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No definition available.

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The amount recognised as a current asset for expenditures made prior to the period when the economic benefit will be realised.

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The excess of amount paid for current tax in respect of current and prior periods over the amount due for those periods. Current tax is the amount of income taxes payable (recoverable) in respect of the taxable profit (tax loss) for a period.

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The amount of financial assets at amortised cost. The amortised cost is the amount at which financial assets are measured at initial recognition minus principal repayments, plus or minus the cumulative amortisation using the effective interest method of any difference between that initial amount and the maturity amount, and adjusted for any impairment. [Refer: Financial assets]

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The amount of financial assets that are measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. A financial asset shall be measured at fair value through other comprehensive income if both of the following conditions are met: (a) the financial asset is held within a business model whose objective is achieved by both collecting contractual cash flows and selling financial assets and (b) the contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding. [Refer: At fair value [member]; Financial assets]

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The amount of current other receivables. [Refer: Other receivables]

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