CA, CS, CMA : Geopolitical tensions are forcing reassessment of ECL assumptions under IFRS 9. The key takeaway is that forward-looking risk adju...
Goods and Services Tax : Comparison of GST composite and mixed supply with IFRS 15 bundled performance obligations, focusing on tax rate determination and ...
CA, CS, CMA : Summarises how WIP is recognised and measured under Ind AS 115/IFRS 15, emphasising cost tracking, progress measurement, and discl...
CA, CS, CMA : Introduction The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has taken a significant leap towards enhancing transparency and c...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore how Ind AS 113 and IFRS 13 guide fair value using market-based and income-based valuation approaches with key differences ...
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CA, CS, CMA : Exposure Draft on Amendments to the Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments (Proposed amendments to IFRS 9 and IFR...
CA, CS, CMA : To contribute to standard setting at international level, Exposure Draft of third edition of IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard is...
CA, CS, CMA : Staff draft of IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Taxonomy is issued by the IFRS Foundation for the public views. This draft sets out ...
CA, CS, CMA : IFRS Foundation document issued for comments: IFRS Taxonomy 2021-Proposed Update 3 Initial Application of IFRS 17 and IFRS 9-Compa...
Corporate Law : Implementation of Ind AS in the Insurance Sector in India has been deferred for a period of two years and the same shall now be im...
Company Law : In the meeting held on 29th March, 2010, the Core Group deliberated and approved the Roadmap recommended by Sub-Group I in respec...
Company Law : The Press Information Officer, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, with the request that the above...
Large Indian firms may have to adopt international accounting norms, IFRS, from the next fiscal when the new direct tax regime comes into effect, bringing clarity on the tax structure for companies. In a meeting held recently, the Corporate Affairs Ministry and the Finance Ministry is learnt to have found a common ground on how companies would be taxed under the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
ICWAI has been actively engaged in the professional development of its Members through various initiatives. The latest is ICWAI and M/s C&K Management Ltd. signing an MOU on 17th March 2011. Under the agreement, Members and students of the Institute as well as other financial and accounting professionals will be equipped with the essential knowledge in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The delivery will be online through highly convenient e-learning modules.
The Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India at its 304th meeting held on 23rd March 2011 considered the prudential regulatory treatment prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India vide its above mentioned circular vis a vis the impact thereof on the auditor’s report since the said treatment is a departure from the requirements of the Accounting Standard (AS) 15, Employee Benefits. 3. On a consideration of the matter, the Council of the Institute decided that since the accounting treatment for such expenditure is prescribed under the prudential regulatory framework of the Regulator, the auditors need not qualify their audit report on account of this. The matter should, however, be brought out by the auditors in the audit report by way of an “Emphasis of Matter Paragraph” in accordance with the Standard on Audit (SA) 706, “Emphasis of Matter Paragraphs and Other Matter Paragraphs in the Independent Auditor’s Report, provided the matter of departure from the requirements of AS 15 pursuant to the aforesaid circular of RBI is appropriately disclosed, with quantification, by the bank by way of the notes to the accounts in the financial statements.2
Majority of investors want the government to keep national accounting standards as close to the international norms (called IFRS) as possible, says a survey conducted by the global accounting firm Ernst & Young. According to the report ‘IFRS convergence: an investor’s perspective’, the firm has found that 55 per cent of Indian investors surveyed are willing to accept only a few departures from the IFRS standards set by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), while 28 per cent are in favour of full adoption.
Rapidly growing Indian economy and the strides taken by Indian firms to go global have thrown up the need for”globalisation of Indian accountants”to tap into growing opportunities, the President of the Indian Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) said today.
The government today notified 35 accounting standards with a view to update Indian accounting norms in line with the global audit practice IFRS. The companies, however, will be given time to adjust to the new accounting standards as government has now deferred the implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) beyond April 1 this year.
Reliable, consistent and uniform financial reporting is important part of good corporate governance practices worldwide in order to enhance the credibility of the businesses in the eyes of investors to take informed investment decisions. In pursuance of G-20 commitment given by India, the process of convergence of Indian Accounting Standards with IFRS has been carried out in Ministry of Corporate Affairs through wide ranging consultative exercise with all the stakeholders.
Keeping in view the developments taking place nationally as well as internationally and with a view to modernize the structure for corporate regulation in India and represent a major reform statement by the Government to promote the development of th
Availability of essential financial information about a company to its shareholders and other stakeholders in accordance with internationally accepted financial norms is considered as an integral and important part of good corporate governance. To en
The government on Thursday said it will soon notify the format that companies will have to follow while preparing their account books as per the international accounting norm IFRS from next fiscal. In an official statement, the Corporate Affairs Mini
