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Mandatory and Non Mandatory Accounting Standards issued by the ICAI

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Indian Accounting Standards & Corporate Accounting Practices – Free Book

CA, CS, CMA : Explains how Indian Accounting Standards operate, covering transition to Ind AS, presentation of financial statements, and the reg...

December 31, 2025 1008 Views 0 comment Print

Impairment of Investments – Accounting and Tax Implications

CA, CS, CMA : This explains when investment values must be written down under AS 13 and Ind AS, and why recognising impairment is essential for ...

December 16, 2025 1950 Views 0 comment Print

Cash Flow Statements: A Complete AS-3 Compliance Guide

CA, CS, CMA : Breaks down the purpose and components of a CFS and highlights how it reveals a company’s real liquidity, not just accounting pr...

December 8, 2025 2436 Views 0 comment Print

List of ICDS and its reconciliations with Accounting Standards​

Income Tax : Summary of Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS) and their mandatory reconciliation with Accounting Standards for cal...

October 17, 2025 7293 Views 0 comment Print

Cleaning & Maintenance of Books of Accounts on the occasion of Diwali!

Finance : Summary of mandatory financial record-keeping periods under the Income Tax Act, GST Law (72  months), and Companies Act (8  ye...

October 13, 2025 23499 Views 1 comment Print


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FAQs: Guidance Note on Financial Statements of Non-Corporate Entities

CA, CS, CMA : ICAI issues Guidance Note for non-corporate financial statements, effective April 1, 2024, replacing 2022 Technical Guide with sta...

July 10, 2025 8655 Views 1 comment Print

NFRA Series on Auditor-Audit Committee Interaction: Related Party Audits

Company Law : NFRA highlights auditor responsibilities in related party transactions, emphasizing compliance with Ind AS 24, SEBI regulations, a...

March 30, 2025 2262 Views 0 comment Print

Revised Classification Criteria for Non-Company Entities in Accounting Standards

CA, CS, CMA : ICAI announces new classification criteria for non-company entities' Accounting Standards, effective April 1, 2024. Learn about MS...

November 10, 2024 19884 Views 1 comment Print

Amendments to AS 22, Accounting for Taxes on Income issued by the ICAI

CA, CS, CMA : ICAI amends AS 22 for non-company entities, introducing exceptions and disclosure requirements for deferred tax related to Pillar ...

July 29, 2024 2244 Views 0 comment Print

Exposure Draft of Lack of Exchangeability – Amendments to Ind AS 21

CA, CS, CMA : Stay updated on Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) amendments. Accounting Standards Board seeks your input on Lack of Exchangeab...

November 1, 2023 1095 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Foreign Exchange Loss Allowed as Not Notional Under Mercantile Accounting

Income Tax : The issue was whether foreign exchange fluctuation loss recorded at year-end was notional and disallowable. The Tribunal upheld it...

December 25, 2025 438 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad: Section 43CB vs AS-7/AS-9 on Revenue Recognition for Real Estate Developers

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad rules in favor of Aaryan Buildspace LLP, holding that Section 43CB does not apply to real estate developers recogni...

March 13, 2025 2343 Views 0 comment Print

CUP is most appropriate method for determining ALP for importing goods for manufacturing segment

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that Comparable Uncontrolled Price (CUP) is the most appropriate method for determining the Arm’s Length Pri...

April 24, 2023 1383 Views 0 comment Print

Developer to follow AS 11 issued by ICAI & not AS-7 which applies to contractor

Income Tax : Aadarh Developers Vs ACIT (ITAT Rajkot) Admittedly, the assessee is a developer and not a works contractor. Therefore, the revenue...

July 31, 2022 1026 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax/VAT not to be considered for recognizing revenue under AS7

Income Tax : Veolia India Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Ground- Learned CIT(A) has erred in considering amounts aggregating to Rs.26,839,975 t...

April 27, 2020 1698 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


MCA Amends Accounting Standard 22 to Address OECD Pillar Two Global Tax Rules

Company Law : The MCA amended AS 22 to incorporate provisions related to OECD Pillar Two global minimum tax rules. The amendment exempts compani...

March 10, 2026 1596 Views 0 comment Print

MCA Upheld Penalty for Incorrect Audit Report on Accounting Standards

Company Law : The adjudicating authority held that failure to disclose related party transactions violated statutory audit duties. The key takea...

January 22, 2026 459 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI Exonerates CA in Case Alleging Forged Documents for Address Change

CA, CS, CMA : A Chartered Accountant was found not guilty of professional misconduct by the ICAI Disciplinary Committee regarding allegations of...

February 8, 2025 486 Views 0 comment Print

CA Reprimanded by ICAI for Failing to Personally Verify Registered Office

CA, CS, CMA : A Chartered Accountant has been reprimanded by the ICAI Disciplinary Committee for professional misconduct, including an incorrect...

January 23, 2025 522 Views 0 comment Print

Auditor Penalized for Misreporting in Religious Trust Audit

CA, CS, CMA : The ICAI Disciplinary Committee has fined CA Ankit A. Chokshi Rs. 25,000 after finding him guilty of professional misconduct for f...

January 13, 2025 705 Views 0 comment Print


Accounting Standard (AS) 13- Accounting for Investments

October 11, 2016 23161 Views 0 comment Print

Shares, debentures and other securities held as stock-in-trade (i.e., for sale in the ordinary course of business) are not ‘investments’ as defined in this Standard. However, the manner in which they are accounted for and disclosed in the financial statements is quite similar to that applicable in respect of current investments.

Revised AS 10 – Property, Plant and Equipment

October 11, 2016 226765 Views 1 comment Print

The objective of this Standard is to prescribe the accounting treatment for property, plant and equipment so that users of the financial statements can discern information about investment made by an enterprise in its property, plant and equipment and the changes in such investment.

Revised AS 4 Contingencies & Events Occurring After Balance Sheet Date

October 11, 2016 4159 Views 0 comment Print

A contingency is a condition or situation, the ultimate outcome of which, gain or loss, will be known or determined only on the occurrence, or non-occurrence, of one or more uncertain future events.

Revised Accounting Standard- 2 Valuation of Inventories

October 11, 2016 10120 Views 0 comment Print

This Revised ‘Accounting Standard (AS) 2- Valuation of Inventories’ as applicable for the accounting periods commencing on or after April 1, 2017 after considering Companies (Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2016 (G.S.R. 364(E) dated 30.03.2016) also read with ICAI Press Release dated 28.09.2016 titled “Amendment to AS 2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 14, 21 and 29 […]

Guidance Note on Combined and Carve-Out Financial Statements

September 28, 2016 3775 Views 0 comment Print

Generally, consolidated financial statements of an entity are required to be presented under the relevant legal or regulatory requirements. In India, these requirements are met by presenting consolidated financial statements prepared under the applicable Accounting Standards

Amendment to AS 2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 14, 21 and 29

September 28, 2016 16468 Views 0 comment Print

Amendment to AS 2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 14, 21 and 29 issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, pursuant to issuance of amendments to Accounting Standards by the MCA

IFRS vs US GAAP- Key Takeaways

September 10, 2016 11257 Views 1 comment Print

IFRS is based more on principles when compared with US GAAP which is more rule based standard. One of the reasons for convergence to IFRS is the need for a business to present its financial statements on the same basis as its foreign competitors in order to make comparisons easier.

Service Concession and Similar Arrangements

September 9, 2016 5698 Views 3 comments Print

A Service Concession Arrangement (SCA) generally involves a private sector entity (operator or concessionaire) who is made responsible for rendition of public service and a public service entity (grantor). In this arrangement operator constructs or upgrades the infrastructure which is used to provide public service and operates and maintains it for a specified period of time

Guidance Note on Reports & Special Purpose Certificates

September 1, 2016 12910 Views 0 comment Print

Readers may note that this Guidance Note supercedes the Guidance Note on Audit Reports and Certificates for Special Purposes, issued by the ICAI in 1984. Members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) are often called upon to issue reports/certificates for special purposes e.g. reports/ certificates required under the tax laws, Government welfare […]

Research & Development in Pharma Sector

August 30, 2016 4624 Views 0 comment Print

CA Garima Mittal Introduction Pharmaceutical markets are extremely complex. Consumer demand is often indirect for prescription drugs medicated by doctors. New drugs must undergo costly and time consuming process before it could be sold in the market. Further, brainstorming & analysis need to be done about what to work on and how intensively to invest […]

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