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Q100: Consider the following statements regarding the disclosure of Supplier Finance Arrangements under the 2025 amendments to Ind AS 7 and Ind AS 107:

1. The amendments require entities to disclose comprehensive qualitative and quantitative information about their supply chain finance arrangements.
2. Entities are required to disclose the impact of these arrangements exclusively on their profitability, and are exempted from disclosing the effects on liquidity risk.
3. The required quantitative disclosures include stating the carrying amounts of financial liabilities that are part of the arrangement and the range of payment due dates.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
A
Only 1
B
Only 2
C
Only 3
D
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✅ Correct Answer: B
🎯 Quick Answer:
B. Only 2 is incorrect.
Concept Definition: Supplier Finance Arrangements (or reverse factoring) occur when a bank pays a company's suppliers early, and the company later pays the bank.
This masks standard trade payables as bank debt.
Structural Breakdown: Statement 1 is correct; Ind AS 7 and 107 were updated specifically to force transparency on these complex financing structures.
Statement 2 is incorrect; the explicit purpose of the amendment is to force entities to disclose how these arrangements impact their cash flows and liquidity risk, not just profitability.
Statement 3 is correct; granular data like carrying amounts and maturity dates must be published.
Historical/Related Context: Globally, several massive companies (like Carillion in the UK) collapsed suddenly because their balance sheets looked healthy, while in reality, they were surviving on massive, undisclosed reverse factoring loans that banks suddenly revoked.
Causal Reasoning: If investors cannot differentiate between standard trade credit (which is normal operations) and bank-funded supplier finance (which is hard debt), they cannot accurately assess the company's true liquidity and risk of imminent bankruptcy.
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