to FVTPL
BCannot be classified — short-term investments are inherently ambiguous
CBoth hold-to-collect AND sell — any pre-maturity sales activity triggers the dual model
DHold-to-collect contractual cash flows — insignificant pre-maturity sales don't shift the model
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Hold-to-collect contractual cash flows — insignificant pre-maturity sales don't shift the model
Para B4.1.4 — INSIGNIFICANT sales are consistent with hold-to-collect; FREQUENT/SIGNIFICANT sales would push to hold-to-collect-and-sell. (Contrast: an entity that anticipates capex but actively buys/sells assets to maximise total return until needed has a HOLD-TO-COLLECT-AND-SELL model — that classification depends on the actual portfolio management behaviour.)
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