accounting standard

The following is the Exposure Draft of the limited revisions to Accounting Standard (AS) 10, Accounting for Fixed Assets, which are proposed primarily to (i) improve accounting for fixed assets during their construction period; (ii) incorporate changes consequential to the requirements contained in Accounting Standard 29, Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets, Full Article

Queries are being received from various quarters as to whether in today’s context, Accounting Standard(AS)-30, Accounting Standard(AS)-31 and Accounting Standard(AS)-32 are required to be studied thoroughly for the examinations of the Institute, as they are included in the respective syllabus. Full Article

Accounting Standard (AS) 10 (Revised 20XX) (Corresponding to IAS 16) Property, Plant and Equipment (Comments to be received by 19 April 2010). Accounting Standard (AS) 11 (Revised 20XX) (Corresponding to IAS 21) The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates (Comments to be received by 19 April 2010) Full Article

Exposure Draft of Accounting Standard (AS) 5 (Revised 20XX) (Corresponding to IAS 8), Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors (Comments to be received by 7 April 2010) - (11-03-2010) Full Article

The Delhi High Court (HC) [2010-TIOL­42-HC-DEL-IT] in the case of CIT v. Industrial Finance Corporation of India (Taxpayer) which held that the difference between forward rate and exchange rate prevailing on the date of entering into forward contracts is fully allowable as deduction even if the difference is amortized in the books of account over the life of the forward contracts. Full Article

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country will not have to prepare their accounts as per the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from April 1, 2011, saving them significant cost of switching to the more rigorous accounting standard A government-constituted core panel on IFRS has decided to exempt SMEs from the first phase of convergence falling due in 2011. Full Article

The government plans to introduce a bill to amend the Companies Act in the budget session of parliament to enable convergence of Indian accounting standards with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). "The ministry will carry out the exercise for necessary amendments in the Companies Act in the forthcoming budget session of parliament," said a statement from the corporate affairs ministry. Full Article

The Union governments move to suspend Accounting Standards 11, allowing companies to show foreign currency liabilities as assets, has come under the Bombay high courts scanner. The petition filed by an organisation of city-based legal experts, Just Society, has claimed that this permits firms that might otherwise be sick to paint a rosy picture . Full Article