1. Accounting for employee benefits
Chapter 12
Accounting for employee benefits
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2. Objectives
Understand the various forms of benefits that employees can receive from their employers
Be able to account for the various forms of employee benefits
Understand whether particular employee entitlement obligations should be recorded at their nominal value or at their discounted present value
Be able to provide the necessary disclosures in conformity with AASB 119 ‘Employee Entitlements’
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3. Overview of employee benefits
Employment agreement with employer results in employees receiving various benefits(entitlements) in return for services
Accounting for employee benefits governed by AASB 119
‘Employee’ not actually defined in standard, but refers to:
a natural person appointed or engaged under a contract of service, whether on a full-time, part-time, permanent, casual or temporary basis
‘Employee benefits’ according to AASB 119 (par. 7):
All forms of consideration given by an entity in exchange for service rendered by employees
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4. Overview of employee benefits (cont.)
Examples of employee benefits
Employee benefits can relate to such items as:
wages and salaries
annual leave
sick leave
long-service leave
superannuation
share entitlements
bonuses
other entitlements
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5. Overview of employee benefits (cont.)
Other entitlements
AASB 119 divides employee benefits into categories
Short-term employee benefits
Post-employment benefits
Termination benefits
Other long-term employee benefits (e.g. superannuation)
Wages, salaries, social security contributions
Annual leave and sick leave to the extent that they are paid within 12 months of the period in which the employee renders the services
Benefits measured on an undiscounted basis—present values not used
Refer to AASB 119 (par. 10)
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6. Overview of employee benefits (cont.)
Other entitlements (cont.)
Salaries and wages, social security contributions, and other employee benefits (e.g. termination payments, post-employment benefits and other long-term employment benefits) that do not fall due wholly within 12 months of the end of the period in which the employee renders service:
Related obligations to be discounted to present value
Discount rate used to be determined by reference to market yields at the reporting date on high quality corporate bonds
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7. Accounting for employee benefits
Salaries and wages
For short-term employee benefits such as salaries and wages payable within 12 months of the end of the reporting period no requirement to discount any outstanding obligations to present value
For salaries and wages payable more than 12 months after the end of the reporting period any outstanding obligation should be discounted to its present value
Liabilities arise only where the services have already been rendered by the employee but the associated entitlements have not been paid as at the reporting date
Salaries and wages may be treated as an expense in the same period in which the obligation to make the payment is recorded
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8. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Salaries and wages (cont.)
May be carried forward as an asset in certain circumstances (e.g. when labour cost relates to inventories)
Initially recorded as work in progress, transferred to finished goods and then expensed as part of cost of goods sold
Cost of employee benefits can also be included in cost of property, plant and equipment (refer to AASB 116 ‘Property, Plant and Equipment’, par. 17)
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9. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Salaries and wages (cont.)
Salaries and wages expenses may include:
wages and salaries
PAYG tax
medical benefits
Salaries and wages— Accounting entry at balance date
Dr Wages and salaries expense
Cr PAYG tax payable
Cr Medical benefits payable
Cr Wages and salaries payable
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10. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Salaries and wages—Entry paid after balance date
Dr Salaries and wages expense (incurred since balance date)
Dr Salaries and wages payable (owing at balance date)
Cr PAYG tax payable
Cr Medical benefits payable (both incurred since balance date)
Cr Cash (payment to employees)
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11. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Salaries and wages—Remittance to Tax Office and medical fund
Dr PAYG tax payable
Dr Medical benefits payable
Cr Cash
Refer to Worked Example 12.1 on page 444—Accounting for salaries and wages
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12. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Annual leave
Typical in Australia for employees to be granted four weeks’ annual leave entitlement each year
May also receive annual leave loading (17.5%)
To the extent that the obligation is payable within 12 months of the balance sheet date, there is no need to discount the obligation to its present value
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13. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Accounting for annual leave (cont.)
To recognise annual leave obligation throughout the year:
Dr Annual leave expense
Cr Provision for annual leave
When annual leave taken:
Dr Provision for annual leave
Cr PAYG tax payable
Cr Cash at bank
Refer to Worked Example 12.2 on pp. 445–6—Accounting for annual leave
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14. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
‘On-costs’ also to be considered when calculating employer’s obligations for employee benefits
‘On-costs’ include:
payroll tax
workers’ compensation insurance
superannuation contributions
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15. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Sick leave
Necessary to divide sick leave into two types of entitlements:
vesting sick leave entitlements
non-vesting sick leave entitlements
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16. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Accounting for vesting sick-leave entitlements
‘Vesting’—employee has a right to receive the calculated amount in cash, even if the employee leaves the employer
Accounted for in the same manner as annual leave
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17. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Accounting for non-vesting sick-leave entitlements
Only paid upon a valid claim for sick leave by the employee
Only that part which has accumulated through past service and which is expected to be taken should be recognised as a liability and then only when it is capable of being reliably measured
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18. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Accounting for non-vesting sick-leave entitlements (cont.)
Journal entry each week (based on past experience):
Dr Sick-leave expense
Cr Provision for sick leave
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19. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Accounting for non-vesting sick-leave entitlements (cont.)
If employees are sick, their entitlements are charged to sick leave instead of salaries and wages:
Dr Provision for sick leave (wages during sick leave)
Dr Salaries and wages (wages for rest of period)
Cr PAYG tax payable
Cr Cash at bank
Refer to Worked Example 12.3 on page 447—Accounting for non-vesting sick leave
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20. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Long-service leave
Employees within Australia typically receive an entitlement to take an extended amount of leave after working for an employer for a specific number of years
Although no long-service leave may actually be paid in a given year, the employer must recognise an expense and an associated liability
Long-service liabilities must be accrued and the liability measured at its present value to the extent that the obligation is payable beyond 12 months after balance sheet date
Guidance to be found in AASB 119 ‘Australian Guidance’ (pars G4 to G8)
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21. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Long-service leave (cont.)
Three common long-service leave entitlement categories (in terms of par. G4):
preconditional period
conditional period
unconditional period
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22. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Long-service leave (cont.)
Many judgments required in determining long-service leave liability
Consideration given to such factors as:
probability employee will stay until such time as they have a LSL entitlement
salary being earned at the time of receiving the LSL entitlement (inflation, promotion prospects, etc.)
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23. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Long-service leave (cont.)
Recall:
AASB 119 requires estimated future cash flows to be discounted to present value when measuring benefits to be paid beyond 12 months from the balance sheet date
Discount rate for entitlements
To be based on rates generated by high quality bonds
Bond rates selected must generally match the expected timing of the long-service leave entitlements
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24. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Calculating long-service leave liability
Need to calculate
Projected salary
current salary × (1 + inflation rate)n
Accumulated LSL benefit
years of employment / total no. of periods required to be served before leave can be taken × weeks of LSL entitlement available after conditional period has been served / 52 × projected salary
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25. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Calculating long-service leave liability (cont.)
Present value of LSL obligation
accumulated LSL benefit/(1 + appropriate government bond rate)n
Probability that LSL will be paid
determined by reference to prior experience within the organisation and industry
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26. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Accounting entries for long-service leave
Entry to recognise the LSL expense:
Dr Long-service leave expense
Cr Provision for long-service leave
provision broken up into current and non-current portion
Entry when LSL is subsequently taken:
Dr Provision for long-service leave
Cr Cash at bank
Refer to Worked Example 12.4 on pp. 449–51—Accounting for long-service leave
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27. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Superannuation
AASB 119 addresses how a reporting entity is to account for the superannuation entitlements of its employees, as well as other post-employment benefits such as post-employment life insurance and post-employment health care
AAS 25 ‘Financial Reporting by Superannuation Funds’ outlines how a superannuation plan itself should account for the plan’s assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses (refer to Chapter 21)
Focus in this chapter on contributions of employers and not how superannuation funds account for their resources
Where an entity provides post-employment benefits (e.g. superannuation) considered to be ‘post-employment benefit plan’
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28. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Superannuation (cont.)
Post-employment benefit plans classified as either:
defined contribution plans
defined benefit plans
Defined contribution plan
A superannuation benefit scheme under which amounts to be paid as retirement benefits are determined by contributions made to the fund together with investment earnings on those contributions
Defined benefit plan
A superannuation benefit scheme under which amounts to be paid as retirement benefits are paid from an aggregated fund by reference to a member’s annual salary or are paid as a specified amount regardless of contributions made by the employee
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29. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Superannuation (cont.)
Overview of defined contribution plans
Employer’s contribution to a plan is set at a specified amount
Employee’s final payout depends on factors such as earnings generated by contributions
Employer therefore does not specify final payment to employee
Refer to AASB 119 (par. 23)
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30. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Overview of defined contribution plans (cont.)
Accounting relatively straightforward (refer to AASB 119, par. 44)
Contribution recognised as an expense (unless part of cost of inventory or property, plant and equipment)
Associated liability limited to amount of obligation unpaid by employer at end of year
Obligations are measured on an undiscounted basis, except where they do not fall due wholly within 12 months after the end of the period in which the employees render the related service (under AASB 119, par. 43)
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31. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Overview of defined benefit contribution plans (cont.)
Accounting relatively straightforward (refer to AASB 119, par. 44) (cont.)
Where contributions to a defined contribution plan do not fall wholly within 12 months after the end of the period in which the employees render the related service, they are to be discounted using the discount rate specified in paragraph 78 (under AASB 119, par. 45)
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32. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Accounting for employer’s obligation to a defined contribution superannuation plan
Dr Employee benefits cost—
superannuation
Cr Employee benefits payable
When amount paid:
Dr Employee benefits payable
Cr Cash at bank
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33. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Accounting for employer’s obligation to a defined contribution superannuation plan (cont.)
Note:
Liability not subject to discounting to the extent that the obligation fund is paid within 12 months of balance sheet date
Entity to disclose the amount recognised as an expense for defined contribution plans (under AASB 119, par. 46)
Refer to Worked Example 12.5 on page 453—Accounting for contributions to a defined benefit contribution plan
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34. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Overview of defined benefit plans
More complex accounting issues involved than with defined contribution plans
Defined benefit superannuation plan established by employer to (for example) provide employees with a pension of 40% of their final salary after reaching age of 60
Employers need to determine amount to contribute to fund so as to ensure obligation is met taking into account:
projected final salary, earnings rates of the fund, costs associated with managing fund, probability employee will stay until retirement
Employer effectively bears the risks associated with the earnings of the fund vs a defined contribution plan where employer pays a set amount and employee receives whatever the plan has earned
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35. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Overview of defined benefit plans (cont.)
Large proportion of AASB 119 dedicated to defined benefit plans
Need to know whether the fund (possibly externally managed) accepts the risks of unexpected changes in earnings or whether employer retains associated risks
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36. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Overview of defined benefit plans (cont.)
Refer to AASB 119 (par. 49):
Defined benefits plans may be unfunded, or they may be wholly or partly funded by contributions by an entity, and sometimes its employees, to an entity or fund that is legally separate from the entity and from which the employee benefits are paid
The payment of funded benefits when they fall due depends not only on the financial position and the investment performance of the fund but also on an entity’s ability (and willingness) to make good any shortfall in the fund’s assets
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37. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Overview of defined benefit plans (cont.)
Refer to AASB 119 (par. 49) (cont.):
Therefore, the entity is, in substance, underwriting the actuarial and investment risks associated with the plan
Consequently, the expense recognised for a defined benefit plan is not necessarily the amount of contributions for the period
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38. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Steps in accounting for defined benefit plans
Estimate of benefits that an employee has earned
Assumes knowledge of formula used to determine benefits to be provided to the employer
Obligations of the entity require consideration of whether:
benefits have vested in employee (ultimate payment of the benefit earned in the current period is not conditional on satisfying any further service requirements)—probability of payment then 100%
benefits have not vested—use of probabilities of satisfying service requirement required and will reduce the expense recognised by entity in current period
If obligations fall due beyond 12 months after balance sheet date they are required to be discounted to their present value
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39. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Steps in accounting for defined benefit plans (cont.)
(b) Determine the present value of the defined benefit obligation
If obligations fall due beyond 12 months after balance sheet date they are required to be discounted to their present value
Discount rate to be used (funded and non-funded) to be determined by reference to market yields at the reporting date on high quality corporate bonds (AASB 119, par. 78)
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40. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Steps in accounting for defined benefit plans (cont.)
(c) Determine the fair value of the plan’s assets
Need to assess whether the employer has any outstanding obligation for superannuation at year end by comparing the closing obligation for superannuation entitlements (refer to (b)) with the fair value of the plan’s assets
If fair value of plan’s assets matches expected payout to employees then no further liabilities exist
If fair value exceeds the obligation then an asset would exist
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41. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Steps in accounting for defined benefit plans (cont.)
(c) Determine the fair value of the plan’s assets (cont.)
Fair value of plan’s assets (AASB 119, par. 102):
Fair value of any plan assets is deducted in determining the amount recognised in the balance sheet
When no market price is available, the fair value of the plan is estimated, i.e. discounting expected future cash flows using a discount rate that reflects both the risk associated with the plan assets and maturity or expected disposal date of those assets
If the assets have not attained maturity, the expected period until the settlement of the related obligation
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42. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Steps in accounting for defined benefit plans (cont.)
(d) Determine the amount of the actuarial gains and losses
When determining accounting entries to be made in relation to the defined benefit liability of an entity, actuarial gains and losses must be recognised as part of the income or expense of the period
AASB 110 (par. 94):
Actuarial gains and losses may result from increases or decreases in either the present value of a defined benefit obligation or the fair value of any related plan assets
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43. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Steps in accounting for defined benefit plans (cont.)
(d) Determine the amount of the actuarial gains and losses (cont.)
Causes of actuarial gains and losses include:
(a) unexpected high or low rates of employee turnover, early retirement or mortality or of increases in salaries, benefits (if the formal or constructive terms of a plan provide for inflationary benefit increases) or medical costs
(b) the effect of changes in estimates of future employee turnover, early retirement or mortality or of increases in salaries, benefits (if the formal or constructive terms of a plan provide for inflationary benefit increases) or medical costs
(c) the effect of changes in the discount rate; and
(d) the differences between the actual return on plan assets and the expected return on plan assets (refer to pars 105–107).
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44. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Steps in accounting for defined benefit plans (cont.)
(d) Determine the amount of the actuarial gains and losses (cont.)
AASB 119 (par. 105):
Expected return on the plan’s assets is one component of the expense recognised in the income statement
The difference between the expected rate of return on plan assets and the actual rate of return on plan assets is an actuarial gain or loss
Differences between the expected and actual returns on high quality corporate bonds will lead to actuarial gains and losses
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45. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Steps in accounting for defined benefit plans (cont.)
Determination of the closing liability for each period:
Need to assess the difference between the present value of the obligation to the employees and the fair value of the plan’s assets that are available to meet the obligation to the employees
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46. Accounting for employee benefits (cont.)
Steps in accounting for defined benefit plans (cont.)
To determine the total expenses to be recognised in relation to the defined benefit plan often involves consideration of:
current service costs
interest costs
expected return on assets
net actuarial gain or loss
Disclosure requirements
Outlined in AASB 119 (par. 120)
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47. Accrued employee benefits and corporate collapses
The mere act of making an accrual does not guarantee cash reserves available to make payment should the employer become insolvent
Under law employees have some preferential access to payment
Amount available is affected by:
existence of secured creditors
amount of assets available
Calls for establishment of central funds to protect claims of employees
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48. Summary
Purpose of the chapter to discuss accounting for employee benefits (entitlements), including application of the relevant accounting standard, AASB 119 ‘Employee Benefits’
Examples of benefits include:
wages and salaries
annual leave
sick leave
long-service leave
superannuation
share entitlements
bonuses
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49. Summary (cont.) (continues)
Wages and salaries payable within 12 months of balance sheet date are to be recorded at their nominal amount, and liabilities are to be recognised where salaries have been incurred but employees have not been fully paid at balance date
Annual leave liabilities payable within 12 months of balance sheet date are to be recognised at the nominal amount of the entitlement. At year end there will generally be a provision for vesting
Obligations for employee benefits, inclusive of salaries and wages, that are payable beyond 12 months after balance sheet date are to be recorded at their present value
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50. Summary (cont.) (continues)
The discount rate to be used to determine present values is determined by reference to market yields at the reporting date on high quality corporate bonds. The currency and term of the bonds are to be consistent with the currency and estimated term of the post-employment benefit obligations
Sick leave is to be divided into vesting and non-vesting entitlements. For accounting purposes, vesting sick leave can be treated in the same manner as annual leave. With non-vesting sick leave entitlements, only the part of the entitlement that is accumulated through past service and that is expected to be taken should be recognised as a liability within the financial statements
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51. Summary (cont.)
Long-service leave (LSL) entitlements are to be accrued and the liability is to be measured at its present value. The determination of the obligation and the expense for LSL will require various assumptions, including assumptions about future pay levels, promotion prospects, inflation rates and the likelihood of LSL entitlements ultimately vesting. Failure to recognise LSL obligations can lead to a significant understatement of recorded liabilities
Post-employment benefit plans are classified as either defined contribution plans or defined benefit plans. The accounting treatments for defined benefit plans are a great deal more complex than the requirements relating to defined contribution plans
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