An item of property, plant, and equipment is considered to be impaired if its carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount.

Impaired

A term indicating that an asset's market value has decreased significantly more than what is recorded on financial statements, suggesting that the asset may not be recoverable to its currently stated value.

Recoverable Amount

The higher value between an asset's fair value minus costs to sell and its value in use, used in assessing whether an asset is impaired.