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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 DECEMBER 2010
4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
4.6 Leases
4.6.1 Finance leases
Assets acquired under finance leases and hire-purchase which transfer substantially all the risks and rewards
of ownership to the Group are recognised initially at amounts equal to the fair value of the leased assets or,
if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments, each determined at the inception of the lease. The
discount rate used in calculating the present value of the minimum lease payments is the interest rate implicit
in the leases, if this is practicable to determine, if not, the Group’s incremental borrowing rate is used. Any
initial direct costs incurred by the Group are added to the amount recognised as an asset. The assets are
capitalised as property, plant and equipment and the corresponding obligations are treated as liabilities. The
assets capitalised are depreciated on the same basis as owned assets.
The minimum lease payments are apportioned between finance charges and a reduction of the outstanding
liability. The finance charges are recognised in profit or loss over the period of the lease term so as to produce
a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining lease and hire purchase liabilities.
4.6.2 Operating leases
A lease is classified as an operating lease if it does not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards incidental
to ownership.
Lease payment under operating leases are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
4.6.3 Leases of land and buildings
For leases of land and buildings, the land and buildings elements are considered separately for the purpose of
lease classification and these leases are classified as operating or finance leases in the same way as leases of
other assets.
The minimum lease payments including any lump-sum upfront payments made to acquire the interest in the land
and buildings are allocated between the land and the buildings elements in proportion to the relative fair values
of the leasehold interests in the land element and the buildings element of the lease at the inception of the lease.
The buildings element is classified as a finance or operating lease in accordance with Note 4.6.1 or Note
4.6.2 to the financial statements. If the lease payment cannot be allocated reliably between leasehold land
and building, the entire lease is classified as a finance lease, unless it is clear that both elements are operating
leases, in which case the entire lease is classified as an operating lease.
For a lease of land and building in which the amount that would initially be recognised for the land element
is immaterial, the land and building is treated as a single unit for the purpose of lease classification and is
accordingly classified as a finance or operating lease. In such a case, the economic life of the building is
regarded as the economic life of the entire leased asset.
Following the adoption of Amendment to FRS 117 Leases contained in the Improvements to FRSs (2009), the
Group had reassessed the classification of land elements of unexpired leases on the basis of information existing
at the inception of those leases. Consequently, the Group retrospectively reclassified all prepaid lease payments
for land as finance lease as disclosed in Notes 7 and 43 to the financial statements.
TRADEWINDS PLANTATION BERHAD
Annual Report 2010