Pwc ind as pocket-guide-2016

Ind AS pocket
guide 2016
Concepts and principles
of Ind AS in a nutshell

This pocket guide provides a brief summary of the recognition,
measurement, presentation and disclosure requirements under
the Indian Accounting Standards (referred to as Ind AS or
Standards in the guide) prescribed under section 133 of the
Companies Act, 2013, as notified under the Companies (Indian
Accounting Standard) Rules, 2015, in a simple and concise
manner.
It aims to present the fundamental concepts and principles of
Ind AS in a nutshell. It provides a high-level understanding of
Ind AS rather than a set of detailed definitive interpretations of
standards. The application of Ind AS to a specific company or
a transaction is a matter of judgement given its particular facts
and circumstances.
We hope you will find this pocket guide useful as a ready
reference before delving deeper into the technical details of
Ind AS.
This guide has been updated for announcements up to
December 2015.
Introduction

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Contents
Applicability and accounting principles of Indian
Accounting Standards (Ind AS)
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Standards related to financial reporting and disclosures
First-time adoption of Ind AS: Ind AS 101
Presentation of financial statements: Ind AS 1
Statement of cash flows: Ind AS 7
Accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors:
Ind AS 8
Events after the reporting period: Ind AS 10
Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations: Ind
AS 105
Fair value measurement: Ind AS 113
Operating segments: Ind AS 108
Related-party disclosures: Ind AS 24
Separate financial statements: Ind AS 27
Earnings per share: Ind AS 33
Interim financial reporting: Ind AS 34
Investment property: Ind AS 40
Standards providing guidance on financial statement
line items
Revenue: Ind AS 18 (Exposure Draft)
Construction contracts: Ind AS 11 (Exposure Draft)
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Revenue from contracts with customers: Ind AS 115
Inventories: Ind AS 2
Income taxes: Ind AS 12
Property, plant and equipment: Ind AS 16
Leases: Ind AS 17
Employee benefits: Ind AS 19
Share-based payment: Ind AS 102
Accounting for government grants and disclosure of government
assistance: Ind AS 20
Effects of changes in foreign exchange rates and financial
reporting in hyperinflationary economies: Ind AS 21 and Ind AS
29
Borrowing costs: Ind AS 23
Impairment of assets: Ind AS 36
Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets: Ind AS 37
Intangible assets: Ind AS 38
Business acquisition and consolidation
Business combinations: Ind AS 103
Consolidated financial statements: Ind AS 110
Joint arrangements: Ind AS 111
Disclosure of interest in other entities: Ind AS 112
Investment in associates and joint ventures: Ind AS 28
67
Financial instruments
Financial instruments: Ind AS 109
Financial instruments (presentation and disclosures): Ind AS 32,
Ind AS 107, Ind AS 113 and Ind AS 109
78
Industry specific standards
Insurance contracts: Ind AS 104
Exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources: Ind AS
106
Regulatory deferral accounts: Ind AS 114
Agriculture: Ind AS 41
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Ind AS and IFRS: A comparison 98
List of standards: IAS/IFRS vs Ind AS 103

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Applicability and accounting
principles of Indian Accounting
Standards (Ind AS)
Presently, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
has issued 39 Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) which
have been notified under the Companies (Indian Accounting
Standards) Rules, 2015 (‘Ind AS Rules’), of the Companies Act,
2013.
Applicability of Ind AS
As per the notification released by the Ministry of Corporate
Affairs (MCA) on 16 February 2015, the roadmap for Ind AS
implementation is as follows:
Financial year Mandatorily applicable to
2016-17 Companies (listed and unlisted) whose
net worth is equal to or greater than
500 crore INR
2017-18 Unlisted companies whose net worth is
equal to or greater than 250 crore INR
and all listed companies
2018-19 onwards When a company’s net worth becomes
greater than 250 crore INR
2015-16 or later Entities, not under the mandatory road-
map, may later voluntarily adopt Ind AS
Whenever a company gets covered under the roadmap, Ind AS
becomes mandatory, its holding, subsidiary, associate and joint
venture companies will also have to adopt Ind AS (irrespective of
their net worth).

For the purpose of computing the net worth, reference should
be made to the definition under the Companies Act, 2013. In
accordance with section 2 (57) of the Companies Act, 2013, net
worth is computed as follows:
Net worth means the aggregate value of the paid-up share
capital and all reserves created out of the profits and securities
premium account, after deducting the aggregate value of the
accumulated losses, deferred expenditure and miscellaneous
expenditure not written off, as per the audited balance sheet, but
does not include reserves created out of revaluation of assets,
write-back of depreciation and amalgamation.
Ind AS will apply to both consolidated as well as standalone
financial statements of a company. While overseas subsidiary,
associate or joint venture companies are not required to prepare
standalone financial statements under Ind AS, they will need
to prepare Ind AS adjusted financial information to enable
consolidation by the Indian parent.
Presently, insurance companies, banking companies and non-
banking finance companies (NBFCs) are not required to apply
Ind AS. The Ind AS rules are silent when these companies are
subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures of a parent covered
under the roadmap. It appears that these companies will need
to report Ind AS adjusted financial information to enable
consolidation by the parent.
In case of conflict between Ind AS and the law, the provisions of
law will prevail and financial statements are to be prepared in
compliance with the law.
Principles of Ind AS
The entities’ general purpose financial statements give
information about performance, position and cash flow that is
useful to a range of users in making financial decisions. These
users include shareholders, creditors, employees and the general
public.

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A complete set of financial statements under Ind AS includes the
following:
• Balance sheet at the end of the period
• Statement of profit and loss for the period
• Statement of changes in equity for the period
• Statement of cash flows for the period; notes, comprising
a summary of significant accounting policies and other
explanatory information
• Comparative financial information in respect of the
preceding period as specified
• Balance sheet as at the beginning of the preceding period
when an entity applies an accounting policy retrospectively
or makes a retrospective restatement of items in its financial
statements, or when it reclassifies items in its financial
statements having an impact on the balance sheet as at the
beginning of the preceding period.
India has chosen a path of International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) convergence rather than adoption. Hence, Ind
AS are primarily based on the IFRS issued by the International
Accounting Standards Board (IASB). However, there are
certain carve-outs from the IFRS. There are also certain general
differences between Ind AS and IFRS:
• The transitional provisions given in each of the standards
under IFRS have not been given in Ind AS, since all
transitional provisions related to Ind AS, wherever
considered appropriate, have been included in Ind AS
101, ‘First-time adoption of Indian Accounting Standards’,
corresponding to IFRS 1, ‘First-time adoption of
International Financial Reporting Standards’.
• Different terminology is used in Ind AS when compared
to IFRS, e.g. the term ‘balance sheet’ is used instead of
‘statement of financial position’ and ‘statement of profit and
loss’ is used instead of ‘statement of comprehensive income’.

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Standards related to financial
reporting and disclosures
First-time adoption of Ind AS: Ind AS 101
An entity moving from Indian GAAP to Ind AS needs to apply
the requirements of Ind AS 101. It applies to an entity’s first Ind
AS financial statements and the interim reports presented under
Ind AS 34, ‘Interim financial reporting’, which are part of that
period.
The basic requirement is for full retrospective application of
all Ind AS, effective at the reporting date. However, there are a
number of optional exemptions and mandatory exceptions to the
requirement of retrospective application.
The exemptions cover standards for which it is considered that
retrospective application could prove too difficult or could
result in a cost likely to exceed related benefits to users. The
exemptions are optional. Any, all or none of the exemptions may
be applied.
The optional exemptions relate to the following:
• Share-based payment transactions
• Insurance contracts
• Deemed cost
• Leases
• Cumulative translation differences
• Investment in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates
• Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries, joint ventures and
associates
• Compound financial instruments
• Designation of previously recognised financial instruments
• Fair value measurement of financial assets or financial
liabilities at initial recognition

• Decommissioning liabilities included in the cost of property,
plant and equipment
• Financial assets or intangible assets accounted for in
accordance with service concession arrangements
• Borrowing costs
• Extinguishing financial liabilities with equity instruments
• Severe hyperinflation
• Joint arrangements
• Stripping costs in the production phase of a surface mine
• Designation of contracts to buy or sell a non-financial item
• Revenue from contracts with customers (Ind AS 115)
• Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations
Further, there are mandatory exceptions in applying the Ind AS
requirements as summarised below:
• Derecognition of financial assets and liabilities
• Hedge accounting
• Non-controlling interests
• Classification and measurement of financial assets
• Impairment of financial assets
• Embedded derivatives
• Government loans
• Estimates
Comparative information is prepared and presented on the basis
of Ind AS. Almost all adjustments arising from the first-time
application of Ind AS are adjusted against opening retained
earnings (or, if appropriate, another category of equity) of the
first period that is presented on an Ind AS basis. Disclosures of
certain reconciliations from Indian GAAP to Ind AS are required.

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Presentation of financial statements: Ind AS 1
The objective of financial statements is to provide information
that is useful in making economic decisions. This standard
prescribes the basis for the presentation of general purpose
financial statements in order to ensure comparability both
with the entity’s financial statements of previous periods and
with those of other entities. It sets out overall requirements for
the presentation of financial statements, guidelines for their
structure and minimum requirements for their content.
Financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis
unless management intends to either liquidate the entity or
to cease trading, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Management prepares its financial statements, except for cash
flow information, under the accrual basis of accounting. There
are minimum disclosures to be made in the financial statements
and in the notes under Ind AS.
An entity shall present a single statement of profit and loss, with
profit and loss and other comprehensive income presented in
separate sections within the same statement. The sections shall
be presented together with the profit and loss section presented
first, followed directly by the other comprehensive section.
An entity shall present, with equal prominence, all of the
financial statements in a complete set of financial statements.
Financial statements disclose corresponding information for the
preceding period, unless a standard or interpretation permits or
requires otherwise.
Material items
The nature and amount of items of income and expense are
disclosed separately where they are material. Disclosure may
be in the statement or in the notes. Such income and expenses
might include restructuring costs; write-downs of inventories or
property, plant and equipment; litigation settlements; and gains
or losses on disposals of property, plant and equipment.

Presentation of true and fair view
Financial statements shall present a true and fair view of the
financial position, financial performance and cash flows of an
entity. The application of Ind AS, with additional disclosures
when necessary, is presumed to result in financial statements
that present a true and fair view.
Going concern and accrual basis of accounting
An entity shall prepare financial statements on a going concern
basis unless management intends to either liquidate the entity or
cease trading, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
An entity shall prepare its financial statements, except for cash
flow information, using the accrual basis of accounting.
Offsetting
An entity shall not offset assets and liabilities or income and
expenses, unless required or permitted by Ind AS.
Balance sheet
The balance sheet presents an entity’s financial position at a
specific point in time. Subject to meeting certain minimum
presentation and disclosure requirements, management may use
its judgement regarding the form of presentation, such as which
sub-classifications to present and what information to disclose
on the face of the statement or in the notes.
Ind AS 1 specifies that the following items, as a minimum, are
presented on the face of the balance sheet:
• Assets: Property, plant and equipment; investment property;
intangible assets; financial assets; investments accounted
for using the equity method; biological assets; deferred
tax assets; current tax assets; inventories; trade and other
receivables; and cash and cash equivalents
• Equity: Issued capital and reserves attributable to the
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• Liabilities: Deferred tax liabilities; current tax liabilities;
financial liabilities; provisions; and trade and other payables
• Assets and liabilities held for sale: The total of assets
classified as held for sale and assets included in disposal
groups classified as held for sale; and liabilities included
in disposal groups classified as held for sale in accordance
with Ind AS 105, ‘non-current assets held for sale and
discontinued operations’.
Current and non-current assets and liabilities are presented as
separate classifications in the statement, unless the presentation
based on liquidity provides reliable and more relevant
information.
Statement of profit and loss
The statement of profit and loss presents an entity’s performance
over a specific period. The statement of profit and loss includes
all items of income and expense and includes each component of
other comprehensive income classified by nature.
Items to be presented in statement of profit and loss
Ind AS 1 specifies certain items presented in the statement of
profit and loss.
Additional line items or sub-headings are presented in this
statement when relevant to an understanding of the entity’s
financial performance.
Any item of income or expense is not presented as extraordinary
item in the statement of profit and loss or in the notes.
The expenses are classified in the statement of profit and loss
based on the nature of expense.

Other comprehensive income
An entity shall present items of other comprehensive income
grouped into those that will be reclassified subsequently to profit
or loss and those that will not be reclassified. An entity shall
disclose reclassification adjustments relating to the components
of other comprehensive income.
An entity presents each component of other comprehensive
income in the statement either as: (i) net of its related tax
effects, or (ii) before its related tax effects, with the aggregate
tax effect of these components shown separately.
An entity needs to also disclose reclassification adjustments
relating to components of other comprehensive income.
Statement of changes in equity
The following items are presented in the statement of changes
in equity:
• Total comprehensive income for the period, showing
separately the total amounts attributable to the parent’s
owners and to non-controlling interest
• For each component of equity, the effects of retrospective
application or retrospective restatement recognised in
accordance with Ind AS 8, ‘Accounting policies, changes in
accounting estimates, and errors’.

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• For each component of equity, reconciliation between the
carrying amount at the beginning and the end of the period,
separately disclosing changes resulting from the following:
-- Profit or loss
-- Other comprehensive income
-- Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners,
showing separately contributions by and distributions to
owners and changes in ownership interests in subsidiaries
that do not result in a loss of control
-- Any item recognised directly in equity such as capital
reserve on bargain purchase in a business combination
transaction
The amounts of dividends recognised as distributions to owners
during the period, and the related amount of dividends per
share, shall be disclosed.
Statement of cash flows
Cash flow statements are addressed in a separate summary
dealing with the requirements of Ind AS 7.
Notes to the financial statements
The notes are an integral part of the financial statements. Notes
provide information additional to the amounts disclosed in the
‘primary’ statements. They also include accounting policies,
critical accounting estimates and judgements, disclosures on
capital and puttable financial instruments classified as equity.
Ind AS 1 requires disclosures regarding reconciliation between
the carrying amount at the beginning and the end of the period
for each component of equity including disclosure regarding
recognition of bargain purchase gain arising on business
combination in line with the treatment prescribed in this regard
in Ind AS 103.

Statement of cash flows: Ind AS 7
The statement of cash flows (cash flow statement) is one of
the primary statements in financial reporting (along with the
statement of profit and loss, the balance sheet and the statement
of changes in equity). It presents the generation and use of ‘cash
and cash equivalents’ by category (operating, investing and
finance) over a specific period of time. It provides users with a
basis to assess the entity’s ability to generate and utilise its cash.
Operating activities are the entity’s revenue-producing activities.
Investing activities are the acquisition and disposal of long-term
assets (including business combinations) and investments that
are not cash equivalents. Financing activities are the changes in
equity and borrowings.
Management may present operating cash flows by using either
the direct method (gross cash receipts/payments) or the indirect
method (adjusting net profit or loss for non-operating and non-
cash transactions, and for changes in working capital).
Cash flows from investing and financing activities are reported
gross separately (that is, gross cash receipts and gross cash
payments) unless they meet certain specified criteria.
Interest paid and interest and dividends received are classified as
financing cash flows and investing cash flows respectively.
This is because they are costs of obtaining financial resources
or returns on investments. Dividends paid should be classified
as cash flows from financing activities because they are costs of
obtaining financial resources.

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Cash flows relating to taxation on income are classified and
separately disclosed under operating activities unless they can be
specifically attributed to investing or financing activities.
The total that summarises the effect of the operating, investing
and financing cash flows is the movement in the balance of cash
and cash equivalents for the period.
Bank borrowings are generally considered as financing activities.
However, bank overdrafts, which are repayable on demand form
an integral part of an entity’s cash management, are included as
a component of cash and cash equivalents.
Separate disclosure is made of significant non-cash transactions
(such as the issue of equity for the acquisition of a subsidiary or
the acquisition of an asset through a finance lease).
Non-cash transactions include impairment losses/reversals,
depreciation, amortisation, fair value gains/losses and income
statement charges for provisions.
Accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates
and errors: Ind AS 8
An entity follows the accounting policies required by Ind AS
relevant to the circumstances of the entity. However, for some
situations, standards offer a choice. There are other situations
where no guidance is given by Ind AS. In these situations,
management needs to select appropriate accounting policies.
Management uses its judgement in developing and applying
an accounting policy that results in relevant and reliable
information. Reliable information demonstrates faithful
representation, substance over form, neutrality, prudence
and completeness. If there is no Ind AS or interpretation that
is specifically applicable, management needs to consider the
applicability of the requirements in Ind AS on similar and
related issues, and then the definitions, recognition criteria
and measurement concepts for assets, liabilities, income and
expenses in the framework. In making the judgement on the

selection of accounting policies, management may also first
consider the most recent pronouncements of IASB and in
absence thereof, those of the other standard-setting bodies
that use a similar conceptual framework to develop accounting
standards, other accounting literature and accepted industry
practices, to the extent that these do not conflict with Ind AS.
Accounting policies need to be applied consistently to similar
transactions and events (unless a standard permits or requires
otherwise).
Changes in accounting policies
Changes in accounting policies made on adoption of a new
standard are accounted for in accordance with the transition
provisions (if any) within that standard. If specific transition
provisions do not exist, a change in policy (whether required or
voluntary) is accounted for retrospectively (that is, by restating
all comparative figures presented) unless this is impracticable.
Issue of new or revised standards not yet effective
Standards are normally published in advance of the required
implementation date. In the intervening period, where a new or
revised standard relevant to an entity has been issued but is not
yet effective, management discloses this fact. It also provides the
known or reasonably estimable information relevant to assessing
the impact the application of the standard might have on the
entity’s financial statements in the period of initial recognition.
Changes in accounting estimates
An entity prospectively recognises changes in accounting
estimates by including the effects in profit or loss in the period
affected (the period of the change and future periods), except if
the change in estimate gives rise to changes in assets, liabilities
or equity. In this case, it is recognised by adjusting the carrying
amount of the related asset, liability or equity in the period of
the change.

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Errors
Errors may arise from mistakes and oversights or
misinterpretation of information.
Errors discovered in a subsequent period are prior-period errors.
Material prior-period errors are adjusted retrospectively (that
is, by restating comparative figures) unless this is impracticable
(that is, it cannot be done, after ‘making every reasonable effort
to do so’).
Events after the reporting period: Ind AS 10
It is not generally practicable for preparers to finalise financial
statements without a period of time elapsing between the
balance sheet date and the date on which the financial
statements are approved for issue. The question therefore arises
whether events occurring between the balance sheet date and
the date of approval (that is, events after the reporting period)
should be reflected in the financial statements.
Events after the reporting period are either adjusting events or
non-adjusting events. Adjusting events provide further evidence
of conditions that existed at the balance sheet date, for example,
determining after the year end the consideration for assets sold
before the year end. Non-adjusting events relate to conditions
that arose after the balance sheet date–for example, announcing
a plan to discontinue an operation after the year end.
The carrying amounts of assets and liabilities at the balance
sheet date are adjusted only for adjusting events or events
that indicate that the going-concern assumption in relation to
the whole entity is not appropriate. Significant non-adjusting
post-balance-sheet events, such as the issue of shares or major
business combinations, are disclosed.
Dividends proposed or declared after the balance sheet date but
before the financial statements have been approved for issue are
not recognised as a liability at the balance sheet date. Details of
these dividends are, however, disclosed.

An entity discloses the date on which the financial statements
were approved for issue and the persons approving the issue
and, where necessary, the fact that the owners or other persons
have the ability to amend the financial statements after issue.
Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued
operations: Ind AS 105
Ind AS 105, ‘Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued
operations’, is relevant when any disposal occurs or is planned
including distribution of non-current assets to shareholders. The
held-for-sale criteria in Ind AS 105 apply to non-current assets
(or disposal groups) whose value will be recovered principally
through sale rather than through continuing use. The criteria
do not apply to assets that are being scrapped, wound down or
abandoned.
Ind AS 105 defines a disposal group as a group of assets to be
disposed of, by sale or otherwise, together as a group in a single
transaction, and liabilities directly associated with those assets
that will be transferred in the transaction.
The non-current asset (or disposal group) is classified as ‘held for
sale’ if it is available for immediate sale in its present condition
and its sale is highly probable. A sale is ‘highly probable’ where:
• There is evidence of management commitment
• There is an active programme to locate a buyer and complete
the plan
• The asset is actively marketed for sale at a reasonable price
compared to its fair value
• The sale is expected to be completed within 12 months of the
date of classification
• Actions required to complete the plan indicate that it is
unlikely that there will be significant changes to the plan or
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A non-current asset (or disposal group) is classified as ‘held for
distribution to owners’ when the entity is committed to such
distribution (that is, the assets must be available for immediate
distribution in their present condition and the distribution must
be highly probable). For a distribution to be highly probable,
actions to complete the distribution need to have been initiated
and should be expected to be completed within one year from
the date of classification. Actions required to complete the
distribution need to indicate that it is unlikely that significant
changes to the distribution will be made or that the distribution
will be withdrawn. The probability of shareholders’ approval
(if required in the jurisdiction) should be considered in the
assessment of ‘highly probable’.
Non-current assets (or disposal groups) classified as held for sale
or as held for distribution are:
• Measured at the lower of the carrying amount and fair value
less costs to sell
• Not depreciated or amortised
• Presented separately in the balance sheet (assets and
liabilities should not be offset)
A discontinued operation is a component of an entity that can
be distinguished operationally and financially for financial
reporting purposes from the rest of the entity and:
• Represents a separate major line of business or geographical
area of operation
• Is part of a single coordinated plan to dispose of a separate
major line of business or major geographical area of
operation
• Is a subsidiary acquired exclusively with a view for resale
An operation is classified as discontinued only at the date on
which the operation meets the criteria to be classified as held for
sale or when the entity has disposed of the operation.

Although balance sheet information is neither restated nor
remeasured for discontinued operations, the statement of
profit and loss information does have to be restated for the
comparative period. Discontinued operations are presented
separately in the statement of profit and loss and the cash flow
statement. There are additional disclosure requirements in
relation to discontinued operations.
The date of disposal of a subsidiary or disposal group is the date
on which the control passes. The consolidated income statement
includes the results of a subsidiary or disposal group up to the
date of disposal and the gain or loss on disposal.
Fair value measurement: Ind AS 113
Ind AS 113 defines fair value as ‘The price that would be received
to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly
transaction between market participants at the measurement
date’ (Ind AS 113 para 9).
The key principle is that fair value is the exit price from the
perspective of market participants who hold the asset or owe the
liability at the measurement date. It is based on the perspective
of market participants rather than the entity itself, so fair value
is not affected by an entity’s intentions towards the asset, liability
or equity item that is being fair valued.
A fair value measurement requires management to determine
four things:
• The particular asset or liability that is the subject of the
measurement (consistent with its unit of account)
• The highest and best use for a non-financial asset
• The principal (or most advantageous) market
• The valuation technique (Ind AS 113 para B2)
Ind AS 113 addresses how to measure fair value but does not
stipulate when fair value can or should be used.

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Operating segments: Ind AS 108
Segment guidance requires an entity to disclose information that
enables users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature
and financial effects of the business activities and the economic
environments through the eyes of management (‘management
approach’).
The identification of an entity’s operating segments is the core
determinant for the level of information included in the segment
disclosures. Operating segments are components of an entity,
identified based on the breakout of information contained in
the internal reports that are regularly used by the entity’s chief
operating decision-maker (CODM) to allocate resources and to
assess performance.
Reportable segments are individual operating segments or a
group of operating segments for which segment information
must be separately reported (that is, disclosed). Aggregation of
one or more operating segments into a single reportable segment
is permitted (but not required) where certain conditions are
met, the principal condition being that the operating segments
should have similar economic characteristics. Whether multiple
operating segments can be aggregated into a single reportable
segment is a matter of significant judgement.
For each segment disclosed, entities are required to provide a
measure of profit or loss in the format viewed by the CODM, as
well as a measure of assets and liabilities if such amounts are
regularly provided to the CODM. Other segment disclosures
include revenue from customers for each group of similar
products and services, revenue by geography and dependence on
major customers. Additional detailed disclosures of performance
and resources are required if the CODM reviews these amounts.
A reconciliation of the total amount disclosed for all segments to
the primary financial statements is required for revenue, profit
and loss, and other material items reviewed by the CODM.

Related-party disclosures: Ind AS 24
Under Ind AS 24, disclosures are required in respect of an
entity’s transactions with related parties. Related parties include
the following:
• Parents
• Subsidiaries
• Fellow subsidiaries
• Associates of the entity and other members of the group
• Joint ventures of the entity and other members of the group
• Members of key management personnel of the entity or of a
parent of the entity (and close members of their families)
• Persons with control, joint control or significant influence
over the entity (and close members of their families)
• Post-employment benefit plans
• Entities (or any of their group members) providing key
management personnel services to the entity or its parent
Finance providers are not related parties simply because of their
normal dealings with the entity.
Management discloses the name of the entity’s parent and, if
different, the ultimate controlling party. Relationships between a
parent and its subsidiaries are disclosed irrespective of whether
there have been transactions with them.
Where there have been related party transactions during the
period, management discloses the nature of the relationship,
as well as information about the transactions and outstanding
balances, including commitments, necessary for users to
understand the potential impact of the relationship on the
financial statements. Disclosure is made by category of related
party and by major type of transaction. Items of a similar nature
may be disclosed in aggregate, except when separate disclosure
is necessary for an understanding of the effects of related party
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Management only discloses that related party transactions were
made on terms equivalent to those that prevail in arm’s length
transactions if such terms can be substantiated.
An entity is exempt from the disclosure of transactions (and
outstanding balances) with a related party that is either
a government that has control, joint control or significant
influence over the entity or is another entity that is under
the control, joint control or significant influence of the
same government as the entity. Where the entity applies the
exemption, it discloses the name of the government and the
nature of its relationship with the entity. It also discloses the
nature and amount of each individually significant transaction
and the qualitative or quantitative extent of any collectively
significant transactions.
Separate financial statements: Ind AS 27
This standard shall be applied in accounting for investments in
subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates when an entity elects,
or is required by law, to present separate financial statements.
Separate financial statements are those presented by a parent
(that is, an investor with control of a subsidiary) or an investor
with joint control of, or significant influence over, an investee, in
which the investments are accounted for at cost or in accordance
with Ind AS 109, ‘Financial instruments’.
Financial statements in which the equity method is applied
are not separate financial statements. These may be termed
as ‘consolidated financial statements’. Similarly, the financial
statements of an entity that does not have a subsidiary, associate
or joint venturer’s interest in a joint venture are not separate
financial statements.

Separate financial statements shall be prepared in accordance
with all applicable Ind AS, except as follows:
When an entity prepares separate financial statements, it shall
account for investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and
associates either at cost, or in accordance with Ind AS 109.
The entity shall apply the same accounting for each category
of investments. Investments accounted for at cost shall be
accounted for in accordance with Ind AS 105, ‘Non-current
assets held for sale and discontinued operations’, when they are
classified as held for sale (or included in a disposal group that
is classified as held for sale). The measurement of investments
accounted for in accordance with Ind AS 109 is not changed in
such circumstances.
An entity shall recognise a dividend from a subsidiary, a joint
venture or an associate in profit or loss in its separate financial
statements when its right to receive the dividend is established.
Earnings per share: Ind AS 33
Earnings per share (EPS) is a ratio widely used by financial
analysts, investors and others to gauge an entity’s profitability
and to value its shares. EPS is normally calculated in the context
of ordinary shares of the entity. Earnings attributable to ordinary
shareholders are therefore determined by deducting from net
income the earnings attributable to holders of more senior
equity instruments.
Basic EPS is calculated by dividing the profit or loss for the
period attributable to the equity holders of the parent by the
weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding
(including adjustments for bonus and rights issues).
Diluted EPS is calculated by adjusting the profit or loss and
the weighted average number of ordinary shares by taking
into account the conversion of any dilutive potential ordinary
shares. Potential ordinary shares are those financial instruments
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as convertible bonds and options (including employee share
options).
Basic and diluted EPS for both continuing and total operations
are presented with equal prominence in the statement of profit
and loss for each class of ordinary shares. Separate EPS figures
for discontinued operations are disclosed in the same statement
or in the notes.
Interim financial reporting: Ind AS 34
No Ind AS require an entity to publish interim financial
statements. However, the publication of interim financial
statements is required for listed entities under requirements of
the listing agreement. For interim financial information, the
entity needs to follow measurement and recognition principles
laid down in this standard or the relevant Ind AS as applicable.
For the purpose of disclosure, listed entities use the format as
per the listing agreement.
In case of entities not preparing interim financial statements
pursuant to the listing agreement but required to report
interim financial information for any other purposes, they may
either prepare full Ind AS financial statements (conforming
to the requirements of Ind AS 1, ‘Presentation of financial
statements’) or condensed financial statements. Condensed
reporting is the more common approach. Condensed financial
statements include a condensed balance sheet, a condensed
statement of profit and loss, a condensed statement of cash
flows, a condensed statement of changes in equity and selected
explanatory notes.
An entity generally uses the same accounting policies for
recognising and measuring assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses
and gains and losses at interim dates as those to be used in the
current year annual financial statements.

There are special measurement requirements for certain costs
that can only be determined on an annual basis (for example,
items such as tax that is calculated based on an estimated
full-year effective rate) and the use of estimates in the interim
financial statements. An impairment loss recognised in a
previous interim period in respect of goodwill is not reversed.
As a minimum requirement, current period and comparative
figures (condensed or complete) are disclosed as follows:
• Balance sheet as of the current interim period end with
comparatives for the immediately preceding year end
• Statement of profit or loss-current interim period, financial
year to date and comparatives for the same preceding
periods (interim and year to date)
• Cash flow statement and statement of changes in equity–
financial year to date with comparatives for the same year to
date period of the preceding year
• Explanatory notes
Ind AS 34 sets out criteria to determine what information should
be disclosed in the interim financial statements. These include
the following:
• Materiality on the overall interim financial statements
• Unusual or irregular items
• Changes since previous reporting periods that have had a
significant effect on the interim financial statements (of the
current or previous reporting financial year)
• Relevance to the understanding of estimates used in the
interim financial statements
The overriding objective is to ensure that an interim financial
report includes all information relevant to understanding an
entity’s financial position and performance during the interim
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Investment property: Ind AS 40
Certain properties are classified as investment properties for
financial reporting purposes in accordance with Ind AS 40,
‘Investment property’, as the characteristics of these properties
differ significantly from owner-occupied properties. It is the
current value of such properties and changes to those values that
are relevant to users of financial statements.
Investment property is property (land or a building, or part of
a building or both) held by an entity to earn rentals and/or for
capital appreciation. This category includes such property in the
course of construction or development. Any other properties
are accounted for as property, plant and equipment (PPE) or
inventory in accordance with the following:
• Ind AS 16, ‘Property, plant and equipment’, if they are held
for use in the production or supply of goods or services
• Ind AS 2, ‘Inventories’, as inventory, if they are held for sale
in the ordinary course of business.
Initial measurement of an investment property will be at cost.
Subsequent measurement of investment properties to be carried
at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated
impairment losses. However, the fair value of the investment
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Standards providing guidance
on financial statement line items
Revenue
The MCA notified Ind AS 115, ‘Revenue from contracts with
customers’, which is aligned with IFRS 15, ‘Revenue from
contracts with customers’. Subsequently, IASB confirmed the
deferral of the effective date of IFRS 15 to 1 January 2018.
Accordingly, the National Advisory Committee on Accounting
Standards (NACAS) has made recommendations to the MCA
to defer the implementation of the standard. Consequently, the
ICAI has issued two Exposure Drafts (EDs), i.e. ED on Ind AS 11,
‘Construction contracts’, and ED on Ind AS 18, ‘Revenue’. These
EDs are converged with IAS 11, ‘Construction contracts’, and IAS
18, ‘Revenue’, respectively.
Revenue: Ind AS 18 (Exposure Draft)
Revenue arising from the sale of goods is recognised when an
entity transfers the significant risks and rewards of ownership
and gives up managerial involvement, usually associated with
ownership or control, if economic benefits are likely to flow to
the entity and the amount of revenue and costs can be measured
reliably.
Revenue from the rendering of services is recognised when the
outcome of the transaction can be estimated reliably. This is
done by reference to the stage of completion of the transaction
at the balance sheet date, using requirements similar to those
for construction contracts. The outcome of a transaction can
be estimated reliably when: the amount of revenue can be
measured reliably; it is probable that economic benefits will flow
to the entity; the stage of completion can be measured reliably;

and the costs incurred and costs to complete can be reliably
measured.
Examples of transactions where the entity retains significant
risks and rewards of ownership and revenue is not recognised
are when:
• the entity retains an obligation for unsatisfactory
performance not covered by normal warranty provisions;
• the buyer has the power to rescind the purchase for a
reason specified in the sales contract, and the entity is uncertain
about the probability of return; and
• the goods are shipped subject to installation and that
installation is a significant part of the contract.
Interest income is recognised using the effective interest
rate method. Royalties are recognised on an accruals basis
in accordance with the substance of the relevant agreement.
Dividends are recognised when the shareholder’s right to receive
payment is established.
Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration
received or receivable. Where consideration is deferred,
it should be discounted to the present value. When the
substance of a single transaction indicates that it includes
separately identifiable components, revenue is allocated to
these components generally by reference to their fair values.
It is recognised for each component separately by applying the
recognition criteria given below. For example, when a product
is sold with a subsequent service, revenue is allocated initially
to the product component and the service component; it is
recognised separately thereafter when the criteria for revenue
recognition are met for each component.
Appendix A, ‘Barter transactions involving advertising services’,
clarifies the accounting for entities who enter into a barter
transaction to provide advertising services in exchange for
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a barter transaction involving advertising cannot be measured
reliably at the fair value of advertising services received.
However, a seller can reliably measure revenue at the fair value
of the advertising services it provides in a barter transaction by
reference only to non-barter transactions. This appendix only
applies to an exchange of dissimilar advertising services. An
exchange of similar advertising services is not a transaction that
generates revenue under Ind AS 18 (Exposure Draft).
Appendix B, ‘Customer loyalty programmes’, clarifies the
accounting for award credits granted to customers when they
purchase goods or services, for example, under frequent flyer or
supermarket loyalty schemes. The fair value of the consideration
received or receivable in respect of the initial sale is allocated
between the award credits and other components of the sale.
Appendix C, ‘Transfers of assets from customers’, clarifies
the accounting for arrangements where an item of property,
plant and equipment is transferred by a customer in return for
connection to a network and/or ongoing access to goods or
services. This will be most relevant to the utility industry, but it
may also apply to other transactions, such as when a customer
transfers ownership of property, plant and equipment as part of
an outsourcing agreement.
Construction contracts: Ind AS 11 (Exposure Draft)
A construction contract is a contract specifically negotiated for
the construction of an asset, or combination of assets, including
contracts for the rendering of services directly related to the
construction of the asset (such as project managers and architect
services). Such contracts are typically fixed-price or cost-plus
contracts. Revenue and expenses on construction contracts
are recognised using the percentage-of-completion method.
This means that revenue, expenses and, therefore, profit are
recognised gradually as the contract activity occurs. When the
outcome of the contract cannot be estimated reliably, revenue is

recognised only to the extent of the costs incurred that are likely
to be recovered; contract costs are recognised as an expense that
is incurred. When the total contract costs are likely to exceed
the total contract revenue, the expected loss is immediately
recognised as an expense.
Accounting for construction contracts in respect of real estate
developers will also be dealt with under Ind AS 11, since it has
been kept out of the scope of Ind AS 18, ‘Revenue’.
Revenue from contracts with customers: Ind AS 115
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
and IASB issued the converged standard on revenue recognition
ASC 606 and IFRS 15, ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’.
Though the MCA notified Ind AS 115, which is converged with
IFRS 15, the NACAS subsequently recommended the deferment
of Ind AS 115.
The standard contains principles that an entity will apply to
determine the measurement of revenue and timing of when
it is recognised. The underlying principle is that an entity will
recognise revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to
customers at an amount it expects to be entitled to in exchange
for those goods or services. The standard can significantly
change how entities recognise revenue, especially those that
currently apply industry-specific guidance. The standard will
also result in a significant increase in the volume of disclosures
related to revenue.
While applying the new standard, entities will have to follow the
following five-step process:
Identify the contract with a customer
Contracts can be oral or written. Following are the important
criteria to consider before accounting for each contract:
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perform their respective obligations.
• Each party’s rights regarding the goods or services to be
transferred can be identified.
• The payment terms can be identified.
• The risk, timing or amount of the entity’s future cash flows
are expected to change (that is, the contract has commercial
substance).
• It is probable that the entity will collect the consideration
to which it will be entitled in exchange for goods or services
transferred.
Identify the separate performance obligations in the
contract
A performance obligation is a promise to transfer a distinct
good or service (or a series of distinct goods or services that are
substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer) to
a customer. The promise can be explicit, implicit or implied by an
entity’s customary business practice. The objective of identifying
distinct performance obligations is to depict the transfer of
goods or services to the customer. Identifying performance
obligations is more challenging when there are multiple explicit
or implicit promises in a contract.
Determine the transaction price
The transaction price is the amount of consideration that an
entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for transferring
promised goods or services to a customer, excluding amounts
collected on behalf of a third party (for example, some sales
taxes). Determining the transaction price is more complex if
the arrangement involves variable consideration, a significant
financing component, non-cash consideration or consideration
payable to a customer.
Allocate the transaction price to the separate performance
obligations
The transaction price is allocated to the separate performance

obligations in a contract based on the relative stand-alone selling
prices of the goods or services promised. This allocation is made at
contract inception and not adjusted to reflect subsequent changes
in the standalone selling prices of those goods or services.
The best evidence of standalone selling price is the observable
price of a good or service when the entity sells that good or service
separately. Management will need to estimate the selling price of
goods or services that do not have an observable standalone selling
price, and maximise the use of observable inputs while making
that estimate. Possible estimation methods include, but are not
limited to the following:
• Expected cost plus and appropriate margin
• Assessment of market prices for similar goods or services
adjusted for entity-specific costs and margins
• Residual approach, in limited circumstances
Discounts and variable consideration will typically be allocated
proportionately to all of the performance obligations in the
contract. A discount or variable consideration can be allocated
to one or more separate performance obligations, rather than to
all performance obligations in the arrangement if the following
conditions are met:
• The entity regularly sells each distinct good or service (or each
bundle of distinct goods or services) on a standalone basis.
• The entity regularly sells, on a standalone basis, a bundle of
some of the goods or services at a discount to the standalone
selling prices of the goods or services in that bundle.
• The discount attributable to the bundle of goods or services is
substantially the same as the discount in the contract.
For example, when a product is sold with a subsequent service,
basis above, revenue is allocated initially to the product component
and the service component; it is recognised separately thereafter
when the criteria for revenue recognition are met for each
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Recognise revenue when (or as) each performance
obligation is satisfied
The final step in the model is recognising revenue. An entity will
recognise revenue when (or as) a good or service is transferred
to the customer and the customer obtains control of that good or
service. Control of an asset refers to an entity’s ability to direct
the use of and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits
(that is, the potential cash inflows or savings in outflows) from
the asset. Directing the use of an asset refers to a customer’s
right to deploy that asset, to allow another entity to deploy that
asset in its activities or to restrict another entity from deploying
that asset.
The standard requires management to determine when
the control of a good or service has been transferred to the
customer. The timing of revenue recognition can change for
some transactions when compared to current guidance, which
is more focussed on the transfer of risks and rewards. Though
the transfer of risks and rewards is an indicator of whether
control has been transferred, additional indicators also need to
be considered. For example, an entity that transfers control of a
good to a customer but retains some economic risks might need
to record revenue when the control over good transfers, while
under existing guidance revenue recognition might be delayed
until all of the economic risks have also transferred.
An entity needs to determine during contract inception whether
the control of a good or service will be transferred over time or at
a point in time. This determination needs to depict the transfer
of benefits to the customer and should be evaluated from the
customer’s perspective. An entity should first assess whether the
performance obligation is satisfied over time. If not, the good or

service transfers at a point in time.
Recognition of revenue over time
An entity will recognise revenue over time if any of the following
criteria are met:
• The customer concurrently receives and consumes the
benefits provided by the entity’s performance as the entity
performs.
• The entity’s performance creates or enhances a customer-
controlled asset.
• The entity’s performance does not create an asset with an
alternative use and the entity has a right to payment for
performance completed to date.
Recognition of revenue at a point in time
An entity will recognise revenue at a point in time (when control
transfers) for performance obligations that do not meet the
criteria for recognition of revenue over time.
To determine when a customer obtains control and an entity
satisfies a performance obligation, the entity should consider the
concept of control and the following indicators:
• The entity has a present right to payment for the asset.
• The entity transferred legal title to the asset.
• The entity transferred physical possession of the asset.
• The entity transferred significant risk and rewards of
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Additional considerations
Certain additional concepts in Ind AS 115, dealt with in greater
detail than in today’s GAAP guidance, have been summarised
below:
Multiple element arrangements
Understanding what a customer expects to receive as a final
product is necessary to assess whether goods or services need to
be combined and accounted as a single performance obligation
or multiple elements. Some contracts contain a promise to
deliver multiple goods or services, but the customer is not
purchasing the individual items. The customer, instead, is
purchasing the final good or service which is the aggregate of
those individual items. Judgement, based on proper application
of the principles envisaged in Ind AS 115, will determine
whether a contract involves a single or multiple separate
performance obligations. The guidance provided in Ind AS 115
is more detailed and explicit for such situations compared to the
current accounting practices.
Variable consideration
Entities may agree to provide goods or services for consideration
that varies upon certain future events which may or may not
occur. Examples include refund rights, performance bonuses
and penalties. This can sometimes be driven by the past practice
of an entity or industry, for example, if there is a history of
providing discounts or concessions after the goods are sold.
Under current practice (pre Ind AS 115), it is not uncommon to
defer revenue until the contingency is resolved. However, upon
adoption of Ind AS 115, an estimate of variable consideration
needs to be made at contract inception and a reassessment may

be required at each reporting date. Even if the entire amount of
variable consideration fails to meet this threshold, management
will need to consider whether a portion does meet the criterion.
This amount is recognised as revenue when goods or services
are transferred to the customer and can affect entities in
industries where variable consideration is currently not recorded
until all contingencies are resolved. Management will need to
reassess estimates at each reporting period, and adjust revenue
accordingly. This can result in early revenue recognition in
comparison with current practice.
Time value of money
Some contracts provide the customer or the entity with a
significant financing benefit (explicitly or implicitly). This is
because performance by an entity and payment by its customer
might occur at significantly different times. Under the new
standard, an entity needs to adjust the transaction price for
the time value of money if the contract includes a significant
financing component. The standard provides certain exceptions
to applying this guidance and a practical expedient which allows
entities to ignore time value of money if the time between
transfer of goods or services and payment is less than one year.
Presently, such financing benefit is not identified and separated
under the current Indian GAAP. This aspect will impact
entities which have significant advance or deferred payment
arrangements.
Contract costs
Entities sometimes incur costs (such as sales commissions or
mobilisation activities) to obtain or fulfil a contract. Contract
costs that meet certain criteria will be capitalised as assets and
amortised as revenue under the new standard. Such capitalised
costs will require a periodic review for recoverability and
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Disclosures
Further, the disclosures required in Ind AS 115 are far more
elaborate than the prevalent practice. For instance, quantitative
and qualitative information will have to be provided about
significant judgements and changes in those judgements that
management makes to determine revenue.
Service concession arrangements: Appendix A to Ind AS
11 (Exposure Draft)
Appendix A to Ind AS 11 (Exposure Draft) ‘Service concession
arrangements’ sets out the accounting requirements for
service concession arrangements, while Appendix B to Ind
AS 11 (Exposure Draft) ‘Services concession arrangements:
Disclosures’ contains disclosure requirements.
Appendix A and B of Ind AS 11 (Exposure Draft) apply to public-
to-private service concession arrangements in which the public
sector body (the grantor) controls and/or regulates the services
provided with the infrastructure by the private sector entity (the
operator).
The concession arrangement also addresses to whom the
operator needs to provide the services and at what price.
The grantor controls any significant residual interest in the
infrastructure. As the infrastructure is controlled by the grantor,
the operator does not recognise the infrastructure as its property,
plant and equipment; nor does the operator recognise a finance
lease receivable for leasing the public service infrastructure to
the grantor, regardless of the extent to which the operator bears
the risk and rewards incidental to ownership of the assets.
The operator recognises a financial asset to the extent that it has
an unconditional contractual right to receive cash irrespective
of the usage of the infrastructure or an intangible asset to the
extent that it receives a right (a license) to charge users of the

public service.
Under both the financial asset and the intangible asset models,
the operator accounts for revenue and costs relating to
construction or upgrade services in accordance with Ind AS
11 (Exposure Draft), ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’.
The operator recognises revenue and costs relating to operation
services in accordance with Ind AS 11 (Exposure Draft). Any
contractual obligation to maintain or restore infrastructure,
except for upgrade services, is recognised in accordance with Ind
AS 37, ‘Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets’.
Inventories: Ind AS 2
Inventories are initially recognised at the lower of cost and net
realisable value (NRV). Cost of inventories includes import
duties, non-refundable taxes, transport and handling costs and
any other directly attributable costs, less trade discounts, rebates
and similar items. Costs such as abnormal amount of wasted
materials, storage costs, administrative costs and selling costs
are excluded from the cost of inventories. NRV is the estimated
selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the
estimated costs of completion and estimated selling expenses.
Techniques for the measurement of the cost of inventories, such
as the standard cost method or the retail method, may be used
for convenience if the results approximate cost.
Ind AS 2, ‘Inventories’, requires the cost for items that are
not interchangeable or that have been segregated for specific
contracts to be determined on an individual-item basis. The cost
of other inventory items used is assigned by using either the first-
in, first-out (FIFO) or weighted average cost formula. Last-in,
first-out (LIFO) is not permitted. An entity uses the same cost
formula for all inventories of similar nature and use to the entity.
A different cost formula may be justified where inventories have
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consistent basis from period to period.
An entity may purchase inventories on deferred payment terms.
When the arrangement effectively contains a financing element,
that element, for example a difference between the purchase
price for normal credit terms and the amount paid, is recognised
as interest expense over the period of the financing.
Income taxes: Ind AS 12
Ind AS 12 deals only with taxes on income, comprising current
tax and deferred tax.
Current tax expense for a period is based on the taxable and
deductible amounts to be used for the computation of the
taxable income for the current year. An entity recognises a
liability in the balance sheet in respect of current tax expense for
the current and prior periods to the extent unpaid. It recognises
an asset if current tax has been overpaid.
Current tax assets and liabilities for the current and prior periods
are measured at the amount expected to be paid to (recovered
from) the taxation authorities, using the tax rates and tax laws
that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance
sheet date.
Tax payable based on taxable profit seldom matches the tax
expense that might be expected based on pre-tax accounting
profit. The mismatch can occur because Ind AS recognition
criteria for items of income and expense are different from the
treatment of items under tax law.
Deferred tax accounting seeks to deal with this mismatch. It
is based on the temporary differences between the tax base
of an asset or liability and its carrying amount in the financial
statements. For example, if an asset is revalued upwards but

not sold, the revaluation creates a temporary difference (if
the carrying amount of the asset in the financial statements is
greater than the tax base of the asset), and the tax consequence
is a deferred tax liability.
Deferred tax is provided in full for all temporary differences
arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their
carrying amounts in the financial statements, except when the
temporary difference arises from the following:
• Initial recognition of goodwill (for deferred tax liabilities
only)
• Initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction
which is not a business combination and which affects
neither accounting profit nor taxable profit
• Investments in subsidiaries, branches, associates and joint
ventures, but only when certain criteria apply
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax
rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset
is realised or the liability is settled based on tax rates (and tax
laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the
balance sheet date. The discounting of deferred tax assets and
liabilities is not permitted.
Generally, the measurement of deferred tax liabilities and
deferred tax assets reflects the tax consequences that would
follow based on what the entity expects, at the balance sheet
date, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets
and liabilities. The expected manner of recovery of land with
an unlimited life is always through sale. For other assets, the
manner in which management expects to recover the asset (that
is, through use or through sale or through a combination of
both) is considered at each balance sheet date.
Management only recognises a deferred tax asset for deductible
temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that
taxable profit will be available against which the deductible
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deferred tax assets for unused tax losses carried forward.
Current and deferred tax is recognised in profit or loss for the
period, unless the tax arises from a business combination or
a transaction or event that is recognised outside profit or loss,
either in other comprehensive income or directly in equity in the
same or different period. The accompanying tax consequences,
for example, a change in tax rates or tax laws, a reassessment
of the recoverability of deferred tax assets or a change in the
expected manner of recovery of an asset are recognised in
profit or loss, except to the extent that they relate to the items
previously charged or credited outside of profit or loss.
Property, plant and equipment: Ind AS 16
Property, plant and equipment (PPE) is recognised when the cost
of an asset can be reliably measured and it is probable that the
entity will obtain future economic benefits from the asset.
PPE is measured initially at cost. Cost includes the fair value of
the consideration given to acquire the asset (net of discounts and
rebates) and any directly attributable cost of bringing the asset
to working condition for its intended use (inclusive of import
duties and non-refundable purchase taxes).
Directly attributable costs include the cost of site preparation,
delivery, installation costs, relevant professional fees and the
estimated cost of dismantling and removing the asset and
restoring the site (to the extent that such a cost is recognised as
a provision).
Classes of PPE are carried at historical cost less accumulated
depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses (the
cost model), or at a revalued amount less any accumulated
depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses
(the revaluation model). The depreciable amount of PPE (being
the gross carrying value less the estimated residual value) is
depreciated on a systematic basis over its useful life.
Subsequent expenditure relating to an item of PPE is capitalised

if it meets the recognition criteria.
PPE may comprise parts with different useful lives. Depreciation
is calculated based on each individual part’s life. In case of
replacement of one part, the new part is capitalised to the extent
that it meets the recognition criteria of an asset, and the carrying
amount of the parts replaced is derecognised.
The cost of a major inspection or overhaul of an item occurring
at regular intervals over the useful life of the item is capitalised
to the extent that it meets the recognition criteria of an asset.
The carrying amounts of the parts replaced are derecognised.
Leases: Ind AS 17
A lease gives one party (the lessee) the right to use an asset
over an agreed period of time in return for payment to the
lessor. Leasing is an important source of medium and long-
term financing; and accounting for leases can have a significant
impact on lessees’ and lessors’ financial statements.
Leases are classified as finance or operating leases at inception,
depending on whether substantially all the risks and rewards
of ownership transfers to the lessee. Under a finance lease, the
lessee has substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership.
All other leases are operating leases. Leases of land and
buildings are considered separately under Ind AS.
Under a finance lease, the lessee recognises an asset held under a
finance lease and a corresponding obligation to pay rentals. The
lessee depreciates the asset.
The lessor recognises the leased asset as a receivable. The
receivable is measured at the ‘net investment’ in the lease–the
minimum lease payments receivable, discounted at the internal
rate of return of the lease, plus the unguaranteed residual that
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Under an operating lease, the lessee does not recognise an asset
and lease obligation. The lessor continues to recognise the leased
asset and depreciates it. The rentals paid are normally charged
to the income statement of the lessee and credited to that of the
lessor on a straight-line basis unless another systematic basis
is more representative of the time pattern of the user’s benefit
or if the payments to the lessor are agreed to increase in line
with expected general inflation to compensate for the lessor’s
expected inflationary cost increases.
Linked transactions with the legal form of a lease are accounted
for on the basis of their substance–for example, a sale and
leaseback where the seller is committed to repurchase the asset
may not be a lease in substance if the ‘seller’ retains the risks and
rewards of ownership and substantially the same rights of use as
before the transaction.
Equally, some transactions that do not have the legal form
of a lease are in substance leases if they are dependent on a
particular asset that the purchaser can control physically or
economically.
Employee benefits: Ind AS 19
The accounting for employee benefits, for pensions in particular,
is complex. The liabilities in defined benefit pension plans are
frequently material. They are long-term and difficult to measure,
and this gives rise to difficulty in measuring the cost attributable
to each year.
Employee benefits are all forms of consideration given or
promised by an entity in exchange for services rendered by its
employees. These benefits include salary-related benefits (such
as wages, profit-sharing, bonuses and compensated absences,
such as paid holiday and long-service leave), termination

benefits (such as severance and redundancy pay) and post-
employment benefits (such as retirement benefit plans). Ind AS
19 is relevant for all employee benefits except for those to which
Ind AS 102, share-based payments, applies.
Post-employment benefits include pensions, post-employment
life insurance and medical care. Pensions are provided to
employees either through defined contribution plans or defined
benefit plans.
Recognition and measurement for short-term benefits are
relatively straightforward, because actuarial assumptions are not
required and the obligations are not discounted. However, long-
term benefits, particularly post-employment benefits, give rise to
more complicated measurement issues.
Defined contribution plans
Accounting for defined contribution plans is straightforward.
The cost of defined contribution plans is the contribution
payable by the employer for that accounting period.
Defined benefit plans
Accounting for defined benefit plans is complex because
actuarial assumptions and valuation methods are required to
measure the balance sheet obligation and the expense. The
expense recognised generally differs from the contributions
made in the period.
Subject to certain conditions, the net amount recognised on
the balance sheet is the difference between the defined benefit
obligation and the plan assets.
To calculate the defined benefit obligation, estimates (actuarial
assumptions) regarding demographic variables (such as
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as future increases in salaries and medical costs) are made and
included in a valuation model. The resulting benefit obligation
is then discounted to a present value. This normally requires the
expertise of an actuary.
Where defined benefit plans are funded, the plan assets are
measured at fair value. Where no market price is available, the
fair value of plan assets is estimated, for example, by discounting
expected future cash flows using a discount rate that reflects
both the risk associated with the plan assets and the maturity of
those assets. Plan assets are tightly defined, and only assets that
meet a strict definition may be offset against the plan’s defined
benefit obligations, resulting in a net surplus or net deficit that is
shown on the balance sheet.
At each balance sheet date, the plan assets and the defined
benefit obligations are remeasured. The income statement
reflects the change in the surplus or deficit, except for
contributions made to the plan and benefits paid by the plan,
along with business combinations and remeasurement gains and
losses.
Remeasurement gains and losses comprise actuarial gains and
losses, return on plan assets (comprise amounts included in net
interest on the net defined benefit liability or asset) and any
change in the effect of the asset ceiling (excluding amounts
included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability or
asset). Remeasurements are recognised in other comprehensive
income.
The amount of pension expense (income) to be recognised
in profit or loss is comprised of the following individual
components, unless they are required or permitted to be
included in the costs of an asset:
• Service costs (present value of the benefits earned by active

employees)
• Net interest costs (unwinding of the discount on the defined
benefit obligations and a theoretical return on plan assets)
Service costs comprise the ‘current service costs’, which are the
increase in the present value of the defined benefit are resulting
from employee services in the current period, ‘past-service costs’
(as defined below and including any gain or loss on curtailment)
and any gain or loss on settlement.
Net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset) is defined
as, ‘the change during the period in the net defined benefit
liability (asset) that arises from the passage of time’ (Ind AS
19 para 8). The net interest cost can be viewed as comprising
theoretical interest income on plan assets, interest cost on the
defined benefit obligation (that is, representing the unwinding
of the discount on the plan obligation) and interest on the effect
of the asset ceiling (Ind AS 19 para 124).
Net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset) is
calculated by multiplying the net defined benefit liability (asset)
by the discount rate, both as determined at the start of the
annual reporting period, taking account of any changes in the
net defined benefit liability (asset) during the period as a result
of contribution and benefit payments (Ind AS 19 para 123). The
discount rate applicable to any financial year is an appropriate
government bond rate. However, subsidiaries, associates, joint
ventures and branches domiciled outside India shall discount
post-employment benefit obligations arising on account of
post-employment benefit plans using the rate determined by
reference to market yields at the end of the reporting period
on high quality corporate bonds. In case such subsidiaries,
associates, joint ventures and branches are domiciled in
countries where there is no deep market in such bonds, the
market yield (at the end of the reporting period) on government
bonds of that country shall be used. Net interest on the net
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including theoretical interest income on plan assets.
Past-service costs are defined as a change in the present value
of the defined benefit obligation for employee services in prior
periods, resulting from a plan amendment (the introduction
or withdrawal of, or changes to, a defined benefit plan) or a
curtailment (a significant reduction by the entity in the number
of employees covered by a plan). Past-service costs need to be
recognised as an expense generally when a plan amendment or
curtailment occurs. Settlement gains or losses are recognised in
the income statement when the settlement occurs.
Appendix B, ‘Ind AS 19–The limit on a defined benefit asset,
minimum funding requirements and their interaction’, provides
guidance on assessing the amount that can be recognised as an
asset when plan assets exceed the defined benefit obligation,
creating a net surplus. It also explains how the pension asset or
liability may be affected by a statutory or contractual minimum
funding requirement.
Share-based payment: Ind AS 102
Ind AS 102 applies to all share-based payment arrangements. A
share-based payment arrangement is defined as:
An agreement between the entity (or another group entity or any
shareholder of any group entity) and another party (including
an employee) that entitles the other party to receive:
• cash or other assets of the entity for amounts that are based
on the price (or value) of equity instruments (including
shares or share options) of the entity or another group entity,
or
• equity instruments (including shares or share options) of the

entity or another group entity.
The most common application is employee share schemes such
as share option schemes. However, entities sometimes also
pay for other expenses such as professional fees, and for the
purchase of assets by means of share-based payment.
The accounting treatment under Ind AS 102 is based on the
fair value of the instruments. Both the valuation of and the
accounting for awards sometimes can be difficult due to the
complex models that may need to be used to calculate the fair
value of options, and also due to the variety and complexity
of schemes. In addition, the standard requires extensive
disclosures.
The result generally is reduced reported profits, especially in
entities that use share-based payment extensively as part of their
remuneration strategy.
All transactions involving share-based payment are recognised as
expenses or assets over underlying vesting period.
Equity-settled share-based payment transactions are measured
at the grant date fair value for employee services; and, for
non-employee transactions, at the fair value of the goods or
services received at the date on which the entity recognises
the goods or services. If the fair value of the goods or services
cannot be estimated reliably—such as employee services
and circumstances in which the goods or services cannot be
specifically identified—the entity uses the fair value of the equity
instruments granted.
Equity-settled share-based payment transactions are not
remeasured once the grant date fair value has been determined.
The treatment is different for cash-settled share-based payment
transactions—cash-settled awards are measured at the fair value
of the liability. The liability is remeasured at each balance sheet
date through the date of settlement, with changes in fair value
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Accounting for government grants and disclosure of
government assistance: Ind AS 20
Government grants are recognised when there is reasonable
assurance that the entity will comply with the conditions related
to them and that the grants will be received.
Grants related to income are recognised in profit or loss on a
systematic basis over the periods necessary to match them with
the related costs that they are intended to compensate. They
are either offset against the related expense or presented as
separate income. The timing of such recognition in profit or loss
will depend on the fulfilment of any conditions or obligations
attached to the grant.
Grants related to assets are presented as deferred income in the
balance sheet. Profit or loss will be affected by deferred income
being recognised as income systematically over the useful life of
the related asset.
Cash movements related to purchase of assets and receipt of
related grants are disclosed as separate items in the statement of
cash flows.
Non-monetary grants are required to be accounted at fair value.
Effects of changes in foreign exchange rates and
financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies:
Ind AS 21 and Ind AS 29
Many entities do business with overseas suppliers or customers,
or have overseas operations. This gives rise to two main
accounting issues:
• Some transactions (for example, those with overseas
suppliers or customers) may be denominated in foreign
currencies. These transactions are expressed in the entity’s
own currency (functional currency) for financial reporting
purposes.
• A parent entity may have foreign operations such as overseas

subsidiaries, branches or associates. The functional currency
of these foreign operations may be different to the parent
entity’s functional currency and therefore the accounting
records may be maintained in different currencies. Because it
is not possible to combine transactions measured in different
currencies, the foreign operation’s results and financial
position are translated into a single currency, namely that
in which the group’s consolidated financial statements are
reported (presentation currency).
The methods required for each of the above circumstances have
been summarised below.
Expressing foreign currency transactions in the entity’s
functional currency
A foreign currency transaction is expressed in an entity’s
functional currency using the exchange rate at the transaction
date. Foreign currency balances representing cash or amounts
to be received or paid in cash (monetary items) are retranslated
at the end of the reporting period using the exchange rate on
that date. Exchange differences on such monetary items are
recognised as income or expense for the period, except where an
entity has opted for the exemption given in Ind AS 101, allowing
it to continue the policy adopted for accounting for exchange
differences arising from translation of long-term foreign
currency monetary items recognised in the financial statements
for the period ending immediately before beginning of the first
Ind AS financial reporting period as per the previous GAAP.
Such an entity may continue to apply the accounting policy so
opted for such long-term foreign currency monetary items under
previous GAAP. Non-monetary balances that are not remeasured
at fair value and are denominated in a foreign currency are
expressed in the functional currency using the exchange rate at
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at fair value in the financial statements, the exchange rate at the
date when fair value was determined is used.
Translating functional currency financial statements into a
presentation currency
Assets and liabilities are translated from the functional currency
to the presentation currency at the closing rate at the end of
the reporting period. The income statement is translated at
exchange rates at the dates of the transactions or at the average
rate if that approximates the actual rates. All resulting exchange
differences are recognised in other comprehensive income.
Change in functional currency
When there is a change in functional currency of either the
reporting entity or a significant foreign operation, Ind AS 21
requires disclosure of that fact and the reason for the change in
functional currency along with disclosure of the date of change
in functional currency. The effect of a change in functional
currency is accounted for prospectively.
The financial statements of a foreign operation that has the
currency of a hyperinflationary economy as its functional
currency are first restated in accordance with Ind AS 29,
‘Financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies’. All
components are then translated to the presentation currency at
the closing rate at the end of the reporting period. Disclosure
regarding the duration of the hyperinflationary situation existing
in the economy needs to be provided.
Financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies
In a hyperinflationary economy, reporting of operating results
and financial position in the local currency without restatement
is not useful. Money loses purchasing power at such a rate that
comparison of amounts from transactions and other events

that have occurred at different times, even within the same
accounting period, is misleading.
Ind AS 29 applies to the financial statements of entities reporting
in the currency of a hyperinflationary economy. Presentation
of the information required by this standard as a supplement to
unrestated financial statements is not permitted. Furthermore,
separate presentation of the financial statements before
restatement is discouraged.
The financial statements of an entity whose functional currency
is the currency of a hyperinflationary economy, whether they are
based on a historical cost approach or a current cost approach,
shall be stated in terms of the measuring unit current at the end
of the reporting period.
The corresponding figures for the previous period required
by Ind AS 1, ‘Presentation of financial statements’, and any
information in respect of earlier periods shall also be stated in
terms of the measuring unit current at the end of the reporting
period. For the purpose of presenting comparative amounts in a
different presentation currency, paragraphs 42(b) and 43 of Ind
AS 21, ‘The effects of changes in foreign exchange rates’, apply.
The gain or loss on the net monetary position shall be included
in profit or loss and separately disclosed.
The restatement of financial statements in accordance with this
standard requires the application of certain procedures as well
as judgement. The consistent application of these procedures
and judgements from period to period is more important than
the precise accuracy of the resulting amounts included in the
restated financial statements.
The restatement of financial statements in accordance with this
standard requires the use of a general price index that reflects
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entities that report in the currency of the same economy use the
same index.
When an economy ceases to be hyperinflationary and an entity
discontinues the preparation and presentation of financial
statements prepared in accordance with this standard, it shall
treat the amounts expressed in the measuring unit current at the
end of the previous reporting period as the basis for the carrying
amounts in its subsequent financial statements.
Borrowing costs: Ind AS 23
Under Ind AS 23, ‘Borrowing costs’, borrowing costs directly
attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a
qualifying asset are to be capitalised. An entity shall recognise
other borrowing costs as an expense in the period in which it
incurs them.
Borrowing costs are interest and other costs that an entity incurs
in connection with the borrowing of funds.
A qualifying asset is an asset that necessarily takes a substantial
period of time to get ready for its intended use or sale.
An entity shall begin capitalising borrowing costs as part of
the cost of a qualifying asset on the commencement date. The
commencement date for capitalisation is the date when the
entity first meets all of the following conditions:
• Incurs expenditures for the asset
• Incurs borrowing costs
• Undertakes activities that are necessary to prepare the asset
for its intended use or sale
An entity shall suspend capitalisation of borrowing costs during
extended periods in which it suspends active development of a
qualifying asset.
An entity shall cease capitalising borrowing costs when
substantially all the activities necessary to prepare the qualifying

asset for its intended use or sale are complete.
Impairment of assets: Ind AS 36
Nearly all assets−current and non-current−are subject to an
impairment test to ensure that they are not overstated on the
balance sheet.
The basic principle of impairment is that an asset may not be
carried on the balance sheet above its recoverable amount.
Recoverable amount is defined as the higher of the asset’s fair
value less costs of disposal and its value in use. Fair value less
costs of disposal is the price that would be received to sell upon
disposal of an asset in an orderly transaction between market
participants at the measurement date, less costs of disposal.
Guidance on fair valuing is given in Ind AS 113, ‘Fair value
measurement’. Value in use requires management to estimate
the future pre-tax cash flows to be derived from the asset and
discount them using a pre-tax market rate that reflects current
assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to
the asset.
All assets, subject to the impairment guidance, are tested for
impairment where there is an indication that the asset may be
impaired. Certain assets (goodwill, indefinite lived intangible
assets and intangible assets that are not yet available for use)
are also tested for impairment annually even if there is no
impairment indicator. This impairment test may be performed
any time during the annual period, provided it is performed at
the same time every year.
When considering whether an asset is impaired, both external
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technological, market, economic or legal environment or
increases in market interest rates) and internal indicators (for
example, evidence of obsolescence or physical damage of an
asset or evidence from internal reporting that the economic
performance of an asset is, or will be, worse than expected) are
considered.
Recoverable amount is calculated at the individual asset level.
However, an asset seldom generates cash flows independently of
other assets, and most assets are tested for impairment in groups
of assets described as cash-generating units (CGUs). A CGU is
the smallest identifiable group of assets that generates inflows
that are largely independent from the cash flows from other
CGUs.
The carrying value of an asset is compared to the recoverable
amount (being the higher of value in use or fair value less costs
of disposal). It is not always necessary to determine both an
asset’s fair value less cost of disposal and its value in use. If either
of these amounts exceeds the carrying amount, the asset is not
impaired and it is not necessary to estimate the other amount.
An asset or CGU is impaired when its carrying amount exceeds
its recoverable amount. Any impairment is allocated to the asset
or assets of the CGU, with the impairment loss recognised in
profit or loss.
Goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated to the
acquirer’s CGUs or groups of CGUs that are expected to benefit
from the synergies of the business combination. However, the
largest group of CGUs permitted for goodwill impairment testing
is an operating segment before aggregation.
An impairment loss recognised in prior periods for an asset other
than goodwill shall be reversed if, and only if, there has been a
change in the estimates used to determine the asset’s recoverable
amount since the last impairment loss was recognised. An
impairment loss recognised for goodwill is not reversed in a
subsequent period.

Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets:
Ind AS 37
A liability is a ‘present obligation of the entity arising from
past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in
an outflow from the entity of resources embodying economic
benefits’. A provision falls within the category of liabilities and is
defined as ‘a liability of uncertain timing or amount’.
Recognition and initial measurement
A provision is recognised when: the entity has a present
obligation to transfer economic benefits as a result of past
events; it is probable (more likely than not) that such a transfer
will be required to settle the obligation; and a reliable estimate
of the amount of the obligation can be made.
The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of
the expenditure required to settle the obligation at the balance
sheet date, measured at the expected cash flows discounted for
the time value of money. Provisions are not recognised for future
operating losses.
A present obligation arises from an obligating event and may
take the form of either a legal obligation or a constructive
obligation. An obligating event leaves the entity with no
realistic alternative to settle the obligation. If the entity can
avoid future expenditure by its future actions, it has no present
obligation, and no provision is required. For example, an entity
cannot recognise a provision based solely on the intent to incur
expenditure at some future date or the expectation of future
operating losses.
An obligation does not generally have to take the form of a ‘legal’
obligation before a provision is recognised. An entity may have
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has created a valid expectation on the part of those other parties
that it will discharge those responsibilities (that is, the entity is
under a constructive obligation).
If an entity has an onerous contract (the unavoidable costs of
meeting the obligations under the contract exceed the economic
benefits expected to be received under it), the present obligation
under the contract is recognised as a provision.
Impairments of any assets dedicated to the contract are
recognised before making a provision.
Restructuring provisions
There are specific requirements for restructuring provisions.
A provision is recognised when the following points are met:
(a) a detailed formal plan identifying the main features of the
restructuring; and (b) a valid expectation in those affected
that the entity will carry out the restructuring by starting to
implement the plan or by announcing its main features to those
affected.
A restructuring plan does not create a present obligation at the
balance sheet date if it is announced after that date, even if it is
announced before the financial statements are approved. A sale
or termination of a business might fall under the definition of
restructuring. No obligation arises in respect of restructuring
costs associated with the sale of an operation until the entity
is committed to the sale (that is, there is a binding sale
agreement).
The provision includes only incremental costs necessarily
resulting from the restructuring and not those associated with
the entity’s ongoing activities. Any expected gains on the sale of
assets are not considered in measuring a restructuring provision.
Reimbursements
An obligation and any anticipated recovery are presented

separately as a liability and an asset respectively; however,
an asset can only be recognised if it is virtually certain that
settlement of the obligation will result in a reimbursement,
and the amount recognised for the reimbursement should not
exceed the amount of the provision. The amount of any expected
reimbursement is disclosed. Net presentation is permitted only
in the income statement.
Subsequent measurement
Management performs an exercise at each balance sheet date to
identify the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle
the present obligation at the balance sheet date, discounted at an
appropriate rate. The increase in provision due to the passage of
time (that is a consequence of the discount rate) is recognised as
borrowing cost.
Contingent liabilities
Contingent liabilities are possible obligations whose existence
will be confirmed only on the occurrence or non-occurrence of
uncertain future events outside the entity’s control, or present
obligations that are not recognised because of the following: (a)
It is not probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be
required to settle the obligation; or (b) the amount cannot be
measured reliably.
Contingent liabilities are not recognised but are disclosed and
described in the notes to the financial statements, including
an estimate of their potential financial effect and uncertainties
relating to the amount or timing of any outflow, unless the
possibility of settlement is remote.
Contingent assets
Contingent assets are possible assets whose existence will
be confirmed only on the occurrence or non-occurrence of
uncertain future events outside the entity’s control. Contingent
assets are not recognised. When the realisation of income is
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recognised as an asset.
Contingent assets are disclosed and described in the notes to
the financial statements, including an estimate of their potential
financial effect if the inflow of economic benefits is probable.
Levies
Appendix C, ‘Levies’, is an interpretation of Ind AS 37,
‘Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets’. Ind AS
37 sets out criteria for the recognition of a liability, one of which
is the requirement for the entity to have a present obligation
as a result of a past event (known as an obligating event). The
interpretation clarifies that the obligating event that gives rise
to a liability to pay a levy is the activity described in the relevant
legislation that triggers the payment of the levy.
Intangible assets: Ind AS 38
An intangible asset is an identifiable non-monetary asset without
physical substance. The identifiable criterion is met when
the intangible asset is separable (that is, when it can be sold,
transferred or licensed), or where it arises from contractual or
other legal rights.
Separately acquired intangible assets
Separately acquired intangible assets are recognised initially at
cost. Cost comprises the purchase price, including import duties
and non-refundable purchase taxes and any directly attributable
costs of preparing the asset for its intended use. The purchase
price of a separately acquired intangible asset incorporates
assumptions about the probable economic future benefits that
may be generated by the asset.
Internally generated intangible assets
The process of generating an intangible asset is divided into a
research phase and a development phase. No intangible assets
arising from the research phase may be recognised. Intangible

assets arising from the development phase are recognised when
the entity can demonstrate the following:
• Its technical feasibility
• Its intention to complete the developments
• Its ability to use or sell the intangible asset
• How the intangible asset will generate probable future
economic benefits (for example, the existence of a market for
the output of the intangible asset or for the intangible asset
itself)
• The availability of resources to complete the development
• Its ability to measure the attributable expenditure reliably
Any expenditure written off during the research or development
phase cannot subsequently be capitalised, if the project meets
the criteria for recognition at a later date.
The costs relating to many internally generated intangible
items cannot be capitalised and are expensed as incurred. This
includes research, start-up and advertising costs. Expenditure
on internally generated brands, mastheads, customer lists,
publishing titles and goodwill are not recognised as intangible
assets.
Intangible assets acquired in a business combination
If an intangible asset is acquired in a business combination,
both the probability and measurement criterion are always
considered to be met. An intangible asset will therefore always
be recognised, regardless of whether it has been previously
recognised in the acquiree’s financial statements.
Subsequent measurement
Intangible assets are amortised unless they have an indefinite
useful life. Amortisation is carried out on a systematic basis over
the useful life of the intangible asset.
An intangible asset has an indefinite useful life when, based on
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limit to the period over which the asset is expected to generate
net cash inflows for the entity. Intangible assets with finite
useful lives are considered for impairment when there is an
indication that the asset has been impaired. Intangible assets
with indefinite useful lives and intangible assets not yet in use
are tested annually for impairment and whenever there is an
indication of impairment.

Business acquisition and
Consolidation
Business combinations: Ind AS 103
A business combination is a transaction or event in which an
entity–(‘acquirer’) obtains control of one or more businesses
(‘acquiree(s)’). Under Ind AS 110, an investor controls an
investee when the investor is exposed, or has rights, to variable
returns from its involvement with the investee and has the ability
to affect those returns through its power over the investee. A
number of factors such as equity shareholding, control of the
board and contractual agreements may influence which entity
has control. There is a presumption of control if an entity owns
more than 50% of the equity shareholding in another entity,
though this may not always be the case.
Business combinations occur in a variety of structures. Ind
AS 103, ‘Business combinations’, focusses on the substance of
the transaction, rather than the legal form. The overall result
of a series of transactions is considered if there are a number
of transactions among the parties involved. For example, any
transaction contingent on the completion of another transaction
may be considered linked. Judgement is required to determine
when transactions should be linked.
All business combinations within Ind AS 103’s scope are
accounted for using the acquisition method. The acquisition
method views a business combination from the perspective of
the acquirer and can be summarised in the following steps:
• Identify the acquirer
• Determine the acquisition date
• Recognise and measure the identifiable assets acquired,
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• Recognise and measure the consideration transferred for the
acquiree
• Recognise and measure goodwill or a gain from a bargain
purchase (as capital reserve)
The acquiree’s identifiable assets (including intangible assets not
previously recognised), liabilities and contingent liabilities are
generally recognised at their fair value. Fair value is measured
in accordance with Ind AS 113. If the acquisition is for less than
100% of the acquiree, there is a non-controlling interest. The
non-controlling interest represents the equity in a subsidiary
that is not attributable directly or indirectly to the parent. The
acquirer can elect to measure the non-controlling interest at its
fair value or at its proportionate share of the identifiable net
assets.
The consideration for the combination includes cash and cash
equivalents and the fair value of any non-cash consideration
given. Any equity instruments issued as part of the consideration
are fair valued. If any of the consideration is deferred, it is
discounted to reflect its present value at the acquisition date, if
the effect of discounting is material.
Consideration includes only those amounts paid to the seller
in exchange for control of the entity. Consideration excludes
amounts paid to settle pre-existing relationships, payments that
are contingent on future employee services and acquisition-
related costs.
A portion of the consideration may be contingent on the
outcome of future events or the acquired entity’s performance
(‘contingent consideration’). Contingent consideration is
also recognised at its fair value at the date of acquisition.
The accounting for contingent consideration after the date
of acquisition depends on whether it is classified as a liability
(remeasured to fair value each reporting period through profit
and loss) or as equity (no subsequent re-measurement). The

classification as either a liability or equity is determined with
reference to the guidance in Ind AS 32, ‘Financial instruments:
Presentation’.
Goodwill is recognised for the future economic benefits arising
from assets acquired that are not individually identified and
separately recognised. Goodwill is the difference between the
consideration transferred, the amount of any non-controlling
interest in the acquiree and the acquisition-date fair value of
any previous equity interest in the acquiree over the fair value
of the identifiable net assets acquired. If the non-controlling
interest is measured at its fair value, goodwill includes
amounts attributable to the non-controlling interest. If the
non-controlling interest is measured at its proportionate share
of identifiable net assets, goodwill includes only amounts
attributable to the controlling interest–that is, the parent.
Goodwill is recognised as an asset and tested annually for
impairment or more frequently if there is an indication of
impairment.
In rare situations, for example, a bargain purchase as a result of a
distressed sale, it is possible that no goodwill will result from the
transaction. Rather, a bargain gain arises. Ind AS 103 requires
the same to be recognised in other comprehensive income and
accumulated in equity as capital reserve, unless there is no
clear evidence for the underlying reason for classification of the
business combination as a bargain purchase, in which case, it
shall be recognised directly in equity as capital reserve.
For business combinations between entities that are under
common control, there is specific guidance included in Ind AS
103. Such business combinations are accounted for using the
pooling of interests method. Under the pooling of interests
method:
• All assets and liabilities of the acquiree are reflected at their
previous carrying values in the books of the acquirer.
• No adjustments are made to reflect any fair values, nor are
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• The only adjustment permitted is the adjustment towards
uniform accounting policies.
Consolidated financial statements: Ind AS 110
The principles concerning consolidated financial statements
under Ind AS 110 are set out in Ind AS 110, ‘Consolidated
financial statements’. Ind AS 110 has a single definition of
control.
Ind AS 110’s objective is to establish principles for presenting
and preparing consolidated financial statements when an
entity controls one or more entities. Ind AS 110 sets out the
requirements for when an entity needs to prepare consolidated
financial statements, defines the principles of control, explains
how to apply the principles of control and explains the
accounting requirements for preparing consolidated financial
statements (Ind AS 110 para 2).
The key principle in the standard is that control exists, and
consolidation is required, only if the investor possesses power
over the investee, has exposure to variable returns from its
involvement with the investee and has the ability to use its power
over the investee to affect its returns.
The core principle is that a consolidated entity presents a parent
and its subsidiaries as if they are a single economic entity.
Ind AS 110 provides guidance on the following issues when
determining who has control:
• Assessment of the purpose and design of an investee
• Relevant activities and power to direct those
• Nature of rights—whether substantive or merely protective
in nature
• Assessment of voting rights and potential voting rights
• Whether an investor is a principal or an agent while
exercising its controlling power
• Relationships between investors and how they affect control
• Existence of power over specified assets only

Ind AS 110 will affect some entities more than others. The
consolidation conclusion is not expected to change for most
straightforward entities. However, changes can result where
there are complex group structures or where structured entities
are involved in a transaction. Those most likely to be affected
potentially include investors in the following entities:
• Entities with a dominant investor that does not possess a
majority voting interest, where the remaining votes are held
by widely-dispersed shareholders (de facto control)
• Structured entities, also known as special purpose entities
• Entities that issue or hold significant potential voting rights
• Asset management entities
In difficult situations, the precise facts and circumstances will
affect the analysis under Ind AS 110. Ind AS 110 does not provide
‘bright lines’ and requires consideration of many factors, such
as the existence of contractual arrangements and rights held by
other parties, in order to assess control.
Ind AS 110 does not contain any disclosure requirements; these
are included within Ind AS 112 which has greatly increased
the amount of required disclosures. Reporting entities should
plan for, and implement, the processes and controls that will be
required to gather the additional information.
When the proportion of the equity held by non-controlling
interests changes, an entity shall adjust the carrying amounts
of the controlling and non-controlling interests to reflect the
changes in their relative interests in the subsidiary. The entity
shall recognise directly in equity any difference between the
amount by which the non-controlling interests are adjusted and
the fair value of the consideration paid or received, and attribute
it to the owners of the parent. This is a significant change from
the current Indian GAAP practice of how increase or decrease in
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When a parent loses control of a subsidiary, it shall:
• Derecognise:
-- the assets (including any goodwill) and liabilities of the
subsidiary at their carrying amounts at the date when
control is lost; and
-- the carrying amount of any non-controlling interests in
the former subsidiary at the date when control is lost
(including any components of other comprehensive
income attributable to them).
• Recognise:
-- the fair value of the consideration received, if any, from
the transaction, event or circumstances that resulted in
the loss of control;
-- if the transaction, event or circumstances that resulted
in the loss of control involves a distribution of shares of
the subsidiary to owners in their capacity as owners, that
distribution; and
-- any investment retained in the former subsidiary at its fair
value at the date when control is lost.
• Reclassify to profit or loss, or transfer directly to retained
earnings if required by other Ind AS, the amounts recognised
in other comprehensive income in relation to the subsidiary
• Recognise any resulting difference as a gain or loss in profit
or loss attributable to the parent
Again, this is a significant change from the current Indian GAAP
practice of how decrease of equity interest in a subsidiary is
accounted, especially the concept of fair valuing the remaining
interest in the investment.
Entities that meet the definition of an investment entity
are exempt from consolidating underlying investees that
they control. Instead, they are required to account for these
subsidiaries at fair value through profit or loss under Ind AS 109.

Joint arrangements: Ind AS 111
A joint arrangement is a contractual arrangement where at
least two parties agree to share control over the activities of
the arrangement. Unanimous consent towards decisions about
relevant activities between the parties sharing control is a
requirement in order to meet the definition of joint control.
Joint arrangements can be joint operations or joint ventures.
The classification is principle based and depends on the parties’
exposure in relation to the arrangement.
When the parties’ exposure to the arrangement only extends
to the net assets of the arrangement, the arrangement is a joint
venture.
Joint operators have rights to assets and obligations for
liabilities. Joint operations are often not structured through
separate vehicles. When a joint arrangement is separated from
the parties and included in a separate vehicle, it can be either a
joint operation or a joint venture. In such cases, further analysis
is required on the legal form of the separate vehicle, the terms
and conditions included in the contractual agreement and
sometimes, other facts and circumstances. This is because in
practice, the latter two can override the principles derived from
the legal form of the separate vehicle.
Joint operators account for their rights to assets and obligations
for liabilities. Joint ventures account for their interest by using
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Disclosure of interest in other entities: Ind AS 112
Ind AS 112 provides for extensive disclosures on consolidated
The key disclosures required are outlined below:
• Significant judgements and assumptions in determining
control, joint control or significant influence, the type of joint
arrangement when the arrangement is through separate
vehicles to be disclosed
• Disclosure by the investment entity about significant
judgements and assumptions it made in determining that it
is an investment entity
• To understand the composition of the group, interest that
non-controlling interests have in the group’s activities and
cash flows in the interest in subsidiaries
• For each unconsolidated subsidiary, an investment entity
shall disclose the subsidiary’s name, the principal place of
business (and country of incorporation if different from
the principal place of business) of the subsidiary, and the
proportion of ownership interest held by the investment
entity and, if different, the proportion of voting rights held
• An entity having interest in joint arrangement and associates
shall disclose information that enables users of its financial
statements to evaluate the following:
-- The nature, extent and financial effects of its interests in
joint arrangements and associates, including the nature
and effects of its contractual relationship with the other
investors with joint control of, or significant influence
over, joint arrangements and associates
-- The nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with its
interests in joint ventures and associates
• An entity having interest in unconsolidated structured
entities shall disclose information that enables users of its
financial statements:

-- To understand the nature and extent of its interests in
unconsolidated structured entities
-- To evaluate the nature of, and changes in, the risks
associated with its interests in unconsolidated structured
entities
Investment in associates and joint ventures: Ind AS 28
Ind AS 28, ‘Investments in associates and joint ventures’,
requires that interests in such entities are accounted for using
the equity method of accounting. An associate is an entity in
which the investor has significant influence, but which is neither
a subsidiary nor a joint venture of the investor. Significant
influence is the power to participate in the financial and
operating policy decisions of the investee, but not to control
those policies. It is presumed to exist when the investor holds
at least 20% of the investee’s voting power. It is presumed not
to exist when less than 20% is held. These presumptions may
be rebutted. A joint venture is a joint arrangement where the
parties have joint control and have rights to the arrangement’s
net assets.
Associates and joint ventures are accounted for using the equity
method unless they meet the criteria to be classified as ‘held
for sale’ under Ind AS 105, ‘Non-current assets held for sale
and discontinued operations’. Under the equity method, the
investment in the associate or joint venture is initially carried at
cost. It is increased or decreased to recognise the investor’s share
of the profit or loss of the associate or joint venture after the date
of acquisition.
Investments in associates or joint ventures are classified as non-
current assets and presented as a one-line item in the balance
sheet (inclusive of goodwill arising on acquisition). Investments
in associates or joint ventures are tested for impairment in
accordance with Ind AS 36, ‘Impairment of assets’, as single
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If an investor’s share of its associate’s or joint venture’s losses
exceeds the carrying amount of the investment, the carrying
amount of the investment is reduced to nil. Recognition of
further losses is discontinued, unless the investor has an
obligation to fund the associate or joint venture or the investor
has guaranteed to support the associate or joint venture.
In the separate (non-consolidated) financial statements of the
investor, the investments in associates or joint ventures are
carried at cost or as financial assets in accordance with Ind AS
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Financial instruments
Financial instruments: Ind AS 109
Classification, recognition and measurement principles and
certain disclosure requirements for financial instruments are
addressed in three standards:
• Ind AS 107, ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosure’, which deals
with disclosures
• Ind AS 32, ‘Financial Instruments: Presentation’, which deals
with distinguishing debt from equity and with guidance on
netting of financial instruments
• Ind AS 109, ‘Financial Instruments’, which contains
requirements for recognition and measurement
The objective of the three standards is to establish requirements
for all aspects of accounting for financial instruments,
including distinguishing debt from equity, netting, recognition,
derecognition, measurement, hedge accounting and disclosures.
The standards’ scope is broad. The standards cover all types
of financial instruments, including receivables, payables,
investments in bonds and shares, borrowings and derivatives.
They also apply to certain contracts to buy or sell non-financial
assets (such as commodities) that can be net-settled in cash or
another financial instrument.
For guidance on fair value measurement and related disclosures,
refer to Ind AS 113, ‘Fair value measurement’.
The key concepts of classification, measurement and recognition
for financial instruments are discussed in this section.

Nature and characteristics of financial instruments
Financial instruments include a wide range of assets and
liabilities, such as trade debtors, trade creditors, loans, finance
lease receivables and derivatives. They are recognised and
measured according to Ind AS 109’s requirements and are
disclosed in accordance with Ind AS 107, and for fair value
disclosures under Ind AS 113.
Financial instruments represent contractual rights or obligations
to receive or pay cash or other financial assets. Non-financial
items have a more indirect, non-contractual relationship to
future cash flows.
A financial asset is cash; a contractual right to receive cash or
another financial asset; a contractual right to exchange financial
assets or liabilities with another entity under potentially
favourable conditions; or an equity instrument of another entity.
A financial liability is a contractual obligation to deliver cash
or another financial asset; or to exchange financial instruments
with another entity under potentially unfavourable conditions.
An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual
interest in the entity’s assets after deducting all of its liabilities.
A derivative is a financial instrument that derives its value from
an underlying price or index; requires little or no initial net
investment; and is settled at a future date.
Embedded derivatives in host contracts
Some financial instruments and other contracts combine
a derivative and a non-derivative in a single contract. The
derivative part of the contract is referred to as an ‘embedded
derivative’. Its effect is that some of the contract’s cash flows
vary in a way similar to a standalone derivative. For example,
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market index. In this case, the embedded derivative is an equity
derivative on the relevant stock market index.
Ind AS 109 specifically prohibits bifurcation of embedded
derivatives for financial assets. Embedded derivatives in relation
to financial liabilities, that are not ‘closely related’ to the rest of
the contract, are separated and accounted for as stand-alone
derivatives (that is, measured at fair value). An embedded
derivative is not ‘closely related’ if its economic characteristics
and risks are different from those of the rest of the contract. Ind
AS 109 sets out many examples to help determine when this test
is (and is not) met.
Analysing contracts for potential embedded derivatives is one of
the more challenging aspects of Ind AS 109.
Classification and measurement of financial instruments
All financial assets and liabilities are measured initially at
fair value under Ind AS 109. The fair value of a financial
instrument is normally the transaction price, that is, the fair
value of the consideration given or received. However, in some
circumstances, the transaction price may not be indicative of fair
value. Ind AS permits departure from the transaction price only
if fair value is evidenced by a quoted price in an active market for
an identical asset or liability (that is, a Level 1 input) or based
on a valuation technique that uses only data from observable
markets.
The way financial instruments are classified under Ind AS
109 drives how they are subsequently measured and where
measurement changes are accounted for.
Financial assets: Debt instruments
Business model assessment
Ind AS 109 requires that all financial assets are subsequently
measured at amortised cost, fair value through other
comprehensive income (FVOCI) or fair value through profit or

loss (FVPL) based on the business model for managing financial
assets and their contractual cash flow characteristics. The
business model is determined by the entity’s key management
personnel in the way that assets are managed and their
performance is reported. The business model is determined at
a level that reflects how groups of financial assets are managed
together to achieve a particular business objective. It is not an
instrument-by-instrument analysis. Rather it can be performed
at a higher level of aggregation.
• An entity’s business model for managing financial assets is
a matter of fact and not merely an assertion. It is typically
observable through the activities that the entity undertakes
to achieve the objective of the business model. The business
model for managing financial assets is not determined
by a single factor or activity. Instead, management has to
consider all relevant evidence available at the date of the
assessment. Such relevant evidence includes, but is not
limited to the following:
-- How the performance of the business model (and the
financial assets held within) is evaluated and reported to
the entity’s key management personnel
-- The risks that affect the performance of the business
model (and the financial assets held within) and, in
particular, the way those risks are managed
-- How managers of the business are compensated (for
example, whether the compensation is based on the fair
value of the assets managed or the contractual cash flows
collected)
Contractual cash flow analysis
Once the business model assessment has been performed,
management needs to assess whether the asset’s contractual
cash flows solely represent payments of principal and interest
(the SPPI condition). This condition is necessary for the financial
asset or the group of financial assets to be classified at the
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Ind AS 109 provides definitions of principal and interest, which
will help management to make a preliminary assessment of
whether contractual cash flows solely represent payments of
principal and interest:
Principal is the fair value of the financial asset at initial
recognition. However, that principal amount might change
over the life of the financial asset (for example, if there are
repayments of principal).
Interest is typically the compensation for the time value of
money and credit risk. However, interest can also include
consideration for other basic lending risks (for example, liquidity
risk) and costs (for example, servicing or administrative costs)
associated with holding the financial asset for a period of time,
as well as a profit margin.
Ind AS 109 establishes that instruments with contractual cash
flows that are SPPI on the principal amount outstanding are
consistent with a basic lending arrangement. Management has
to assess whether contractual cash flows are SPPI in the currency
in which the financial asset is denominated.
Contractual features that introduce exposure to risks or
volatility in the contractual cash flows unrelated to a basic
lending arrangement, such as exposure to changes in equity or
commodity prices, do not give rise to contractual cash flows that
are SPPI. For example, convertible bonds and profit participating
loans will not meet the SPPI condition.
A financial asset is measured at the amortised cost if both of the
following criteria are met:
• The asset is held to collect its contractual cash flows
• The asset’s contractual cash flows represent SPPI
Financial assets included within this category are initially
recognised at fair value and subsequently measured at the
amortised cost.

A financial asset is measured at FVOCI, if both of the following
criteria are met:
• The objective of the business model is achieved both by
collecting contractual cash flows and selling financial assets
• The asset’s contractual cash flows represent SPPI
Financial assets included within the FVOCI category are initially
recognised and subsequently measured at fair value. Movements
in the carrying amount are recorded through OCI, except for the
recognition of impairment gains or losses, interest revenue as
well as foreign exchange gains and losses which are recognised
in profit and loss. Where the financial asset is derecognised,
the cumulative gain or loss previously recognised in OCI is
reclassified from equity to profit or loss.
FVPL is the residual category. Financial assets need to be
classified as FVPL if they do not meet the criteria of FVOCI
or amortised cost. Financial assets included within the FVPL
category need to be measured at fair value with all changes
recorded through profit or loss.
Regardless of the business model assessment, an entity can
elect to classify a financial asset at FVPL, if doing so reduces
or eliminates a measurement or recognition inconsistency
(accounting mismatch). Reclassifications between the categories
are permitted, although they are expected to be rare.
Financial assets: Equity instruments
Investments in equity instruments are always measured at fair
value. Equity instruments are those that meet the definition of
equity from the perspective of the issuer as defined in Ind AS 32.
Equity instruments that are held for trading are required to be
classified as FVPL. For all other equities, management has the
ability to make an irrevocable election on initial recognition, on
an instrument-by-instrument basis, to present changes in fair
value in OCI rather than profit or loss. If this election is made,
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investment, will be included in OCI. There is no recycling of
amounts from OCI to profit and loss (for example, on sale of an
equity investment), nor are there any impairment requirements.
However, the entity might transfer the cumulative gain or loss
within equity.
Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are measured at the amortised cost using
effective interest rate method unless they are classified as FVPL.
Financial liabilities are classified as FVPL if they are designated
at initial recognition as such (subject to various conditions),
if they are held for trading or are derivatives (except for a
derivative, that is, a financial guarantee contract or a designated
and effective hedging instrument). For liabilities designated at
FVPL, changes in fair value related to changes in own credit risk
are presented separately in OCI. Amounts in OCI relating to own
credit are not recycled to profit or loss even when the liability
is derecognised and the amounts are realised. However, the
standard does allow transfers within equity.
Derivatives
Derivatives (including separated embedded derivatives) are
measured at fair value. All fair value gains and losses are
recognised in profit or loss except where the derivatives qualify
as hedging instruments in cash flow hedges or net investment
hedges.
Financial liabilities and equity
The classification of a financial instrument by the issuer as either
a liability (debt) or equity can have a significant impact on an
entity’s gearing (debt-to-equity ratio) and reported earnings. It
can also affect the entity’s debt covenants.
The critical feature of a liability is that under the terms of the
instrument, the issuer is or can be required to deliver either
cash or another financial asset to the holder; it cannot avoid this

obligation. For example, a debenture under which the issuer is
required to make interest payments and redeem the debenture
for cash is a financial liability.
An instrument is classified as equity when it represents a residual
interest in the issuer’s assets after deducting all its liabilities; or,
put another way, when the issuer has no obligation under the
terms of the instrument to deliver cash or other financial assets
to another entity. Ordinary shares or common stock where all
the payments are at the discretion of the issuer are examples of
equity of the issuer.
In addition, the following types of financial instrument are
accounted for as equity, provided they have particular features
and meet specific conditions:
• Puttable financial instruments (for example, some shares
issued by co-operative entities and some partnership
interests)
• Instruments or components of instruments that impose on
the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata
share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation (for
example, some shares issued by limited life entities)
The classification of the financial instrument as either debt or
equity is based on the substance of the contractual arrangement
of the instrument rather than its legal form. This means,
for example, that a redeemable preference share, which is
economically the same as a bond, is accounted for in the same
way as a bond. The redeemable preference share is therefore
treated as a liability rather than equity, even though legally it is a
share of the issuer.
Other instruments may not be as straightforward. An analysis
of the terms of each instrument in light of the detailed
classification requirements is necessary, particularly as some
financial instruments contain both liability and equity features.
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a fixed number of equity shares, are accounted for as separate
liability and equity (being the option to convert if all the criteria
for equity are met) components.
The treatment of interest, dividends, losses and gains in the
income statement follows the classification of the related
instrument. If a preference share is classified as a liability,
its coupon (preference dividend) is shown as interest cost.
However, the discretionary coupon on an instrument that is
treated as equity is shown as a distribution within equity.
Recognition and derecognition
Recognition for financial assets and financial liabilities tends to
be straightforward. An entity recognises a financial asset or a
financial liability at the time it becomes a party to a contract.
Derecognition
Derecognition is the term used for ceasing to recognise a
financial asset or financial liability on an entity’s balance sheet.
These rules are more complex.
Assets
An entity that holds a financial asset may raise finance using the
asset as security for the finance or as the primary source of cash
flow to repay the finance. Derecognition requirements of Ind AS
109 determine whether the transaction is a sale of the financial
assets (and therefore the entity ceases to recognise the assets) or
whether finance has been secured on the assets (and the entity
recognises a liability for any proceeds received). This evaluation
can be straightforward. For example, it is clear with little or no
analysis that a financial asset is derecognised in an unconditional
transfer of it to an unconsolidated third party, with no risks and
rewards of the asset being retained.
Conversely, derecognition is not allowed where an asset has
been transferred, but substantially all the risks and rewards
of the asset have been retained through the terms of the

agreement. However, the analysis may be more complex in other
cases. Securitisation and debt factoring are examples of more
complex transactions where derecognition will need careful
consideration.
Liabilities
An entity may only cease to recognise (derecognise) a financial
liability when it is extinguished–that is, when the obligation is
discharged, cancelled or expires, or when the debtor is legally
released from the liability by law or by the creditor agreeing to
such a release.
Impairment
Ind AS 109 outlines a three-stage model (general model) for
impairment based on changes in credit quality since initial
recognition.
Stage 1 includes financial instruments that have not had a
significant increase in credit risk since the initial recognition
or have low credit risk at the reporting date. For these assets,
12-month expected credit losses (ECL) are recognised and
interest revenue is calculated on the gross carrying amount
of the asset (that is, without deduction for credit allowance).
12-month ECL result from default events that are possible within
12 months after the reporting date. It is not the expected cash
shortfalls over the 12-month period but the entire credit loss on
an asset weighted by the probability that the loss will occur in
the next 12 months.
Stage 2 includes financial instruments that have had a significant
increase in credit risk since the initial recognition (unless they
have low credit risk at the reporting date) but that do not have
objective evidence of impairment. For these assets, lifetime
ECL are recognised, but interest revenue is still calculated on
the gross carrying amount of the asset. Lifetime ECL are the
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over the expected life of the financial instrument. EPL are the
weighted average credit losses with the probability of default
(PD) as the weight.
Stage 3 includes financial assets that have objective evidence
of impairment at the reporting date. For these assets, lifetime
ECL are recognised and interest revenue is calculated on the net
carrying amount (that is, net of credit allowance).
ECL are a probability-weighted estimate of credit losses. A credit
loss is the difference between the cash flows that are due to an
entity in accordance with the contract and the cash flows that
the entity expects to receive discounted at the original effective
interest rate. Since ECL consider the amount and timing of
payments, a credit loss arises even if the entity expects to be paid
in full, but later than when contractually due.
The model includes some operational simplifications for trade
receivables, contract assets and lease receivables as they are
often held by entities that do not have sophisticated credit risk
management systems. These simplifications eliminate the need
to calculate 12-month ECL and to assess when a significant
increase in credit risk has occurred.
For trade receivables or contract assets that do not contain a
significant financing component, the loss allowance needs to
be measured at the initial recognition as well as throughout the
life of the receivable at an amount equal to lifetime ECL. As a
practical expedient, a provision matrix may be used to estimate
ECL for these financial instruments.
For trade receivables or contract assets which contain a
significant financing component in accordance with Ind AS
115 and lease receivables, an entity has an accounting policy
choice. It can either apply the simplified approach (measuring
the loss allowance at an amount equal to lifetime ECL at initial
recognition and throughout its life), or apply the general model.

As an exception to the general model, if the credit risk of a
financial instrument is low at the reporting date, management
can measure impairment using 12-month ECL, and so it does not
have to assess whether a significant increase in credit risk has
occurred.
Hedge accounting
Hedging is the process of using a financial instrument (usually a
derivative) to mitigate all or some of the risk of a hedged item.
Hedge accounting changes the timing of recognition of gains
and losses on either the hedged item or the hedging instrument
so that both are recognised in profit or loss within the same
accounting period, in order to record the economic substance of
the combination of the hedged item and instrument.
To qualify for hedge accounting, an entity must (a) formally
designate and document a hedge relationship between a
qualifying hedging instrument and a qualifying hedged item at
the inception of the hedge, and (b) both at inception and on an
ongoing basis, demonstrate that the hedge is effective.
There are three types of hedge relationships:
• Fair value hedge: A hedge of the exposure to changes in
the fair value of a recognised asset or liability, or a firm
commitment
• Cash flow hedge: A hedge of the exposure to variability
in cash flows of a recognised asset or liability, a firm
commitment or a highly probable forecast transaction
• Net investment hedge: A hedge of the foreign currency risk
on a net investment in a foreign operation
For a fair value hedge, the hedged item is adjusted for the gain or
loss attributable to the hedged risk. That element is included in
the income statement where it will offset the gain or loss on the
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For an effective cash flow hedge, gains and losses on the hedging
instrument are initially included in other comprehensive income.
The amount included in other comprehensive income is the
lesser of the fair value of the hedging instrument and hedge
item. Where the hedging instrument has a fair value greater
than the hedged item, the excess is recorded within the profit
or loss as ineffectiveness. Gains or losses deferred in other
comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss when the
hedged item affects the income statement. If the hedged item is
the forecast acquisition of a non-financial asset or liability, the
entity may choose an accounting policy of adjusting the carrying
amount of the non-financial asset or liability for the hedging
gain or loss at acquisition, or leaving the hedging gains or losses
deferred in equity and reclassifying them to profit and loss when
the hedged item affects profit or loss.
Hedges of a net investment in a foreign operation are accounted
for similarly to cash flow hedges.
A retrospective effectiveness testing is not required under Ind
AS 109. Ind AS 109 requires ensuring that the hedge ratio is
appropriate. Companies need to verify that the hedge ratio is
aligned with the requirement of their economic hedging strategy
(risk management strategy). Deliberate imbalances must be
avoided. A mismatch of weightings between the hedged item
and the hedging instrument should not be used to achieve an
accounting outcome that is inconsistent with the purpose of
hedge accounting. This doesn’t imply that the hedge relationship
must be perfect, but the weightings of the hedging instruments
and hedged item actually used cannot be selected in order
to introduce ineffectiveness. Companies need to carefully
document their hedging strategy and financial instrument
classification at inception. Ind AS 109 prohibits voluntary
de-designation of hedges if risk management strategy of the
company has not changed.

Financial instruments (presentation and disclosures):
Ind AS 32, Ind AS 107, Ind AS 113 and Ind AS 109
There have been significant developments in risk management
concepts and practices in recent years. New techniques have
evolved for measuring and managing exposures to risks arising
from financial instruments. This, coupled with the significant
volatility experienced in the financial markets, has increased the
need for more relevant information and greater transparency
about an entity’s exposures arising from financial instruments
and how those risks are managed. Financial statement users and
other investors need such information to make more informed
judgements about risks that entities run from the use of financial
instruments and their associated returns.
Ind AS 107 sets out disclosure requirements that are intended
to enable users to evaluate the significance of financial
instruments for an entity’s financial position and performance,
and to understand the nature and extent of risks arising from
those financial instruments to which the entity is exposed.
All entities that have financial instruments are affected–even
simple instruments such as borrowings, accounts payable and
receivable, cash and investments.
Disclosures are required to be made for the risks including credit
risk, liquidity risk and market risk. Further, Ind AS 107 and Ind
AS 113 require disclosure of a three-level hierarchy for fair value
measurement as well as some specific quantitative disclosures
for financial instruments at the lowest level in the hierarchy. The
disclosure requirements apply to all entities and not just to banks
and financial institutions.
Ind AS 109 requires detailed qualitative and quantitative
disclosures in relation to impairment.
Ind AS 32 includes presentation requirements and rules for
liability, equity, compound financial instruments and offsetting
financial asset and financial liability.

Industry specific standards
Insurance contracts: Ind AS 104
Insurance contracts are contracts where an entity accepts
significant insurance risk from another party (the policyholder)
by agreeing to compensate the policyholder if the insured event
adversely affects the policyholder. The risk transferred in the
contract must be insurance risk, which is any risk except for
financial risk.
Ind AS 104, ‘Insurance contracts’, applies to all issuers of
insurance contracts whether or not the entity is legally an
insurance company. It does not apply to accounting for insurance
contracts by policyholders.
This Ind AS prescribes a liability adequacy test. An insurer
shall assess at the end of each reporting period whether its
recognised insurance liabilities are adequate, using current
estimates of future cash flows under its insurance contracts. If
that assessment shows that the carrying amount of its insurance
liabilities is inadequate in the light of the estimated future cash
flows, the entire deficiency shall be recognised in profit or loss.
Disclosure is particularly important for information relating
to insurance contracts. Ind AS 104 has two main principles for
disclosure. Entities need to disclose the following:
• Information that identifies and explains the amounts in its
financial statements arising from insurance contracts
• Information that enables users of its financial statements
to evaluate the nature and extent of risks arising from
insurance contracts

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Exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources:
Ind AS 106
Ind AS 106, ‘Exploration for and evaluation of mineral
resources’, addresses the financial reporting for the exploration
for and evaluation of mineral resources. It does not address other
aspects of accounting by entities engaged in the exploration for
and evaluation of mineral reserves (such as activities before
an entity has acquired the legal right to explore or after the
technical feasibility and commercial viability to extract resources
have been demonstrated).
Activities outside the scope of Ind AS 106 are accounted for as
per the applicable standards (such as Ind AS 16, ‘Property, plant
and equipment’, Ind AS 37, ‘Provisions, contingent liabilities and
contingent assets’, and Ind AS 38, ‘Intangible assets’).
The accounting policy adopted for the recognition of exploration
and evaluation assets should result in relevant and reliable
information. Ind AS 106 permits companies in this sector to
continue applying policies for the recognition of exploration and
evaluation assets that were followed under the previous GAAP.
The accounting policy may be changed only if the change makes
the financial statements more relevant and no less reliable, or
more reliable and no less relevant.
Exploration and evaluation assets are initially measured at cost.
They are classified as tangible or intangible assets, according
to the nature of the assets acquired. Management applies that
classification consistently. After recognition, management
applies either the cost model or the revaluation model to the
exploration and evaluation assets, based on Ind AS 16, ‘Property,
plant and equipment’, or Ind AS 38, ‘Intangible assets’, according

to the nature of the assets. As soon as technical feasibility and
commercial viability are determined, the assets are no longer
classified as exploration and evaluation assets.
The exploration and evaluation assets are tested for impairment
when facts and circumstances suggest that the carrying amounts
may not be recovered. The assets are also tested for impairment
before reclassification out of exploration and evaluation. The
impairment is measured, presented and disclosed according
to Ind AS 36, ‘Impairment of assets’, except that exploration
and evaluation assets are allocated to cash-generating units
or groups of cash-generating units no larger than a segment.
Management discloses the accounting policy adopted, as well
as the amount of assets, liabilities, income and expense and
investing cash flows arising from the exploration and evaluation
of mineral resources.
Appendix B, ‘Stripping costs in the production phase of a surface
mine’, contained in Ind AS 16, ‘Property, plant and equipment’,
applies to waste removal costs incurred in surface mining
activity during the production phase.
Regulatory deferral accounts: Ind AS 114
Regulatory deferral account balances arise when an entity
provides goods or services to customers at a price or rate that is
subject to rate regulation.
The standard permits the rate regulated entity to account
for ‘regulatory deferral account balances’ in accordance with
the previous GAAP in its initial adoption and the subsequent
financial periods.
An entity subject to rate regulation coming into existence
after the Ind AS comes into force or an entity whose activities
become subject to rate regulation subsequent to preparation
and presentation of its first Ind AS financial statements shall
be entitled to apply the requirements of the previous GAAP in
respect of such rate regulated activities.

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This standard, therefore, provides an exemption from para 11 of
Ind AS 8, ‘Accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates
and errors’, which requires an entity to consider the requirement
of Ind AS dealing with similar matters and the requirement of
conceptual framework when setting its accounting policies.
The entities are permitted to continue to apply the previous
GAAP accounting policies for the recognition, measurement,
impairment and derecognition of regulatory deferral account
balances except if the change makes the financial statements
more relevant to the economic decision-making needs of users
and no less reliable, or more reliable and no less relevant to
those needs.
However, the presentation of such amounts shall comply with
the presentation requirements of this standard, which may
require changes in the entity’s previous GAAP presentation
policies.
Agriculture: Ind AS 41
Agricultural activity is defined as the managed biological
transformation and harvest of biological assets (living animals
and plants) for sale or for conversion into agricultural produce
(harvested product of biological assets) or into additional
biological assets.
The biological assets are categorised into consumable biological
assets and bearer biological assets. Consumable biological assets
are those that are to be harvested as agriculture produce or sold
as biological assets. Bearer biological assets are those other than
consumable biological assets. Bearer biological assets are not
agricultural produce but, rather, are held to bear produce.
All biological assets other than bearer plants are usually
measured at fair value less costs to sell, with the change in the
carrying amount reported as part of profit or loss from operating
activities. Bearer plants are measured in accordance with Ind AS
16, ‘Property, plant and equipment’.

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Ind AS and IFRS: A comparison
India has chosen the path of IFRS convergence and not adoption.
Though Ind AS has come a long way and is now quite close
to IFRS, certain differences between the IFRS and Ind AS still
remain. We call them carve-outs or carve-ins.
The carve outs/ins in some key areas are summarised below:
Presentation
• Under Ind AS, the breach of a material provision of a long-
term loan will be classified as current except where before
the approval of the financial statements for issue, the lender
had agreed not to demand payment as a consequence of
the breach. A similar exemption is unavailable in IFRS.
Consequently, adjusting events under Ind AS 10 has been
modified to include events where the lender had agreed
to not demand payment as a consequence of the breach of
material provision of a long-term loan, before the approval
of the financial statement for issue.
• The option to present other comprehensive income
in a separate statement is not available under Ind AS.
Accordingly, only one statement comprising both profit or
loss and other comprehensive income will be presented. The
single statement approach requires all items of income and
expense to be recognised in the statement of comprehensive
income, while the two-statement approach requires two
statements to be prepared, one displaying components of
profit or loss (separate income statement) and the other
beginning with profit or loss and displaying components of
other comprehensive income. IFRS provides an option either

to follow the single-statement approach or to follow the two-
statement approach.
• Ind AS also does not allow the presentation of expenses by
function; only the classification of expense by ‘nature’ is
permitted. Under IFRS, this is a policy election.
• IFRS allows the option to present inflows and outflows of
interest and dividends in the operating activities section of
the cash flow statement. Ind AS does not have this option
for non-financial entities. Interest and divided inflows and
outflows are required to be reported in the investing and
financing sections of the cash flow statement respectively.
• Under IFRS, EPS is not required in separate financial
statements if both consolidated and separate financial
statements are presented. Under Ind AS, the disclosure of
EPS is required in both consolidated as well as separate
• Under Ind AS, where any item of income and expense,
which is otherwise required to be recognised in profit or
loss in accordance with Ind AS, is debited or credited to the
securities premium account or other reserves, the amount
in respect thereof shall be deducted from profit or loss from
continuing operations for the purpose of calculating EPS.
There is no such provision in IFRS.
Acquisitions
• Under IFRS, the bargain purchase gain or negative goodwill
arising on business combinations is recognised in profit
or loss. Under Ind AS, the bargain purchase gain can
be recognised either in other comprehensive income or
capital reserve but not in profit or loss. Similar to business
combination, bargain purchase gain on the acquisition of an
associate is also not recognised in profit or loss.
• Under Ind AS, common control transactions are to be
accounted based only on the book values of assets and
liabilities. IFRS also allows a fair value option.

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Leases
• Under Ind AS, where the escalation of operating lease
rentals is in line with the expected general inflation so as to
compensate the lessor for expected inflationary cost, rentals
are not required to be recognised as an expense on a straight-
line basis. Under IFRS, this is considered contingent rent if
linked to the index.
Derivatives
• Ind AS introduces an exception to the IFRS definition
of a ‘financial liability’. Ind AS classifies a conversion
option embedded in a convertible bond denominated in
a foreign currency as an equity instrument if it entitles
the holder to acquire a fixed number of the entity’s own
equity instruments for a fixed amount of cash, and the
exercise price is fixed in any currency. This is not provided
in IFRS. Therefore, it will not be required to be fair valued
at each balance sheet date under Ind AS. Under IFRS, this
conversion option is treated as a derivative liability. This is
one of the most significant differences between Ind AS and
IFRS.
Property, plant and equipment
• Under Ind AS, investment property is to be accounted using
only the cost model, with the disclosure of fair value. Under
IFRS, both cost and fair value options of accounting are
available.
• IFRS permits the treatment of property interest held in an
operating lease to be classified as investment property, if the
definition of investment property is otherwise met and a fair
value model is applied. In such cases, the operating lease
will be accounted as if it were a finance lease. However, there
is no such option under Ind AS.

• Government grants
• IFRS gives an option to measure non-monetary government
grants related to assets (tangible and intangible) either at
their fair value or at nominal value. Ind AS requires the
measurement of such grants only at their fair value.
• IFRS gives an option to present the grants related to assets
either by setting up the grant as deferred income or by
deducting the grant in arriving at the carrying amount of the
asset. Ind AS requires the presentation of such grants in the
balance sheet as deferred income.
Related parties
• Under IFRS, certain relationships are specifically mentioned
and considered to meet the definition of close members of
the family of a person. These relationships are expanded
in Ind AS to include brother, sister, father and mother of a
person.
• Under Ind AS, the related-party disclosures do not apply
where providing such disclosures will conflict with the
entity’s duties of confidentiality provided under a statute or
by a regulator or similar competent authority. IFRS does not
provide such an exemption.
Associates
• When it is impracticable, Ind AS 28 allows the exemption
from use of uniform accounting policies to perform equity
method accounting of associates. IFRS does not allow this
option.
Others
• Under IFRS, standards on segment information and EPS are
applicable to only those companies which are listed or are in
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exemption for the applicability of standards. In the absence
of any exemption under the Companies Act, 2013, and the
rules made thereunder, all companies applying Ind AS will
have to apply standards on segment information and EPS.
Companies will need to carefully evaluate the Ind AS transition
provisions and accounting policy elections, in case they wish to
bring their Ind AS financial information closer to IFRS. This may
be more important for those entities planning international fund
raising or listing, as they may require IFRS compliant financial
statements for that purpose.

Sr.
no.
IAS/IFRS
reference
IAS/IFRS name Ind AS
reference
Ind AS name
1 IAS 1 Presentation
of financial
statements
Ind AS 1 Presentation
of financial
statements
2 IAS 2 Inventories Ind AS 2 Inventories
3 IAS 7 Statement of
cash flows
Ind AS 7 Statement of
cash flows
4 IAS 8 Accounting
policies,
changes in
accounting
estimate and
errors
Ind AS 8 Accounting
policies,
changes in
accounting
estimate and
errors
5 IAS 10 Events after the
reporting period
Ind AS 10 Events after the
reporting period
6 IAS 11 Construction
contracts
Ind AS 11
(ED)
Construction
contracts
7 IAS 12 Income taxes Ind AS 12 Income taxes
8 IAS 16 Property, plant
and equipment
Ind AS 16 Property, plant
and equipment
9 IAS 17 Leases Ind AS 17 Leases
10 IAS 18 Revenue Ind AS 18
(ED)
Revenue
11 IAS 19 Employee
benefits
Ind AS 19 Employee
benefits
List of standards: IAS/IFRS vs Ind AS

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Sr.
no.
IAS/IFRS
reference
reference
Ind AS name
12 IAS 20 Accounting for
government
grants and
disclosure of
government
assistance
Ind AS 20 Accounting for
government
grants and
disclosure of
government
assistance
13 IAS 21 The effects
of changes in
foreign exchange
rates
Ind AS 21 The effects
of changes
in foreign
exchange rates
14 IAS 23 Borrowing costs Ind AS 23 Borrowing costs
15 IAS 24 Related-party
disclosures
Ind AS 24 Related-party
disclosures
16 IAS 26 Accounting
and reporting
by retirement
benefit plans
17 IAS 27 Separate
financial
statements
Ind AS 27 Separate
financial
statements
18 IAS 28 Investment in
associates and
joint ventures
Ind AS 28 Investment in
associates and
joint ventures
19 IAS 29 Financial
reporting in
hyperinflationary
economies
Ind AS 29 Financial
reporting in
hyperinflationary
economies
20 IAS 31 Interest In joint
ventures

Sr.
no.
IAS/IFRS
reference
reference
Ind AS name
21 IAS 32 Financial
Instruments:
Presentation
Ind AS 32 Financial
instruments:
Presentation
22 IAS 33 Earnings per
share
Ind AS 33 Earnings per
share
23 IAS 34 Interim financial
reporting
Ind AS 34 Interim financial
reporting
24 IAS 36 Impairment of
assets
Ind AS 36 Impairment of
assets
25 IAS 37 Provisions,
contingent
liabilities and
contingent
assets
Ind AS 37 Provisions,
contingent
liabilities and
contingent
assets
26 IAS 38 Intangible assets Ind AS 38 Intangible assets
27 IAS 39 Financial
instruments:
Recognition and
measurement
28 IAS 40 Investment
property
Ind AS 40 Investment
property
29 IAS 41 Agriculture Ind AS 41 Agriculture

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Sr.
no.
IAS/IFRS
reference
reference
Ind AS name
30 IFRS 1 First time
adoption of
International
Financial
Reporting
Standards
Ind AS 101 First time
adoption of
Indian Accounting
Standards
31 IFRS 2 Share based
payment
Ind AS 102 Share based
payment
32 IFRS 3 Business
combinations
Ind AS 103 Business
combinations
33 IFRS 4 Insurance
contracts
Ind AS 104 Insurance
contracts
34 IFRS 5 Non-current
assets held
for sale and
discontinued
operations
Ind AS 105 Non-current
assets held
for sale and
discontinued
operations
35 IFRS 6 Exploration for
and evaluation
of mineral
resources
Ind AS 106 Exploration for
and evaluation of
mineral resources
36 IFRS 7 Financial
instruments:
Disclosures
Ind AS 107 Financial
instruments:
Disclosures
37 IFRS 8 Operating
segments
Ind AS 108 Operating
segments
38 IFRS 9 Financial
instruments
Ind AS 109 Financial
instruments
39 IFRS 10 Consolidated
financial
statements
Ind AS 110 Consolidated
financial
statements

Sr.
no.
IAS/IFRS
reference
reference
Ind AS name
40 IFRS 11 Joint
arrangements
Ind AS 111 Joint
arrangements
41 IFRS 12 Disclosure of
interest in other
entities
Ind AS 112 Disclosure of
interest in other
entities
42 IFRS 13 Fair value
measurement
Ind AS 113 Fair value
measurement
43 IFRS 14 Regulatory
deferral
accounts
Ind AS 114 Regulatory
deferral accounts
44 IFRS 15 Revenue from
contracts with
customer
Ind AS 115 Revenue from
contracts with
customers

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Sr.
no.
IAS/ IFRS
reference
IAS/ IFRS name Ind AS
reference
Ind AS name
1 IFRIC 1 Changes
in existing
decommissioning,
restoration and
similar liabilities
Appendix A to
Ind AS 16
Changes
in existing
decommissioning,
restoration and
similar liabilities
2 IFRIC 2 Members’ shares
in co-operative
entities and similar
instruments
3 IFRIC 4 Determining
whether an
arrangement
contains a lease
Appendix C to
Ind AS 17
Determining
whether an
arrangement
contains a lease
4 IFRIC 5 Rights to interests
arising from
decommissioning,
restoration and
environmental
rehabilitation funds
Appendix A to
Ind AS 37
Rights to interests
arising from
decommissioning,
restoration and
environmental
rehabilitation funds
5 IFRIC 6 Liabilities arising
from participating
in a specific
market—waste
electrical and
electronic
equipment
Appendix B to
Ind AS 37
Liabilities arising
from participating
in a specific
market—waste
electrical and
electronic
equipment
6 IFRIC 7 Applying the
restatement
approach under
IAS 29—Financial
reporting in
hyperinflationary
economies
Appendix A to
Ind AS 29
Applying the
restatement
approach under
Ind AS 29—
Financial reporting
in hyperinflationary
economies
List of standards: IAS/IFRS vs Ind AS

Sr.
no.
IAS/ IFRS
reference
reference
Ind AS name
7 IFRIC 10 Interim financial
reporting and
impairment
Appendix A to
Ind AS 34
Interim financial
reporting and
impairment
8 IFRIC 12 Service
concession
arrangements
Appendix A to
Ind AS 11 (ED)
Service
concession
arrangements
9 IFRIC 13 Customer loyalty
programmes
Appendix B to
Ind AS 18 (ED)
Customer loyalty
programmes
10 IFRIC 14 The limit on
a defined
benefit asset,
minimum funding
requirements and
their interaction
Appendix B to
Ind AS 19
The limit on
a defined
benefit asset,
minimum funding
requirements and
their interaction
11 IFRIC 15 Agreements for
the construction of
real estate
Not applicable IFRIC 15 has not
been included in
Ind AS 18 (ED) to
scope out such
arrangements from
Ind AS 18 (ED)
and to include the
same in Ind AS
11 (ED)
12 IFRIC 16 Hedges of a net
investment in a
foreign operation
Appendix C to
Ind AS 109
Hedges of a net
investment in a
foreign operation
13 IFRIC 17 Distributions of
non-cash assets
to owners
Appendix A to
Ind AS 10
Distributions of
non-cash assets
to owners
14 IFRIC 18 Transfers of assets
from customers
Appendix C to
Ind AS 18 (ED)
Transfer of assets
from customers

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Sr.
no.
IAS/ IFRS
reference
reference
Ind AS name
15 IFRIC 19 Extinguishing
financial liabilities
with equity
Instruments
Appendix D to
Ind AS 109
Extinguishing
financial liabilities
with equity
instruments
16 IFRIC 20 Stripping costs
in the production
phase of a surface
mine
Appendix B to
Ind AS 16
Stripping costs
in the production
phase of a surface
mine
17 IFRIC 21 Levies Appendix C to
Ind AS 37
Levies
18 SIC 7 Introduction of the
Euro
19 SIC 10 Government
assistance–No
specific relation to
operating activities
Appendix A to
Ind AS 20
Government
assistance–No
specific relation to
operating activities
20 SIC 12 Consolidation–
Special Purpose
Entities
Not applicable Not applicable.
Superseded by Ind
AS 110
21 SIC 13 Jointly controlled
entities–Non-
monetary
contributions by
venturers
Not applicable Not applicable.
Superseded by Ind
AS 111
22 SIC 15 Operating leases–
Incentives
Appendix A to
Ind AS 17
Operating leases–
Incentives
23 SIC 25 Income taxes–
Changes in the
tax status of an
enterprise or its
shareholders
Appendix A to
Ind AS 12
Income taxes–
Changes in the
tax status of an
enterprise or its
shareholders

Sr.
no.
IAS/ IFRS
reference
reference
Ind AS name
24 SIC 27 Evaluating the
substance of
transactions in
the legal form of
a lease
Appendix B to
Ind AS 17
Evaluating the
substance of
transactions in
the legal form of
a lease
25 SIC 29 Service
concession
arrangements
disclosures
Appendix B to
Ind AS 11 (ED)
Service
concession
arrangements
disclosures
26 SIC 31 Revenue-barter
transactions
involving
advertising
services
Appendix A to
Ind AS 18
Revenue-barter
transactions
involving
advertising
services
27 SIC 32 Intangible assets–
website costs
Appendix A to
Ind AS 38
Intangible assets–
Website costs

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