The corporate affairs ministry has amended various Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-AS) 1, 8, 103, 107, 109 and 116. Ind-AS is converged with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Earlier in April 2018, the central bank had postponed the implementation of the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by the banks by one year.
Considering the impact on the banking sector, RBI needs to issue the operational and other guidelines for both banks and NBFCs so as to enable them to make the transition to Ind AS.
Transition to the new norms will be yet another step in the overhaul of the credit culture, especially at state-owned banks. It should be viewed as part of the larger efforts of RBI to improve governance and prevent another massive pile up of soured loans.
Reporting under Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) may significantly impact tax-planning strategies for many deals and will also have a high impact on key performance indicators of companies, says author Jigar Parikh.
Considering that Ind AS requires significant use of fair values, this would mean that several potentially large items of gains and losses that are recognized in the P&L would now be considered for MAT calculations.
“All the linked products (unit linked products and variable insurance products) and all the non-linked products (including variable insurance products classified as non-linked products) are recommended not to be unbundled,†the report said.
More than one-fourth of top 100 companies listed on the BSE saw their net profit get impacted by the implementation of the new accounting norms and most of the firms provided only minimum disclosures, says a study.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, KK Singh, CMD of Rolta said that the company has been consciously cutting down software work to focus on its IP business and does not expect more erosion of revenue due to pruning of system integration work.
After a weak Q1 FY17, the coming quarters should be good in terms of cash flows and revenue recognition, Anil Kumar, Chief Financial Officer, DB Realty, told CNBC-TV18. He expects pre-sales to go up 20 percent on quarterly basis.
S Krishnan, CFO of Welspun Corp, said that the company's order book is an indication of the road ahead. There are challenges and we will need to work on Americas and Middle East, he said.
"Banks shall be guided by the Ind AS notified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs under the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) (Amendment) Rules, 2016, as amended from time to time, in this regard," RBI said in a notification.
To provide a "fair picture" of a company's financial position, more than 3,000 disclosures will be required under the Indian Accounting Standards, according to chartered accountants' apex body ICAI
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India’s commitment to converge International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) brought in the Ind AS standards. However, many requirements of Ind AS are different from policies and practices currently followed by Indian companies, and hence, will see a vast impact, a recent KPMG report observes.
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The 'near final' Ind-AS (IFRS converged standards to be followed in India) have recently been issued. While Ind-AS are based on IFRS (as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board); there are some important areas where Ind-AS are not in conformity with IFRS. Such divergences are commonly referred to as 'carve-out's'.