Hedging is an integral part of the activities of oil and gas, mining and metallurgical companies. The article covers to problems of hedging according to International Financial Reporting Standard IFRS 6 «Financial instruments»: object of the hedge accounting (Hedged Item and Hedged Instrument), types of hedging relationships (Fair value hedge, Cash flow hedge, Hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation).
The International Accounting Standards Board issued International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 6 «Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources». The standard applied to companies engaged in exploration for and evaluation of oil and gas and mineral resources. The article covers to problems of impairment of these assets. How ever for oil and gas industry is the most popular are USA and Britain standards of financial accounting (GAAP USA and GAAP UK). The article concerns questions of capitalization of expenses for exploration and evaluation of mineral resources of comparison according to the IFRS and GAAP USA.
The article covers problems of evaluation and account of objects of subsoil usage according to different methods of business estimating: cost method, comparative method, revenues method. There is a conclusion that deficiency of such important active as reserves of mineral resources in statement of financial position doesn’t give an objective evaluation of mining company’s market value.
The article covers to problems of evaluation of objects of subsoil usage according to different stages of geological exploration in International Financial Reporting Standard 6 «Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources» and Russian Accounting Standard 24/2011.
The International Accounting Standards Board issued International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 6 «Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources». The standard applied to companies engaged in exploration for and evaluation of oil and gas and mineral resources. The article covers to problems of impairment of these assets.
