Glossary entry

Deutsch term or phrase:

eigenständiger Abschlag

Englisch translation:

separate write-down

Added to glossary by smeinke
Oct 4, 2007 06:28
17 yrs ago
Deutsch term

eigenständiger Abschlag

Deutsch > Englisch Wirtschaft/Finanzwesen Bilanzierung/Buchhaltung
...ist im Rahmen der Bilanzierung der Vorräte grundsätzlich das sog. „Lower of cost or market“ – Prinzip zu beachten, das seine Entsprechung im handelsrechtlichen Niederstwertprinzip findet.
Es werden kein eigenständiger Abschlag zur Berücksichtigung einer dem „Lower of cost or market“ – Prinzip entsprechenden Bewertung kalkuliert und somit auch buchmäßig nicht erfasst, wenn die Gruppe dies als nicht wesentlich einstuft

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separate write-down

It's a "write-down", i.e. a reduction in the carrying amount, not a "write-off", i.e. the reduction in the carrying amount to zero and the derecognition of the asset.

What they're basically saying here is that no separate write-down is recognised to reflect measurement at lower of cost or market value if the group doesn't classify the amount involved as material.
Peer comment(s):

agree Steffen Walter : Yes. It seems this distinction ("write-off" vs "write-down") is very important - these two terms get mixed up all too often.
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Many native English writers make the same mistake, presumably due to the general decline in standards, harrumph :-)
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separate/own write-off


"independent" for eigenständig is misleading in this context
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