SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL CORP | CIK:0001267482 | 3

  • Filed: 4/27/2018
  • Entity registrant name: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL CORP (CIK: 0001267482)
  • Generator: Merrill
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  • ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForGovernmentGrants

    Government funding

    Government funding is not recognized in profit or loss until there is reasonable assurance that the Group will comply with the conditions attaching to them and that the funding will be received.

    Government funding relating to costs are deferred and recognized in profit or loss over the period necessary to match them with the costs that they are intended to compensate.

    Government funding relating to property, plant and equipment, whose primary condition is that the Group should purchase, construct or otherwise acquire non-current assets, are recognized as deferred income in the consolidated statements of financial position and transferred to profit or loss on a systematic and rational basis over the useful lives of the related assets.

    Government funding that is receivable as compensation for expenses or losses already incurred or for the purpose of giving immediate financial support to the Group with no future related cost are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they become receivable.