Contemporary Issues in Accounting

The study aims to show the adherence of conceptual framework and recognise the criteria for reporting of Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Revenue and Expenses in the financial report for TPG Telecom Ltd. Moreover, the study has assessed the fundamental qualitative characteristics which is discerned with the relevancy and faithfulness of the representation.

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Executive Summary
The study aims to show the adherence of conceptual framework and recognise the criteria for
reporting of Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Revenue and Expenses in the financial report for TPG
Telecom Ltd. Moreover, the study has assessed the fundamental qualitative characteristics which
is discerned with the relevancy and faithfulness of the representation. Some of the other
initiatives has been taken towards recognising the qualitative enhancing characteristics which is
seen in terms of compatibility, ease of understanding and viability of the information obtained.
The main depictions based on the report has been able to state that the financial statements which
has been prepared as per “Australian accounting standards (AASBs) adopted by Australian
accounting standards board (AASB)”. The financial reports have been further seen to comply
with the conceptual framework objectives of “Corporation Act 2001”. In addition to this,
recognition criteria for reporting Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Revenue and Expenses has been
seen with “Level I under fair value hierarchy of AASB 7”. The faithfulness of the information
depicted has been discerned with individual interest of the director and opinions over such
instruments which are issued by the company within the group and notified the same to the
directors and further on to Australian Stock Exchange in accordance with S205G (1) of the
“corporations act 2001”. The comparability of the financial information has been used with
several types of graphic representation.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Adherence to the objectives of the conceptual framework with its reporting.................................3
Adherence with the recognition criteria for reporting Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Revenue and
Expenses..........................................................................................................................................4
Adherence with the qualitative enhancing characteristics of financial reporting............................5
Adherence with enhancing characteristics of financial reporting....................................................6
Conclusions and Recommendations................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................9
List of appendix.............................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The selected company TPG Telecom Ltd considered as one of the most reputed
Australian telecommunications and information technology brand specialised in Internet and
mobile telephone services. The company has been depicted as second largest Internet service
provider along with several mobile and virtual network operating facilities. TPG Telecom
Limited is seen to be having customer base more than 358000 landline subscribers and 360000
mobile subscribers. It is second largest “ADSL2+ network in Australia, consisting of 391
ADSL2+ DSLAMs”. TPG Telecom Ltd discerned to provide main services which includes
“OEM services, mobile phone services, networking equipment, Internet access and accounting
software”.
The main intention of the report is to discuss the adherence of conceptual framework and
recognise the criteria for reporting of Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Revenue and Expenses in the
financial report. Moreover, the study has assessed the fundamental qualitative characteristics
which is discerned with the relevancy and faithfulness of the representation. Some of the other
initiatives has been taken towards recognising the qualitative enhancing characteristics which is
seen in terms of compatibility, ease of understanding and viability of the information obtained
(Potter, Ravlic and Wright 2013).
Adherence to the objectives of the conceptual framework with its reporting
“Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB)” has been depicted as the primary
Australian government agency for maintaining and developing of the financial report it is
applicable to both public and private sectors economy in Australia. AASB is further seen to be

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playing a contributing role towards financial reporting standards with “Australian securities and
investment commission at 2001”. As on December 2013, the board has included several
revisions to cover more areas which has been related to reporting entity, disclosure, better
measurement, financial performance, presentation and de-recognition. The mission has been
further able to meet the tips of financial reporting which helped in bringing about management
stewardship of several entities (Moehrle et al. 2016).
Based on the depictions made by the financial report published in 2016, TPG Telecom
Ltd has been able to consolidate the financial statements which has been prepared as per
“Australian accounting standards (AASBs) adopted by Australian accounting standards board
(AASB)”. The financial reports have been further seen to comply with the conceptual framework
objectives of “Corporation Act 2001”. The various types of consideration of financial statements
has been regarded as per “International Financial Reporting Standards (IASB)”. It needs to
further depicted that the different types of accounting policies maintained by the company are
consistent in all the periods of financial year followed by consideration of financial statements
which is consistently applied within all the hierarchies of the group. Some of the standards issued
by AASB which are yet to be adopted has been depicted in terms of “Financial Instruments
(Revised AASB 9)”, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (AASB 15)” and “Leases (AASB
16)” (Andrew and Cortese 2013).
Adherence with the recognition criteria for reporting Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Revenue
and Expenses
The different types of investment activities have been considered with assets available for
sale and treated under ASX listed securities. The recognition criteria for reporting Assets,

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Liabilities, Equity, Revenue and Expenses has been further seen to be considered with fair value
method. The assets listed for sale has been measured with “Level I under fair value hierarchy of
AASB 7”. The different types of revenue expenses and assets is taken into consideration with the
net amount of GST in cases where GST amount has not been recoverable from taxation
authority. In such situations the GST amount is depicted with the cost of acquisition of the assets
along with expenses will. The payables and receivables are stated with a total amount of GST
included and the net amount of recoverable GST which is payable with the current asset or
liability statement of financial position. The accounting policy of the group and disclosure is
determined with fair value for both non-financial assets, financial and liabilities. The depiction of
the fair value is seen with the measurement and disclosure of material assets like PPE, intangible
assets and inventory. In addition to this, the fair value of debt and equity is determined with
quoted closing price paid at the date of reporting. For generating a true and fair view of financial
position of the group the consideration of financial statements is clearly mentioned in pages 35 to
90 which are in accordance to “Corporations Act 2001” (Krismiaji, Aryani and Suhardjanto
2016).
Adherence with the qualitative enhancing characteristics of financial reporting
the main assessment of the information given in the annual report has been depicted with
number of food and committee meetings which were held in financial year and a meeting
attended by directors including committee members. The group members have been further able
to mitigate the risk by monitoring closely related development activities which includes relevant
regulatory bodies which are in compliance with the regulations. The faithfulness of the
information depicted has been discerned with individual interest of the director and opinions
over such instruments which are issued by the company within the group and notified the same

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to the directors and further on to Australian Stock Exchange in accordance with S205G (1) of the
“corporations act 2001” (Jamal and Sunder 2014).
The main assessment is based on the cost incurred includes insurance cost which are
scrutinised by relevant officers in defending proceedings associated to both criminal and civil
irrespective of the results.
The cost excluding the expenditure is considered to be directly attributable along with the
acquisition cost of the assets. It has been further depicted that the cost incurred for self-
construction of assets includes cost of material, initial estimate and direct labour wherever it is
seen to be relevant. The share based the band system has been disclosed for the performance
right which has been able to reflect fair value of the individual identified a number of the shares
granted by the shareholders (Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) 2013).
Adherence with enhancing characteristics of financial reporting
The main form of the comparability of the financial information has been used with
several types of graphic representation. For example, the result is based on operating with the has
been clearly classified “EBITDA, NPAT, EPS, operating cash flow and dividends per share”. In
order to compare the various types of results with the date the respective factors of the data have
been presented by taking into consideration financial year 2009 to financial year 2016. The main
form of the depiction of the assignment has been able to reveal that the qualitative characteristics
has maintained the time factor (Gipper, Lombardi and Skinner 2013). In order to adhere to the
qualitative characteristics of reporting customer growth factor has shown by using monthly
stack: chart which has been further able to segregate the data as per “ADSL bundle, ADSL
standalone, ADSL off net standalone and NBN subscriptions”. Based on the important depictions

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of the company, the subscriber of the telecom company has been depicted with the linear growth
from a time period of January 2014 to July 2016. TPG corporate division has been able to
achieve total revenue of $ 654.6 million in financial year 2016 which is an increase of $ 2.1
million compared to the previous year. The easy understanding of the data representation of the
same has been evident with the use of pie chart. The review of financial standings of the
company has been classified with the result of 2016 with the previous year’s data. For example,
the key elements of financial 2016 has been depicted with increasing revenue or decrease in
revenue in compare to the increase of decrease of the same in 2015 (Mohammed, Fahmi and
Ahmad 2015).
Conclusions and Recommendations
The main revealing as per the rational for adherence to the objective of conceptual
framework of the reporting has been depicted with compliance with “Australian accounting
standards (AASBs) which has been further seen to be adopted by Australian accounting
standards board (AASB)”. The conceptual framework of the reporting date has been further seen
to be prepared as per the guidelines given by “Corporation Act 2001”. The significant amount of
consideration for the financial statements has been seen to adhere to the guidelines stated under
“International Financial Reporting Standards (IASB)”. It has been further depicted that the group
has been able to recognise the assets with Level I under fair value hierarchy of AASB 7 and
revenues and the net amount of “goods and services tax (GST)”. The cost excluding the
expenditure is considered to be directly attributable along with the acquisition cost of the assets.
It has been further depicted that the cost incurred for self-construction of assets includes cost of
material, initial estimate and direct labour wherever it is seen to be relevant. In addition to this,
the comparability of the financial information has been used with several types of graphic

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representation. For example, the result is based on operating with the has been clearly classified
“EBITDA, NPAT, EPS, operating cash flow and dividends per share”.

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List of appendix

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