t. | Non-current assets classified as held for sale |
A non-current asset or a group of assets (disposal group) are classified as held for sale if their carrying amount will be recovered principally through a sale transaction rather than through continuing use. For this to be the case, the assets must be available for immediate sale in their present condition, the Group must be committed to sell, there is a plan to locate a buyer and it is highly probable that a sale will be completed within one year from the date of classification. The depreciation of the assets ceases upon initial classification date, and they are presented separately in the statement of financial position as current assets, and measured at the lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell.
Investment property measured at fair value and classified as held for sale, as above, continues to be measured at fair value and presented separately in the statement of financial position as assets classified as held for sale.
When the parent company decides to realize part of its holdings in a subsidiary so that after the disposal the company is left with non-controlling interest, assets and liabilities attributed to the subsidiary are classified as held for sale by applying the provisions of IFRS 5, including classification as for discontinued operations.
A discontinued operation is an activity disposed or classified as held for sale as mentioned above, and it represents a business sector or geographical location of operations which is considered separate and major.