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Indian Accounting Standards
Accounting is considered as the language of business. Each
language has certain set of rules. similarly accounting has certain
rules to be observed by the accountants so that it is
understood by all in the same sense these set of rules become
accounting standards. Thus accounting standards are certain set of rules and guidance based on the principles and methods of accounting to be followed to have
uniformity in terminology approach and presentation of
results.
Accounting Standards
Accounting Standards in India are issued By the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). At present there are 31
Accounting Standards issued by ICAI.
ICAI
Objective of Accounting Standards
Standardize the diverse accounting policies
Add the reliability to the financial statement
Eradicate baffling variation in treatment of accounting aspects
Facilitate inter-firm and intra-firm comparison
31 Accounting Standards
AS 1. Disclosure of accounting policies
AS 2.Valuation Of Inventories:
AS 3. Cash Flow Statements
AS 4. Contingencies and events Occurring after the Balance sheet Date
AS 5.Net Profit or loss For the period, Prior period items and Changes in accounting Policies.
AS 6.Depreciation accounting.
AS 7.Construction Contracts.
AS 8.Revenue Recognition.
AS 9.Accounting For Fixed Assets
AS 10.The Effect of Changes In FOREX Rates.
AS 11.Accounting For Government Grants.
AS 12.Accounting For Investments.
AS 13. Accounting For Amalgamation
AS 14.Employee Benefits.
AS 15.Borrowing Cost.
AS 16. Segment Reporting.
AS 17. Related Party Disclosures.
AS 18. Accounting For Leases.
AS 19. Earning Per Share.
AS 20. Consolidated Financial Statement.
AS 21. Accounting For Taxes on Income.
AS 22. Accounting for Investment in associates in
Consolidated Financial Statement.
AS 23. Discontinuing Operation.
AS 24. Interim Financial Reporting.
AS 25. Intangible assets.
AS 26.Financial Reporting on Interest in joint Ventures.
AS 27. Impairment Of assets.
AS 28.Provisions, Contingent, liabilities and Contingent assets.
AS 29. Financial instrument.
AS 30. Financial Instrument: presentation.
AS 31. Financial Instruments, Disclosures and Limited revision to accounting standards.
Accounting standards Initiation
1. As 1 to 15 1979 to 1995
2. As 16 to 29 2000 to 2007
3 As 30 to 31 Later part of 2007
Evolution and types of AS
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