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TABLE OF CONTENT
A Project Report on Comparative Study of Accounting Standard Issued
by ICAI with International Accounting Standard
SR. No.

TOPIC

PAGE NO.

INTRODUCTION OF INDIAN ACCOUNTING

STANDARDS

Introduction

What are Accounting Standards

Who Issues Accounting Standards in

1 to 3

India

About ICAI

Process of formulating Accounting

Standards in India
INDIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
2

Introduction

List of Indian Accounting Standards

4 to 12

INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
STANDARDS
3

Introduction

About International Accounting

13 to 14

Standard Board
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
4

STANDARDS

15 to 19

Comparative Study In Indian Accounting

5

Standards and International Accounting

20 to 24

Standards & Conclusion

6
7

Balance Sheet of Infosys Technology Systems

and Comments.
Bibliography

24 to 26
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A
Project Report on

A Project Report on Comparative Study of Accounting

Standard Issued by ICAI with International Accounting
Standard
Indian Accounting Standard: AS-9, 10, 12, 18.
International Accounting Standard: IAS- 18, 16, 20, 24.

Submitted To

UNIVERSITY OF PUNE
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M.Com part II

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Prof. XXX

SUBMITTED BY
Mr. XXX
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THROUGH
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(2010-2011)

Introduction:Accounting Standards establish rules relating to recognition,

measurement and disclosures thereby ensuring that all enterprises that
follow them are comparable and that their financial statements are true, fair
and transparent. High-quality accounting standards are a necessary and
important element of a sound capital market system. In public capital
markets such as those in the United States. High-quality accounting
standards reduce uncertainty and increase overall efficiency and investors
confidence by requiring that financial report provide decision useful
information that is relevant, reliable, comparable and transparent once
confined by national borders transactions in todays capital market often are
driven by a demand for and supply of capital that transcends national
boundaries. With the increase in cross-border capital rising and investment
transactions comes an increasing demand for a set of high-quality
international accounting standards that could be used as a basis for financial
reporting worldwide.
Accounting Standards are written policy documents issues by the
expert accounting body or by government or other regulatory body covering
the aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of
accounting transactions in financial statement.

What are Accounting Standards:Accounting Standards are the statements of code of practice of the
regulatory accounting bodies that are to be observed in the preparation of
financial statements. In layman terms accounting standards are the written
documents issued by the experts institutes or other regulatory bodies
covering various aspects of measurement treatment, presentation and
disclosure of accounting transactions.

Who issues Accounting Standards in India:The institute of chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) reorganizing
the need to harmonies the diverse accounting policies and practices at
present in use in India constituted accounting standard board (ASB) on April

21, 1977. The main role of ASB is to formulate accounting standards from
time to time.

About ICAI:The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is a statutory

body established under the Chartered Accountants act 1949.(Act
No.XXXXVIII of 1949) for the regulation of the profession of Chartered
Accountants in India. During its 61 years of existence, ICAI has achieved
recognition as a premier accounting body not only in the country but also
globally, for its contribution in the fields of education, professional
development maintenance of high accounting, auditing and ethical
standards. ICAI now is the second largest accounting body in the whole
world.

Procedure of formulating Accounting Standards in India:The institute of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI) recognizing the
need to harmonize the diverse accounting policies and practices, constituted
an accounting standards boards (ASB) on April 21, 1977. The main faction
of ASB so that such standards may be mandated by the council of ICAI.
While formulating the standards in India, ASB will take into consideration
the applicable laws custom usages and business environment. ICAI is one of
the members of International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) and
has agreed to support the objectives of IASC. ASB will give due
consideration to IAS and try to integrate them to the extent possible in light
of the considerations and practices pre-vailing in India.
The accounting standards issued will apply to General Purpose
Financial Statement this would include balance-sheet, Profit & Loss A/c and
other statement and explanatory notes which form part thereof issued for the
use of shareholders or members, Creditors, Employees and public at large.
The Accounting Standards are intended to apply only to items which are
material. The standards are generally expected to apply prospectively unless
otherwise stated.

Broadly the following procedure will be adopted for

formulating Accounting Standards: ASB shall determine the board areas in which accounting standards
need to be formulated and the priority in regards to the selection
thereof.
In the preparation of the accounting standards ASB will be assisted by
study groups constituted to consider specific subjects. In the formation
of the study groups provision will be made for wide participation by
the members of ICAI and others.
ASB will also hold a dialogue with the representative of the
Government, Public sector, Industry and other organizations for
ascertaining their views.
Based on the above an exposure draft of the proposed standard will be
prepared and issued for comments by members of ICAI and the public
at large.
After taking into consideration the comments received the exposure
draft will be finalized by the ASB and submitted to the council of
ICAI.
The council of ICAI will consider the final draft and if found
necessary modify the same in consultation with ASB. The accounting
standard on the relevant subject will then be issued under the authority
of the council.

Indian Accounting Standards:Introduction:The council of the institute of chartered accountant of India as so far
issue 32 (thirty two) accounting standard. Whoever accounting standards
8th on Accounting for research and development has been withdraw on
consequent to the issuance of accounting standard 26th Intangible
Assets thus effectively there are 31st accounting standard at present the
accounting standard issued by the ABC establish which have to be
complied so that the financial statement are prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.

List of Indian Accounting Standards:Disclosure of Accounting Principles

AS 1

Valuation of Inventories

AS 2

Cash Flow Statements

AS 3

Contingencies and Events Occurring After the Balance

Sheet Date
Net Profit or Loss for the Period, Prior Period Items
and Changes in Accounting Policies
Depreciation Accounting

AS 4
AS 5
AS 6
AS
(Revised)
AS 8
AS 9
AS 10

Construction Contracts
Accounting for Research and Development
Revenue Recognition
Accounting for Fixed Assets

AS
(Revised
2003)
AS 12
AS 13
AS 14
AS
(Revised
2005)
AS 16
AS 17
AS 18
AS 19
AS 20
AS 21
AS 22

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The Effects Of Changes In Foreign Exchange Rates

Accounting for Government Grants

Accounting for Investments
Accounting for Amalgamations
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Borrowing Costs
Segment Reporting
Related Party Disclosures
Leases
Earnings Per Share
Consolidated Financial Statements
Accounting for taxes on income

AS 23
AS 24

Accounting for Investments in

Consolidated Financial Statements
Discontinuing Operations

Associates

in

AS 25

Interim Financial Reporting

AS 26

Intangible Assets

AS 27

Financial Reporting of Interests in Joint Ventures

AS 28

Impairment of Assets

AS 29
AS 30

Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent

Assets
Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement

AS 31

Financial Instruments: Presentation

AS 32

Financial Instruments: Disclosures

Indian Accounting Standards:AS 9: Revenue Recognition:Introduction

This statement was issued by ICAI in the year 1985 & the Initial years
it was recommendatory for only level I enterprises & but was made
mandatory for enterprise in India from april 01, 1993.
Revenue
Revenue is the gross inflow of cash, receivables or other consideration
arising in the course of the ordinary activities of an enterprise from the sale
of the goods, from the rendering of the services, & from the use by others of
enterprises resources yielding interest, royalties & dividend. Revenue is
measured by the charges made to customers or clients for goods supplied &
services rendered to them & by the charges & rewards arising from the use
of resources by them. In an agency relationship, the revenue is the amount of
commission & not the gross inflow of cash, receivable or other
consideration.

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This statement dose not deals with the following aspects of revenue
recognition to which special consideration apply:
I. Revenue arising from construction contracts;
II. Revenue arising from hire-purchase, lease agreements;
III. Revenue arising from government grants & other similar subsidies;
IV. Revenue of insurance companies arising from insurance contracts.

Examples of items not included within definition of revenue for the

purpose of this statement are:
I. Realized gains resulting from the disposal of, & unrealized gains
resulting from the holding of, non-current assets. E.g. appreciation in
the value of fixed assets.
II. Unrealized holding gain resulting from the change in value of current
assets, & the natural increases in herds & agricultural & forest
products;
III. Realized or unrealized gains resulting from changes in foreign
exchange rates & adjustments arising on the translation of foreign
currency financial statements;
IV. Realized gain resulting from the discharged of an obligation at less
than its carrying amount;
V. Unrealized gains resulting from the restatement of the carrying
amount of an obligation;

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AS 10: Accounting for Fixed Assets:Introduction

The standard deals with the disclosure of the status of the fixed assets in
terms of value. The standard dose not takes consideration the specialized
aspects of accounting for fixed assets reflected with the effects of price
escalations but applies to financial statements on historical cost basis. It is
important to note that after introduction of AS 16; 19 & 26, provision
relating to respective AS are held withdrawn & the rest in mandatory from
the accounting year 01/04/2000. an entity should disclose (i) the gross & net
book values of fixed assets at beginning and end of an accounting period
showing additions, disposals, acquisitions & other movement, (ii)
expenditure incurred on account of fixed assets in the course of construction
or acquisition, (iii) revalued amounts substituted for historical cost of fixed
assets with the method applied in computing revalued amount.
This statement dose not deal with the accounting for the following item to
which special considerations apply:
I. Forests, plantations & similar regenerative natural resources.

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II. Wasting assets including mineral rights, expenditure of the exploration

for an extraction of minerals, oil, natural gas & similar nonregenerative resources.
III. Expenditure on real estate development and
IV. Live stock.
Identification of fixed assets:
Fixed assets are assets held with the intention of being used for the purpose
for the producing or providing goods or services & is not held for sale in the
normal course of business. Stand-by equipment & servicing equipment are
normally capitalized. Machinery spares are change to the profit & loss
statement as and when consumed. However, if such spare can be used only
in connection with an item of fixed assets, it may be appropriate to allocate
the total cost on a systematic basic over a period not exceeding the useful
life of principal item.

AS 12: Accounting For Government Grants

Introduction
The standard comes in to effect in respect of accounting periods
commencing on or after 01/04/1992 & will be recommendatory in nature for
an initial period of 2 years. Accounting standard 12 deals with accounting
for governments grants for specifies that the government grants should not
be recognized until there reasonable assurance that the enterprise will
company comply with the conditions attached to them, and the grant will be
received. The standard also describes the treatment of non-monetary
government grants; presentation of grants related to specific fixed assets,
related to revenue, related to promoters, contributions; treatment for refund
of governments grants etc. the enterprises are required to disclose (i) the
accounting policy adopted for government grants including the methods of
presentation in the financial statements; (ii) the nature & extent of
government grants recognized in the financial statement including nonmonetary grants of assets given either at a concessional rate or free of cost.
This statement does not deal with:

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I. The special problem arising in accounting for government grants in

financial statements reflection the effects of changing prices or in
supplementary information of a similar nature.
II. Government assistance other than in the form of government grants
III. Government participation in the ownership of the enterprises.
The receipt of the government grant by an enterprise is significant for
preparation of the financial statement for 2 reasons. Firstly, if a
government grant has been received an appropriate method of
accounting therefore is necessary. Secondly, it is desirable to give an
indication of the extent to which the enterprises has benefited from such
grants during the reporting period. This facilitates comparison on an
enterprises financial statement with those prior periods & with those of
other enterprise.

Accounting treatment of government grants

To broad approaches may be followed for the accounting treatment
Of government grants: the capital approach under which grand is
treated as part of share holder funds, and income approach under which
a grand is taken to incomes over one or more period.
Those in support of capital approach argue as follows:
I. Many governments grants are in the nature of promoters
contribution that is they are given by way of contribution towards
its total capital outlay ordinarily expected in the case of such a
grants.
II. They are not earned but represent an incentive provided by
government without related costs.
Arguments in support of the income approaches are as follows:
I. As a income tax & other taxes are charges against income, it is logical
to deal also with government grants, which are an extension of fiscal
polices, in the profit & loss statement.

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II. In case grants are credited to share holders fund, no correlation is

done between the accounting treatment of the grants & the accounting
treatment of the expenditure to which grant relates.

AS 18: Related Party Disclosures

Introduction
This standard comes into effect in respect of accounting period commencing
on a after 01/04/2001 & is mandatory in nature. The standard prescribes the
requirement for disclosure of related party relationship & transaction
between the reporting enterprise & its related party. The requirements of the
standard apply to the statement of each reporting enterprises as also to
consolidate financial statement presented by a holding company. Since the
standers is more subjective, particularly with respect to identification of
related parties [through provision related to related party concept are given
under section 297/299/301 of the companies act 1956 and section 40A (2)(b)
of the income tax act 1961], obtaining corroborative evidence becomes very
difficult for the auditors. Thus successful implementation of AS 18 is depend
upon how transparent the management is an how vigilant the auditors are.
Objective
The objective of this statement is to established requirement for disclosure
of:
I. Related party relationship &
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II. Transaction between reporting enterprise & it related parties.

Scope
This statement should be applied in reporting related party relationship &
transaction between reporting enterprises & its related parties. The
requirement of this statement applied to the financial statement of each
reporting enterprises as also to consolidate financial statement presented by
a holding company.
This statement deals only with related party relationship describe (a)
to (e) below:
a. Enterprises that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, control, or are controlled by, or are under
common control with the reporting enterprise (this include
holding company, subsidiaries & fellow subsidiaries).
b. Associated & joint venture reporting enterprise & the investing
party or venture in respect of which the reporting enterprise is
an associate or a joint venture.
c. Individual owning, directly or indirectly, an interest in the
voting power of the reporting enterprises that give them control
or significant influence over the enterprises, and relatives of
any such individual.
d. Key management personnel & relative of such personnel &
e. Enterprise over which any person describes in c or d is able to
exercise significant influence. This includes enterprises owned
by director or major shareholders of the reporting shareholder
of the reporting enterprises & enterprises that have a member of
key management, with reporting enterprise.

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International Accounting Standards:Introduction:Accounting is a language of business communicates the financial

result of an enterprise to the various interested parties by means of financial
statements exhibiting true and fair view of its state of affairs as also of
working result. Like any of other language, accounting has its own set of
rules, which have been developed by accounting bodies. These rules cannot
be absolutely rigid. These rules, accordingly, do provide a reasonable
flexibility in line with the economic environment, social needs, legal
requirements and technological development. These how ever, do not emply
that accounting principles and parties can be applied arbitrarily.
Accounting principles have to operate with in the bonds of rationality. This
could, perhaps, be considered as a genesis for setting the accounting
standards.
Accounting Standards are written policy document issued expert
accounting body or by government or other regulatory body covering the
aspects recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of accounting
transaction in financial statement. The ostensible purpose of the standard
setting bodies is to promote the dissemination of timely and useful financial
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information to investors and certain other parties having an interest in the

companys economic performance. The accounting standard reduces the
accounting alternative in the preparation of financial statement within the
bond of rationality, thereby ensuring comparability of financial statement of
different enterprises.
The accounting standards deals with the issue of
i. Recognition of events and transactions in the financial statements,
ii. Measurement these transaction and events,
iii. Presentation of these transactions and events in the financial
statement in a manner that is meaningful and understandable to the
reader, and
iv. The disclosure requirements which should be there enable the public
at large and the potentational investors in particular, to get an insight
in to what these financial statement are trying to reflect and there by
the facilitating them to take prudent and informed business decisions.

International Accounting Standard Board:With a view of achieving this objective, the London based group
mainly the international committee (IASC), responsible for developing
international accounting standard was established in June 1973. it is
presently known as international accounting standard board, the IASC
comprises the professional accounting bodies of over 75 countries(including
the ICAI). Primarily, the IASC was established, in the public interest to
formulate and publish, international standard to be followed in the
presentation of audited financial statement. The member of IASC have
undertaken responsibility to support the standards promulgated by IASC and
to promulgate those standard in there respective countries.
Between 1973 & 2001, the IASC released international accounting
standard. Between 1997 & 1999, the IASC restructured there organization,
which resulted in formation of IASB. These changes came in to effect on 1 st
April 2001 subsequently, IASB issued statement about current and future
standards: IASB publishes standards in a series of pronouncements, called
international financial, reporting standards (IFRS). However, IASB has not
rejected the standards issued by the ISAC those pronouncements continue to
be designated as an international Accounting standard (IAS). The IASB

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approved IASB resolution on IASC standards and there in April 2001, in

which its conform the status of all IASC standards and SIC interpretations
in effect as on 1st April 2001.

IAS-18: Revenue
IAS 18 on Revenue is applicable for periods beginning on or after 1 st
Jan 1995
IAS 18 prescribes accounting treatment for revenue arising from:
The sale of goods:
The rendering of services; &
The use by others of entity assets yielding interest royalties &
dividend
It excludes the treatment of revenue arising from transaction covered by
other standards or amount collected on behalf of third parties (e.g. Vat).
Summary
Revenue is measured at the fare value of the consideration received or
receivable. The consideration usually in cash. If the inflow of cash is
significant deferred, & there is below-market rate of interest or no interest,
the fare value of consideration is determined by discounting expected future
receipts. If dissimilar goods or services are exchanged (as in barter

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transaction) revenue is fare value of the goods or services or received or, if

this is not reliably measurable, the fare value of goods or services given up.
Revenue should measure at the fair value of the consideration received:
Trade discount & value rebates are deducted to determine fair value.
How ever, payment discounts non-deductible.
The amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
The costs of transaction can be measured reliably;
Significant risks & rewards of ownership are transferred to the buyer;
The seller has no continuing managerial involvement or control over
the goods;
It is probable that economic benefits will flow to the seller; and
Interest revenue should be recognized on time proportion basis using the
effective interest. Royalties should be recognized on an accruals basis in
accordance with the substance of the relevant agreement. Dividend revenue
should be recognized when the share holder right to received the dividend is
established.

IAS-16: Property, Plant and Equipment:IAS 16 on property, plant & equipment was issued in December 2003 & is
applicable to annual accounting period beginning on or after 1st Jan 2005.
IAS 16 prescribed the accounting treatment for property, plant & equipment
unless another standard requires or permit a different account treatment. For
e.g. IFRS, 5 on non current assets held for sale & discontinued operations
applies to property, plant & equipment classified as held for sale.
Summary
Property plant & equipment is initially recognized at historical cost.
Subsequent to initial recognition, property, plant & equipment are carried
either at:
Cost less accumulated deprecation & any accumulated impairment
loss, or
Revalued amount less subsequent accumulated deprecation and any
accumulated impairment loss. The revalued amount is the fare value is
at the date of revaluation.

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The choice of measurement is applied consistently to an entire class of

property, plant & equipment. Any revaluation increase in such assets
credited directly to the revaluation surplus in equity, unless it reverses a
revaluation decrease previously recognized in profit in loss. Any revaluation
decrease is recognized in profit or loss. However the subsequent revaluation
decrease is debited directly to the revaluation surplus in equity to the extent
of the credit balance in revaluation surplus is respect of that asset.
The gain or loss on derecognizing of an item of property, plant & equipment
is the difference between the net disposal proceeds, if any, and the carrying
amount of the item. It is included in profit or loss.

IAS: 20- Accounting for government grants and disclosure of

government assistance:IAS 20 on accounting for government grants & disclosure of government
assistance was issued in April 1983 & was reformatted in the year 1994. it
came in to effect for annual periods beginning or after 1 January 1984.
The objective of IAS 20 is to be prescribing the accounting for, and
disclosure of, grants & other form of government assistance. How ever, IAS
20 dose not covered government assistance that is provided in the form of
benefit helpful in determine taxable income.
Summary:
A government grant is recognized only when enterprise will comply
with any condition attached to the grants received. The grant is recognized
as a income, over the period, to match them with the related cost for, which
they are intended compensate, on a systematic basis, & should not be
credited directly to equity.
Non monitory grants are usually accounted for at fair value. Although
recording both the assets & grants at a nominal amount is also permitted.

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A grant receivable as a compensation for cost already incurred or for

immediate financial support, with no future related cost, should be
recognized as a income in the period in which it is receivable.
A grant relating to assets may be presented as deferred income or by
deducting the grant from the assets carrying amount. A grant relating to
income may be reported separately as other income or deducted from the
related expenses.
If a grant become repayable it should be deferred income or by
deducting the grant from assets carrying amount. Where the original grants
related to income, the repayment should be applied dealt with as an expenses
where the original grants related to an assets, the repayment should be
treated as increasing the carrying amount of the assets or reducing the
deferred income balance. The cumulative deprecation which would have
been charged had the grant not been received should be charged as an
expense. The government grants do not include government assistance
whose value can not be reasonably measured, such as technical or marketing
advice.

IAS 24 Related Party Disclosure:

IAS 24 on Related Party Disclosure was issued in dec 2003 & is
applicable for annual periods beginning on or after 1st jan 2005.
IAS 24 specifies the disclosure necessary to draw attention to the
possibilities that the financial position & financial performance of an entity
may have been affected by the existence of the related party and by
transaction and outstanding balance with such related parties.
Summery:
A party is related to an entity if it:
Has joint control over the entity:
Has significant influence over the entity;
Directly or indirectly, controls, is control by or is under common
control with, the entity;

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 Is a close member of the family of any individual who controls, has

significant influence or joint control over, the entity;
Is a member of key management personnel of the entity of its parent;
Is a joint venture in which the entity is venture;
Is an associates of entity;
Is an entity that is controlled, jointly controlled or significantly
influenced by, or for which significant voting power in such entity
resides with, any of the key management personnel;
Is a post-employment benefits plan for the benefit of employees of the
entity, or of any of its related parties.
Examples of the kinds of transactions that are disclosed if they are with a
related party:

Purchase or sale of goods.

Rendering or receiving of services.
Purchase or sale of properties or other assets.
Lease.
Transfer under license agreements.
Transfer of research and development.
Transfer under finance agreements(including loans & equity
contribution in cash or in kind)
Settlement of liabilities on behalf of the entity or by the entity on
behalf of another party.
Provision of guarantee of collateral.
A related party transaction is a transfer of resources, services or obligations
between related parties, regardless whether price is charged.

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Comparative Study:Indian
Accounting
Standards
Presentation There is no separate standard
for
disclosure.
For
And
Disclosures companies, format and
disclosure requirements are
set out under schedule VI of
the companies act.
No such requirement under
Indian GAAP.

International Accounting
Standards
IAS-1 prescribes minimum
structure
of
financial
statements and contains
guidance on disclosures.
IAS-1 requires disclosure
of critical judgments made
by management in applying
accounting policies.

AS 5 specifically requires IAS-1 prohibits any items

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disclosure of certain items as to be disclosed as extraextra-ordinary items.

ordinary items.
Under Indian GAPP, this is
typically spread over several
captions such as share
capital, reserve & surplus, P
& L debit balance, etc.

Revenue
Recognition

IAS-1 requires a statement

of changes in equity
which
comprises
all
transactions with equity
holders.

AS-9 allows completed In case of revenue from

service contract method or rendering of services, IASproportionate
completion 18 allows only percentage
method.
of completion method.
AS-9
requires
interest IAS-18 requires effective
income to be recognized on a interest method to be
time proportion basis.
followed
for
interest
income recognition.
No guidance
transactions.

on

barter Deals with accounting of

barter transactions.

AS-9 permits recognition

when
the
goods
are
manufactured, identified and
ready for delivery in such
cases.

Under IAS-18, payments

received in advance for
goods
yet
to
be
manufactured or third party
sales cannot be recognized
as revenue until such goods
are delivered to the buyer.

For
multiple
element
No specific guidance in the contracts, the standard
standards.
broadly requires that each
element is fair valued and
recognized
when
the
underlying
service
is

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performed.
mandates
Fixed Assets AS-10 recommends but does IAS-16
not
force
component component accounting.
and
Depreciation accounting.
Depreciation is based
higher of useful life
schedule XIV rates.
practice most companies
schedule XIV rates.

on Depreciation is based on
or useful life.
In
use

Major repair and overhaul Major repairs and overhaul

expenditure are expensed.
expenditure are capitalized
as if it is a separate
component.
AS-10 provides that only that
expenditure which increases
the future benefits from the
existing assets beyond its
previously assessed standard
of performance is included in
the gross book value.
e.g. an increase in capacity.
AS-6 requires retrospectively
recomputation
of
depreciation and any excess
or
deficit
on
such
recomputation is required to
be adjusted in the period in
which such change is
effected. AS-6 considers this
as change in accounting
policy.

Under
IAS-16,
if
subsequent
costs
are
incurred for replacement of
a part of an item of fixed
asset, such costs are
required to be capitalized
and simultaneously the
replaced part has to be decapitalized.
In case of change in
method of depreciation,
IAS-16 requires effect to be
given
prospectively.
Change in method of
depreciation is treated as
change
in
accounting
estimate under IAS-16.

Estimates of residual value

Estimates of residual value needs to be updated.
are not updated.
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Revaluation is an allowed
No
need
to
update alternative
treatment
revaluation regulatory.
however; revaluation will
have to be done regularly.
Depreciation on revaluation
Depreciation on revaluation portion can be recouped out
portion cannot be recouped of revaluation reserve.
out of revaluation reserve
and will have to be changed
to the P&L account.
Provision
on
siteNo guidance in the standard. restoration and dismantling
However, guidance note on is mandatory.
oil and gas issued by ICAI
requires capitalization of site
restoration cost.
Government AS-12 requires accounting at In case of non-monitory
acquisition cost.
assets acquired at nominal
Grants
rate,
IAS-20
permits
accounting either at fair
value or at acquisition cost.
AS-12 requires enterprises to
compute
depreciation
prospectively as a result of
which the revised book value
is provided over the residual
useful life.

In respect of grant related

to a specific fixed assets
becoming refundable, IAS20 requires retrospective
re-computation
of
depreciation and prescribes
charging off the deficit in
the period in which such
grant becomes refundable.

AS-12 has no such disclosure IAS-20 requires separate

requirement.
disclosure of unfulfilled
conditions
and
other
contingencies if grant has
been recognized.

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Related
Party
Disclosures

AS-18 does not include this The definition of related

relationship.
party
under
IAS-24
includes post employment
benefit plans of the
enterprise or of any other
entity, which is related
party of the enterprises.
AS-18 read with ASI-23
requires
disclosure
of
remuneration paid to key
management persons but
does not mandate categorywise disclosures.

IAS-24
requires
compensation to KMPs to
be disclosed category-wise
including
share-based
payments.

AS-18 provides exemption No concession is provided

from disclosure in such under
IAS-24
where
cases.
disclosure of information
would conflict with the
duties of confidentiality in
terms
of
statute
or
regulating authority.
The definition of control
AS-18 includes control over under IAS-24 is restrictive
composition of board of on the count that it does not
directors in the definition of include
control
over
control.
composition of board of
directors.
IAS-24 requires disclosure
No
such
disclosure of terms and conditions of
requirement is contained in outstanding
items
AS-18.
pertaining
to
related
parties.
AS-18 prescribes a rebuttable IAS-24 does not prescribe a
presumption of significant rebuttable presumption of
influence if 20% or more of significant influence.
the voting power held by any
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party.
Transactions between state No exemption.
controlled enterprises are not
required to be disclosed
under AS-18.

Conclusion:
There are significant difference between Indian Accounting Standard
and International Accounting Standard. However, both the countries are
planning to implement IFRS to cope up with these differences.

Comments on Balance Sheet of Infosys Technology Systems:

1) INCOME STATEMENT
Each framework requires prominent presentation of an income statement as
a primary statement.
Format
IFRS: There is no prescribed format for the income statement. The entity
should select a method of presenting its expenses by either function or
nature; this can either be, as is encouraged, on the face of the income
statement, or in the notes. Additional disclosure of expenses by nature is

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required if functional presentation is used. IFRS requires, as a minimum,

presentation of the following items on the face of the income statement:
1. revenue;
2. finance costs;
3. share of post-tax results of associates and joint ventures accounted for
using the equity
4. method;
5. tax expense;
6. post-tax gain or loss attributable to the results and to remeasurement
of discontinued operations;
7. Profit or loss for the period.
The portion of profit or loss attributable to the minority interest and to the
parent entity is separately disclosed on the face of the income statement as
allocations of profit or loss for the period. An entity that discloses an
operating result should include all items of an operating nature, including
those that occur irregularly or infrequently or are unusual in amount.
Indian GAAP: Presentation in one of two formats. Either:
1. a single-step format where all expenses are classified by function and
are deducted from total income to give income before tax;
2. a multiple-step format where cost of sales is deducted from sales to
show gross profit, and other income and expense are then presented to
give income before tax. SEC regulations require registrants to
categorise expenses by their function. Amounts attributable to the
minority interest are presented as a component of net income or loss.
IFRS: The total of income and expense recognised in the period comprises
net income. The following income and expense items are recognised directly
in equity:
1. fair value gains/(losses) on land and buildings, intangible assets,
available-for-sale investments and certain financial instruments;
2. foreign exchange translation differences;
3. the cumulative effect of changes in accounting policy;
4. changes in fair values of certain financial instruments if designated as
cash flow hedges, net of tax, and cash flow hedges reclassified to
income and/or the relevant hedged asset/liability; and
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5. actuarial gains and losses on defined benefit plans recognised directly

in equity (if the entity elects the option available under IAS 19,
Employee Benefits, relating to actuarial gains and losses).

Indian GAAP: Similar to IFRS, except that revaluations of land and

buildings and intangible assets are prohibited under US GAAP. Actuarial
gains and losses (when amortised out of accumulated other comprehensive
income) are recognised through the income statement.
2) Statement of changes in share (stock) holders equity
IFRS: Presented as a primary statement unless a SoRIE is presented as a
primary statement. Supplemental equity information is presented in the notes
when a SoRIE is presented (see discussion under Presentation above). In
addition to the items required to be in a SoRIE, it should show capital
transactions with owners, the movement in accumulated profit and a
reconciliation of all other components of equity. Certain items are permitted
to be disclosed in the notes rather than in the primary statement.
Indian GAAP: Similar to IFRS, except that US GAAP does not have a
SoRIE, and SEC rules permit the statement to be presented either as a
primary statement or in the notes.

Bibliography
Indian Accounting Standards and GAAP

-Dolphy DSouza.
Financial Reporting Volume 1.

-The institute of Chartered Accountants

of India.
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