financial statements

Following is the Exposure Draft of the Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements (Revised 20XX), issued by the Accounting Standards Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, for comments. The Board invites Full Article

In order to increase transparency in the financial statements of banks, Reserve Bank of India has from time to time issued circulars to banks requiring disclosures in the ‘Notes to Accounts’ to their Balance Sheet. These instructions were consolidated in the Master Circular No.DBOD.BP.BC.NO.22/21.04.018/2009-10 dated July 1, 2009. Full Article

An increasing number of companies are extending their accounting period to facilitate the change in financial year from January-December to the commonly-followed April-March cycle. By doing so, the companies would be required to publish balance sheet only for the fiscal year which is also the statutory requirement under Income-Tax Act, instead of preparing separate financial statements for two different accounting periods. Full Article

The ITAT dismissed the appeal of the Revenue and the assessee by holding that the discount on stock options was notional in nature and was not deductible either in the year of grant or in the year when the option is exercised by the employees. In reaching the conclusion, the main consideration by the ITAT was the argument that the difference between market price and grant price is only a notional expenditure. Where ESOPs are granted by overseas parent companies and the d.. Full Article

In the first part, I discussed the broad para-meters such as — the importance of Code of Ethics (COE), important statistics about the disciplinary cases, reasons for delays in disposal, procedure adopted by the Council prior to the CA Amendment Act, 2006, criteria adopted by the Council, perception of various agencies towards the COE, types of punishments, and so on. I also narrated a few real-life instances of complaints. It is my experience that whenever our fellow m.. Full Article

The Revenue Department, which scrutinises all foreign investments from the tax angle, has asked the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to ensure that FDI applicants furnish three years audited financial statements of the investor.Such disclosures will be useful to determine the source of funds as also to assess the ability of the actual and the immediate investor to make such investments. Full Article

Officials at Icwai have been lobbying the government to include cost accountants under the definition accountant as defined in the subsection 2 of Section 288 of the Income-tax Act. The finance ministry has ignored calls by cost accountants that they be treated at par with chartered accountants and be allowed to sign off on the financial statements of companies. Full Article

The word “document” is used to refer to a written or printed paper that bears the original, official, or legal form of something and can be used to furnish decisive evidence or information. “Documentation” refers to the act or an instance of the supplying of documents or supporting references or records. Full Article