CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD | CIK:0001132924 | 3

  • Filed: 4/27/2018
  • Entity registrant name: CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD (CIK: 0001132924)
  • Generator: Donnelley Financial Solutions
  • SEC filing page: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132924/000156459018009423/0001564590-18-009423-index.htm
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  • ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForGoodwillExplanatory

    Goodwill

    Goodwill arising from the acquisition of a business is carried at cost as established at the date of acquisition of the business less accumulated impairment loss.

    For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to each of the Company’s cash-generating units or groups of cash-generating units (referred to as “cash-generating unit”) that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the business combination.

    A cash-generating unit to which goodwill has been allocated is tested for impairment annually, or more frequently when there is an indication that the unit may be impaired, by comparing its carrying amount, including the attributable goodwill, with its recoverable amount.  However, if the goodwill allocated to a cash-generating unit was acquired in a business combination during the current annual period, that unit shall be tested for impairment before the end of the current annual period.  If the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is less than its carrying amount, the impairment loss is allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the unit and then to the other assets of the unit pro rata based on the carrying amount of each asset in the unit.  Any impairment loss is recognized directly in profit or loss.  An impairment loss recognized for goodwill is not reversed in subsequent periods.