Mandatory and Non Mandatory Accounting Standards issued by the ICAI
CA, CS, CMA : Discover a comprehensive FAQ on Ind AS 115, covering revenue recognition principles, key concepts, and implementation challenges. ...
CA, CS, CMA : Understand AS 13 Accounting for Investments: Learn about investment types, properties, carrying amounts, reclassification, and ess...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore AS 17 Segment Reporting: its scope, definitions of business and geographical segments, allocation methods, and criteria fo...
CA, CS, CMA : Understand Accounting Standard 10 (AS 10) for "Property Plant and Equipment" covering recognition, measurement, valuation, depreci...
CA, CS, CMA : Understand AS 2 and its guidelines for inventory valuation. Learn about costs, net realizable value, exclusions, and comparisons w...
CA, CS, CMA : Stay updated on Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) amendments. Accounting Standards Board seeks your input on Lack of Exchangeab...
CA, CS, CMA : Clarification provides the level of authority of various documents issued by ICAI e.g. Accounting Standards, Auditing Standards, G...
CA, CS, CMA : The Accounting Standards Board issues an Exposure Draft of International Tax Reform—Pillar Two Model Rules, proposing Amendments...
CA, CS, CMA : As per LLP Act 2008, accounts of Limited Liability Partnership shall be audited in accordance with Rules prescribed under LLP Rule...
CA, CS, CMA : In case of corporate entities, the users or primary users of financial information are shareholders, regulators, potential investo...
Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that Comparable Uncontrolled Price (CUP) is the most appropriate method for determining the Arm’s Length Pri...
Income Tax : Aadarh Developers Vs ACIT (ITAT Rajkot) Admittedly, the assessee is a developer and not a works contractor. Therefore, the revenue...
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...
Income Tax : The issue under consideration is whether the change in method of valuation of inventory is allowed if it is based on AS 2 as presc...
Income Tax : The fact that bills were not raised did not stop accrual of income under the mercantile system of accounting. Therefore, the clai...
Company Law : National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) issues an order imposing a penalty on CA Gautam Guha of Rupees One Lakh (Rs. 1,00,00...
CA, CS, CMA : The objective of this Standard is to prescribe the manner in which Prior Period Adjustments including errors once identified shall...
Company Law : NFRA Circular on Non-Accrual of interest on borrowings by the companies in violation of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) It ha...
Company Law : ICAI has sent its Approach Paper for revision of existing ASs and the proposed texts of 18 revised ASs out of a total of 32 revise...
Company Law : MCA has notified Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2021 on 23rd June, 2021. vide this notification has amended definition of...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has approved three new Standards on Internal Audit (SIA). This decision was taken at a recently concluded meeting of the ICAI. The three new SIAs, approved as an important aspect in the internal audit process, are – Communication with Management, Internal Audit Evidence and Consideration of Fraud […]
The Revised Standard on Auditing (SA) 540, ‘Auditing Accounting Estimates, Including Fair Value Accounting Estimates, and Related Disclosures’ provides timely guidance on audit of fair value and accounting estimates in the current times of market uncertainty and liquidity crunch. Accounting estimate is an approximation of a monetary amount in the absence of precise means of measurement. Risk of material misstatement increases significantly since accounting estimate involves the use of judgment by the management. This Standard provides specific guidance to auditor while verifying the valuation of complex financial instruments which are not traded in active and open market and transactions involving the exchange parties without monetary consideration. This Standard is applicable for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after April 1, 2009.’
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has constituted a committee on Public Finance with the objective of extending a helping hand to the Centre, state and local administrative departments in nation building, an official of ICAI said on Monday. ICAI Programme Director V C James told reporters here, the committee’s key objective is to study, review, analyse and recommend measures to tackle the fiscal problems of the central or state governments, PSUs, Civic bodies, financial institutions and local administrative departments.
As your good self are aware that the Council at its 280th meeting held from 7th to 9th August 9, 2008, considered the cited matter. After detailed discussion, the Council authorised CA. Vinod Jain, Chairman, CLC to finalize the Schedule VI and Saral Schedule VI for small and medium companies while appreciating the views/suggestions emerged during the Council meeting and views to be received from the Council members.
Valuing the closing stock at net realizable value method is duly recognized by AS-2 issued by the ICAI but, the onus is on the assessee to prove that the net realizable value whatever has been shown by him is the correct net realizable value and is less than the cost: the assessee has to satisfy the Assessing Officer by adducing the evidence that the net realizable value is less than the cost. D. Subhashchandra & Co. v. ACIT
While the legal profession in India is still weighing the pros and cons of opening up to foreign competition, chartered accountants have gone ahead and taken the plunge. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has signed an agreement with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), allowing both countries to recognise the qualification of CAs from the other country.
The recent planning and initiative of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) are now directed to make India as a destination for accounting as well as auditing services. Apart from converging with the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) by April 1, 2011, it is now planning to convergence with the international auditing standards.
THE financial meltdown is expected to bring new opportunities for chartered accountants as companies will seek better control over their finances. So, if BSchools are a worried lot and preferences are fast changing from finance to consulting, the CAs are in demand like never before. Also, as per the ICAI top brass, while the financial sector has been in a turmoil, there is no news of any CA being sacked by any company.
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) issued by International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are gaining recognition as Global Reporting Standards. The Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, while appreciating the emerging diversities and complexities in the world of accounting and the need for knowledge of IFRS in relation to the convergence of the Indian accounting Standards with IFRS, has decided to launch a Certificate Course on International Financial Reporting Standards for its members. The objective of this Course is to enhance the knowledge as well as to provide benefit to the members in the global service market.
The government may amend an accounting norm that gives certain exemptions to companies from consolidating the balance sheets of subsidiaries with that of the parent under certain circumstances. The idea is to ensure that companies do not take undue advantage of the exemption and give an unrealistic picture of their financial health. Making it compulsory to consolidate the financial statements of all subsidiaries with that of the parent will give the cumulative effect of all the subsidiaries’ financial performance.
