2. SUMMARY OF MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) (g) Goods and services tax (GST) The financial statements have been prepared so that all components are presented exclusive of GST. All items in the statement of financial position are presented net of GST, with the exception of receivables and payables, which include GST invoiced. (h) Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents comprises cash and demand deposits held with established financial institutions and highly liquid investments, which have maturities of three months or less that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. Cash and cash equivalents are held to meet currently forecast short-term cash commitments. (i) Short-term investments Short-term investments comprise short-term deposits, which have maturities of three months or less that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. When the Group is holding more short-term deposits than are required to meet currently forecast short-term cash commitments, these are held as short-term investments. (j) Trade and other receivables The Group makes use of a simplified approach in accounting for trade and other receivables and records the loss allowance as lifetime expected credit losses. These are the expected shortfalls in contractual cash flows, considering the potential for default at any point during the life of the financial instrument. In calculating, the Group assesses trade receivables on an individual basis, and uses its historical experience, external indicators and forward-looking information to calculate the expected credit losses. (k) Employee benefits Wages and salaries, annual leave, long service leave and superannuation Liabilities for wages and salaries, bonuses, annual leave, long service leave and superannuation expected to be settled within 12 months of the reporting date are recognised in accrued liabilities in respect of employees’ services up to the reporting date and are measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled. Liabilities for non- accumulating personal leave are recognised when the leave is taken and measured at the rates paid or payable. Contributions are made by the Group to employee superannuation funds and are charged as expenses when the obligation to pay them arises. Share-based payments Neuren operates a loan funded share plan and share option plan. Both plans are accounted for as share options and the loan is not recognised as an asset. The fair value of the services received in exchange for the grant of the options or shares is recognised as an expense with a corresponding increase in the share option reserve over the vesting period. The total amount to be expensed over the vesting period is determined by reference to the fair value of the options or shares at grant date. At each reporting date, except for options that are subject to a market condition for vesting, the Company revises its estimates of the number of options that are expected to vest. It recognises the impact of these revisions, if any, in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, and a corresponding adjustment to equity over the remaining vesting period. When options are exercised, the proceeds received net of any directly attributable transaction costs are credited to share capital. (l) Share issue costs Costs associated with the issue of new shares which are recognised in shareholders’ equity are treated as a reduction of the amount collected per share. (m) Financial instruments Recognition and derecognition Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the financial instrument. Financial assets are derecognised when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire, or when the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from the asset or has assumed an obligation to pay the received cash flows in full without material delay to a third party under a ‘pass-through’ arrangement; and either (a) the Group has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, or (b) the Group has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, but has transferred control of the asset. When the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset or has entered into a pass-through arrangement, it evaluates if, and to what extent, it has retained the risks and rewards of ownership. When it has neither transferred nor retained substantially all of the risks and rewards of the asset, nor transferred control of the asset, the Group continues to recognise the transferred asset to the extent of its continuing involvement. In that case, the Group also recognises an associated liability. The transferred asset and the associated liability are measured on a basis that reflects the rights and obligations that the Group has retained. NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited Annual Report 2023 37
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