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Maja Mitrovie
Financial and Controling Specialist
sTech d.o0. Belgrade
RE: Capitalization of cost of internally generated software
14 November 2013
Dear Ms. Mitrovié,
In regard to our contract of July 1, 2013, please find below our memo on capitalization of cost of internally
generated software.
‘The requirement that an intangible asset should be initially recorded at its cost applies to internally
generated intangible assets es well as purchased intangible assets. Cost includes all cost incurred from
the date on which all of the recognition criteria (those for purchased as well as for internally generated
intangible assets) are met. If costs have been expensed prior to the recognition criteria begin met, they
‘may not be reinstated upon satisfaction of the criteria. (IAS 38:65871)
Similar to self-constructed iters of property, plant and equipment, the cost of an intemally generated
intangible asset includes ail directly attributable cost necessary to create, produce and prepare an asset
to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management. These costs may include (in your
case particularly): (IAS 38:66)
+ expenditure on materials and services used or consumed in generating the software (outsourcing
and other related cost of externally engaged IT experts involved in software development);
+ the salaries, wages and other employment~elated costs (e.g. employee insurance, fees related to
salaries payment and other compulsory fees and contributions related to salaries) of personnel
directly engaged in generating the software;
+ borrowing costs, in accordance with the requirements of IAS 23 Borrowing Costs; and
+ any other expenditure that is directly attributable to generating the software, such as fees to
register a legal right and amortisation of patents and licences and other assets that are used to
generate the software (including travel cost related to staff performing business analyses).
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intangible asset
+ selling, administrative and other general overhead expenditure unless this expenditure can be
directly attributed to preparing the asset for use;
+ clearly identified inefficiencies end initial operating losses incurred before an asset achieves
planned performance; and
+ expenditure on training seif to operate the asset
Evaluating whether overheads are “directly attributable costs" IAS 38:66 states that “the cost of an
internally generated intangible asset comprises all directly attributable costs necessary to create, produce
and prepare the asset to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management’. E.g. premises
costs are more likely to fall under IAS 38:67, which states that selling, administrative and other general
overhead costs are not part of the cost of an internally generated intangible asset “unless this expenditure
can be directly attributed to preparing the asset for use", Whether such costs can be considered ‘directly
attributable’ will be @ matter of judament in the particular circumstances. However, to qualify as ‘directly
allributable’, it would be expected that the costs would have been avoided had the entity not engaged in
the development activites,
‘Therefore, if the premises are rented, it may be possible to demonstrate that the rental costs are directly
attributable costs if they would not have been incurred had the entity not engaged in the development
activities. For example, sTech might be able to demonstrate that
+ itdid not rent the premises until commencement of the software development activities; and
+ had it not engaged in the development activities, it would net have rented the premises until a later
date for use in other activities.
Based on information provided to us, we do understand that you are able to demonstrate above stated for
the following cost categories:
+ cost of premises;
+ salaries, wages and other employment-elated costs of administrative personnel (financial and
controller specialists)
+ overhead expenditures related to administrative personnel
Actually, all these cost would have been avoided had the software not been developed,
In addition, we have identified certain costs e.g. salaries, wages and other employment-related costs of
General Manager (rental, airplane tickets, reallocation costs) occurred prior to commencing the activities
of software development. In order to capitalize these costs, sTech would need to demonstrate that these
costs (or portion of the costs) which are mainly related to the software development activities would have
been avoided, such as in one of the following scenarios:
+ portion of these costs would be avoided ifthe entity was not engaged in development activities; or
+ GM would use his time to manage other activities for which sTech has engaged him.
23Costs that have been identified as not directly attributable are as follows:
+ salaries, wages and other employment-related costs of IT staff involved in cost of current IT
infrastructure activities;
+ overhead expenditures related to IT infrastructure activities;
+ cost of premises related to IT infrastructure activities;
+ general bank fees related to bank account maintenance;
+ General manager's travel expenses related to Uniga activities on group level;
+ Expenditure on training staff to operate the asset;
+ SAP expenses (consultants engaged on monthly basis and amortization);
+ Entertainment and advertising expenses;
+ Management fee charged by the Group;
+ Audit fees,
‘These costs would have been occurred had sTech not engaged in software development.
Disclaimer: Our work was performed using due professional care and is based upon the information provided to us.
If you have reason to believe that we are not aware of all relevant facts, it is your responsibilty to inform us
Jimmediately so that we can analyze the additional information and adjust our advice accordingly. We have advised
you based upon our understanding of the accounting standards as of this date. Situations do exist whereby the
‘accounting and other authority's interpretation ofthe law and standards may vary from ours.
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