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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Disclosure of accounts receivable | Details of accounts receivable are as follows:
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  |
Current trade receivables | $ | 180.3 |  | $ | 215.1 |  |  |
Past due trade receivables |  |  |  |  |  |
1-30 days |  | 48.2 |  |  | 95.7 |  |  |
31-60 days |  | 22.7 |  |  | 27.8 |  |  |
61-90 days |  | 11.8 |  |  | 34.1 |  |  |
Greater than 90 days |  | 139.5 |  |  | 105.3 |  |  |
Total trade receivables | $ | 402.5 |  | $ | 478.0 |  |  |
Investment in finance leases (Note 17) |  | 13.6 |  |  | 16.8 |  |  |
Receivables from related parties (Note 35) |  | 29.4 |  |  | 45.8 |  |  |
Other receivables |  | 107.5 |  |  | 53.0 |  |  |
Credit loss allowances |  | (34.4) |  |  | (27.5) |  |  |
Total accounts receivable | $ | 518.6 |  | $ | 566.1 |  |  |
Schedule of changes in allowance for doubtful accounts | Changes in credit loss allowances are as follows:
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  |
Credit loss allowances, beginning of year | $ | (27.5) |  | $ | (22.0) |  |  |
Additions |  | (15.7) |  |  | (7.4) |  |  |
Amounts charged off |  | 6.3 |  |  | 0.8 |  |  |
Unused amounts reversed |  | 0.4 |  |  | 1.8 |  |  |
Foreign currency exchange differences |  | 2.1 |  |  | (0.7) |  |  |
Credit loss allowances, end of year | $ | (34.4) |  | $ | (27.5) |  |  |

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