Question: As the new staff person in your company's treasury department, you have been asked to conduct research related to a proposed transfer of receivables. Your supervisor wants the authoritative sources for the following items that are discussed in the receivables transfer agreement.

Instructions: Access the IFRS authoritative literature at the IASB website (http://eifrs.iasb.org/). (Click on the IFRS tab and then register for free eIFRS access if necessary.) When you have accessed the documents, you can use the search tool in your Internet browser to prepare responses to the following items.

(a) Identify relevant IFRSs that address transfers of receivables.

(b) What are the objectives for reporting transfers of receivables?

(c) Provide the definition for "Amortized cost."