Cash-flow hedge accounting addresses exposure to variability in cash flows from a recognized item or a forecast transaction attributable to a designated risk. The derivative remains measured at fair value. The hedge model changes the timing and location of qualifying gains or losses.
Use an AOCI rollforward
ASC 815-30-35-3 sets out the accounting for a qualifying cash-flow hedge. Track opening AOCI, the current OCI effect, earnings reclassifications, basis adjustments, and ending AOCI by relationship.
Suppose opening AOCI is zero and a supplied qualifying derivative gain is $48,000. If $30,000 leaves AOCI when a forecast inventory purchase becomes a recognized asset and nothing enters earnings yet, ending AOCI is $18,000. The derivative asset is still $48,000; AOCI is a separate reporting layer.
Follow the forecast
Tie the forecast ID to purchase orders, receipts, invoices, units, derivative settlement, inventory lot, and later cost flow. A forecast does not create inventory before recognition, and derivative cash does not replace vendor cash. If forecast timing or volume changes, reopen probability and discontinuation analysis. The rollforward can verify arithmetic after qualification is supplied; it cannot prove designation, effectiveness, fair value, or forecast occurrence.
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