Pria Developments Corp. is a Canadian real estate investment and development company looking to expand internationally. For

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Pria Developments Corp. is a Canadian real estate investment and development company looking to expand internationally. For the year ended December 31, 2016, Pria Developments prepared two sets of financial statements-one in accordance with ASPE, and the other in accordance with IFRS.
Excerpts from Pria Development's financial statements appear below and on the following pages. ASPE-Based Financial Statements:
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Pria Developments Corp. is a Canadian real estate investment and
Pria Developments Corp. is a Canadian real estate investment and
Pria Developments Corp. is a Canadian real estate investment and

Notice that the presentation of the financial statements differs somewhat, as well as some of the recorded balances. These differences arise because ASPE and IFRS rules measure certain transactions differently. However, the focus of this question is the impact on ratios of using a different set of accounting rules. Investors need to understand that if two companies in the same industry are being compared, their results could be very different depending on whether IFRS or ASPE is used in the preparation of the financial information.
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1. Compute the following ratios for 2016 based on Pria Developments Corp.'s financial statements prepared in accordance with ASPE. For the purpose of this exercise, assume that "cash" and "receivables and other assets" are current assets, and that "accounts payable and other liabilities," "construction financing," and "liabilities of discontinued operations" are current liabilities. Include both "interest on long-term debt" and "interest and financing costs" in your computations for part (d).
a. Current ratio
b. Acid-test ratio
c. Debt ratio
d. Rate of return on total assets
2. Compute the same ratios in Requirement 1 for 2016 based on Pria Developments Corp.'s IFRS financial statements.

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