Nickel Strike Mines is a nickel mining company with mines in northern Ontario, Colombia, and Australia. It
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Additionally, the controller is also considering taking as large an impairment loss as possible on all the mines. The controller will do this by assuming a very low nickel price, which will cause the recoverable amounts to be below carrying values for all mines. This impairment loss should likely reverse in the following years, since nickel prices are expected to climb dramatically over the next year, as supplies diminish and as demand from Asian countries increases. With tile reversal of the impairment in 2015, this would show a significant improvement in the company's net income.
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You are a Nickel Strike Mines board member and have just heard the controller's comments on these issues. Comment on the controller's suggestions. Include in your discussion how the impairment test would be completed and the assumptions required. Also discuss the note disclosure that would be required related to all of these issues.
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0176509736
10th Canadian Edition, Volume 1
Authors: Donald Kieso, Jerry Weygandt, Terry Warfield, Nicola Young,
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