Learn how to calculate provision for doubtful debts under Ind AS 109. Ensure accurate recognition of bad debts for trade receivables.
In most cases when a company acquires certain types of long-term assets, it has an obligation to remove these assets after the end of their useful lives and restore the site. Most of these long term assets are constructed on leased land or premises, thus obligating the user to return it in the original condition at the end of the agreed term.
Earnings per share (‘EPS’), as the name suggests comprises of two factors: 1. The net profit or loss for the year/period attributable to the ordinary shareholders, and 2. The weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year/period. While the first component of EPS is easy to determine, the second may pose various challenges […]
Ind AS 116- Leases, is effective from annual period beginning on or after 1 April 2019. Ind AS 116 Supersedes Ind AS 17 – Leases from the date of its applicability. Under Ind AS 17, lease rentals under an operating lease were recognised as an expense/income on a straight line basis over the lease term […]
A sale and leaseback transaction is one where an entity (the seller-lessee) transfers an asset to another entity (the buyer-lessor) for consideration and leases that asset back from the buyer-lessor. Ind AS 116 makes significant changes to sale and leaseback accounting.
The assessment of whether a contract is or contains a lease is the biggest practical issue while applying Ind AS 116. This assessment is required right at the inception of the contract. In most of the cases, the assessment is likely to be straightforward and contracts which are classified as lease contracts under Ind AS 17 are likely to continue as lease contracts under Ind AS 116 as well.