Assessing Sydney Airport's Adherence to the Conceptual Framework

This report critically analyzes Sydney Airport's adherence to the conceptual framework of accounting, focusing on its compliance with the objectives, recognition criteria for assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, and expenses, as well as the qualitative enhancing characteristics of financial reporting. It evaluates the company's alignment with Corporations Act 2001, AASB, and IFRS standards. The report further examines the use of flow charts, bar diagrams, and two-year comparisons in presenting financial data for timeliness, comparability, and enhanced data interpretation. The findings confirm that Sydney Airport's annual report is structured in accordance with regulatory requirements and maintains qualitative characteristics through various data visualization methods.

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Executive Summary
The report has been able to depict whether the financial data published by Sydney Airport has
adhered to the conceptual framework. The report will evaluate the compliance of the company
for “assets, liabilities, equities, expenses and revenues”. The discourse of the study has been
further able to identify the several types of the aspects associated to the qualitative enhancing
characteristics of financial reporting. The final part of the report has been further abet take into
consideration the various type of the report which has been considered with measuring the
qualitative measure of the different aspects associated to discerning the timeliness aspect,
comparability and enhanced data interpretation. The findings of the report have been able to
ascertain annual report of Sydney Airport is arranged in accordance to “Corporations Act 2001,
(AASB)” and “(IFRS)”. The qualitative characteristics has been further seen to be maintained
with the use of flow chart, bar diagram, pie chart and two year comparison.

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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
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8
List of Appendix..............................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
“Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport” or “Sydney Airport” located in Sydney, Australia is
considered as one of the primary airport which is seen to be responsible for serving airline
operators such as Qantas, Virgin Australia and Jetstar Airways. It has been further seen that the
airport is seen to be situated next to Botany Bay consist of three runways namely east–west,
north–south and third runways. This Airport has been further considering the operations as
longest continuously operated commercial airports and busiest airport in Australia with an intake
capacity of more than 41,870,000 passengers in 2016.
The study has analysed the data given in the annual report of Sydney Airport and able to
discern whether it has adhered to the conceptual framework. The report will evaluate the
compliance of the company for “assets, liabilities, equities, expenses and revenues”. The
discourse of the study has been further able to identify the different types of the aspects
associated to the qualitative enhancing characteristics of financial reporting. The final part of the
report has been further able take into consideration the various type of the report which has been
considered with measuring the qualitative measure of the different aspects associated to
discerning the timeliness aspect, comparability and enhanced data interpretation (Chaplin 2017).
Adherence to the objectives of the conceptual framework with its reporting
The conceptual framework of the report has been seen be related to the various types of
elements which has prescribed by “Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB)”. The main
form of the contributing role of this has been based on the various types of the factors considered
with “Australian securities and investment commission at 2001”. As per the amendments

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published in December 2013 the board for “measurement, presentation, reporting entity and de-
recognition”. The changes associated to the accounting and financial reforms brought by the
board has been further able to state on the various aspects for driving management stewardship
among the entities (Weller 2017).
As per the information published in the annual report of Sydney Airport is arranged in
accordance to “Corporations Act 2001, Australian Accounting Standards” which is seen to be
adopted by Australian “Accounting Standards Board (AASB)” and “International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRS)”. The group of the new standard has been discerned to be revised
with the different types of the consideration which has been seen to be issues by AASB with
relevancy on the operations and effective in terms of the present period of reporting. The new
adoption of the revised interpretations and standards which are yet to be adopted has been also
clearly stated in the financial report. The impact of this has been seen to be yet to be adopted in
December 2016 (Wines and Scarborough 2015).
Adherence with the recognition criteria for reporting Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Revenue
and Expenses
The preparation of the annual report has been further seen to be conducted with the
consideration of historical cost convention which is seen to be modified with the revaluation of
the financial assets and liabilities. The primary activity of SAT1 Group has been further seen to
be taken into consideration the various type of the activities for holding of the financial assets.
The impartment of the intangible asset of the company has been further seen to be taken into
account with the discounted cash flow methodology in time period of twenty years. The net
tangible (NTA) does not include the non-controlling interests and are seen to be associated to the

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sole representation of the various types the factors which are seen to be taken into consideration
with interest attributable to the security holders. The liability consideration of the company is
based on the various types of the factors associated to distribution payable, deferred income and
payables, derivative financial instruments and provision to the employee benefits (Dale-Jones,
Hancock and Willey 2013).
The critical accounting estimates and judgments on the accounting policies has indicated
on the test of impairment and goodwill. The identifiable net asset which are acquired takes into
account various types of the consideration which has been seen to be related to the measurement
at a fair value acquisition date. The finance costs are recognised with the costs which are
incurred with the effective interest rate method except in cases where it is directly attributable to
the construction, achievement and production of the assets considered suitable in nature. The
standards yet to be adopted has been taken into account as per “AASB 9: Financial Instruments”,
“AASB 15: Revenue from Contracts with Customers” and “AASB 16: Leases” (Momblanch et
al. 2014).
Adherence with the qualitative enhancing characteristics of financial reporting
The fair value in the rights has been taken into account with determination of allowance
date using “Monte Carlo model”. The CPS tranche has been further seen to be discerned with the
consideration of date of grant using binomial option used for the evaluating model. As the
company accompanies financial reporting accordance with Corporations ACT 2001, it considers
publishing of true and fair view of information as published on 31 December 2016. It has ben
also discerned the preparation of the financial reports of the company which is based on
depicting fair view prepared in accordance with “Australian Accounting Standards and

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Corporations Act 2001”. In addition to this, the application of the necessary internal control has
been further realized to be based on the consideration of the changed types of the information
which is seen to be based on depicting true and fair view of the material misstatement for fraud
error. The various types of the historic cost conventions are changed with the revaluation of the
specific types of the financial assets which are seen to be considered with the various types of the
factors associated to depicting of fair value through profit and loss. In case of the business
combinations the main form of the acquisition method has been seen to be used with the
consideration of transferred acquisition measured at fair value (Danoucaras and Woodley 2013).
Adherence with enhancing characteristics of financial reporting
In order to depict the reports with a better comparative aspect and representation of the
data, the company has been seen to be using flow chart to represent the relevant data related to
passenger growth, Debt service coverage, outcomes of cash flow, EBITDA, outcomes of the
cash flows and investor returns (Müller 2014).
It has been further able to depict some of the key performance measures which has been
seen to be observed in terms of the growth of the financial performance in compare to 2015.
When representing the information on revenue streams, the company has categorised the data as
per revenue contribution and revenue growth. The aeronautical revenue of the company has been
distributed from 2012 to 2016. In order to represent the data in a better way the segregation has
been done as per 11% growth in Europe and Middle East, 22% growth in India, 3% growth in
New Zealand and 7% growth in South East Asia. The retail revenue segregation of the company
has been taken into consideration with bar diagram. In a similar way the car rental and revenue

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has been seen to be discerned with different consideration which has been discerned as per the
growth from 2012 to 2016 (Kumarasiri and Jubb 2016).
It need to be further discerned that the company has been able to depict the various types
information as per the 2012 to 2016 for the parking and ground transport revenue. The
qualitative data has been further seen to be set with the consideration of the varied types of
depictions made in the annual report with two-year comparison of 2016 and 2015 for the
operating expenses (Xie 2015).
Figure 1: Qualitative Characteristics using Pie Chart
(Source: Müller 2014)

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Figure 2: Qualitative Characteristics using Pie Chart and Bar Graph
(Source: Müller 2014)
Conclusion
The report has been able to depict that adherence to conceptual framework objectives has
been seen with “Corporations Act 2001, Australian Accounting Standards” which is seen to be
implemented by Australian “Accounting Standards Board (AASB)” and “International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRS)”.Recognition criteria for reporting Assets has been discerned with
impartment of the intangible asset of the company has been further seen to be taken into account
with the discounted cash flow methodology in time period of twenty years. The liability has been
taken with factors associated to distribution payable, deferred income and payables, derivative
financial instruments and provision to the employee benefits. The finance expenses are
recognised with the expenses which are incurred with the “effective interest rate method” except
in cases where it is “directly attributable to the construction”, achievement and production of the
assets considered suitable in nature.

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List of Appendix

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