Hyper Ltd makes safety glass for windows. Set out below are the draft extracts from the financial statements for Hyper Ltd:

Statement of financial position for the year ended 31 March 2020

	£000
PPE	30,098
Inventories	4,000
Total assets	34,098
Equity and liabilities
Share capital and reserves	16,038
Non-current liabilities	11,000
Current liabilities	6,320
Net defined benefit pension obligation at 1 April 2019 (Issue 1)	740
Total equity and liabilities	34,098

Statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 2020

	£000
Revenue	115,425
Cost of sales	(80,120)
Gross profit	35,305
Operating expenses (Issue 1)	(22,084)
Finance costs	(51)
Profit for the year	13,170
Other comprehensive income	-
Total comprehensive income	13,170

The following financial reporting issues are unresolved:

Issue 1 Defined benefit pension scheme

Operating expenses include £810,000 relating to the company's defined benefit pension scheme. This figure represents the contributions paid into the scheme in the year ended 31 March 2020. No other accounting entries have been made relating to this scheme in the year ended 31 March 2020.

The figures included in the draft statement of financial position for the net pension benefit obligation represent opening balances as at 1 April 2019:

	£000
Pension scheme assets	4,320
Pension scheme liabilities	(5,060)
Net defined benefit pension obligation	(740)

After the year end 31 March 2020, a report was obtained from an independent actuary. This gave valuations as at 31 March 2020 as follows:

	£000
Pension scheme assets	4,180
Pension scheme liabilities	(5,250)

Other information in the report included:

Current service cost	£000 748
Pensions paid	440
Interest rate on high quality corporate bonds	10%

Hyper Ltd’s accounting policy is to recognise any gains and losses on re-measurement of the net defined benefit pension obligation (actuarial gains and losses) in other comprehensive income.

Issue 2 Financial asset

On 1 January 2020, Hyper plc purchased shares issued in GY plc for a total consideration of £2,200,000. The shareholding represents less than 5% of the shares in GY plc.

Transaction costs were £10,000. Hyper plc has incorrectly recorded the share purchase and payment of transaction costs by the following journal:

	£000
Dr Inventory	2,210
Cr Cash	2,210

On 31 March 2020, the market price for the shares, which are publicly traded on a stock exchange, was £1,800,000. Hyper plc does not wish to classify the shares as fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI).

REQUIRED:

1. Set out and explain, for each of Issue 1 and Issue 2, the appropriate financial reporting treatments in the financial statements of Hyper plc for the year ended 31 March 2020. Include references to relevant accounting standards, concepts and characteristics in your explanations
2. Prepare a revised statement of financial position and a revised statement of profit or loss for Hyper plc for the year ended 31 March 2020 including your adjustments in part a).
3. Explain the impact on the financial statements if Hyper plc had made an irrevocable election to classify the purchase of shares in GY plc as at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI).

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

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