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AS – 1

DISCLOSURE OF ACOUNTING POLICY

 

 

     Objective:  -

This accounting standard is to facilitate better understanding of financial statements and meaningful comparison between financial statements of different enterprises.

Scope:  The transactions for which different accounting policies can be adopted by different companies. These are some examples only:

Treatment of Goodwill

Valuation of Inventories                             

Valuation of Investments

Valuation of Fixed Assets

Methods of Depreciation

Treatment of retirement benefits

Treatment of Contingent Liabilities

 

Definitions: 

ACOUNTING POLICIES:

 Means Specific accounting principles & methods of applying those principles adopted by the enterprises in preparation of financial statements.

 

  Presentation and disclosure requirements:

 

ü     All significant accounting policies adopted should be disclosed.

      The disclosure should form part of the financial statements.

 

ü     Any change in the accounting policies which has a material effect in the current period should be disclosed along with amount of effect.

 

ü     If the fundamental accounting assumptions are not followed, the fact should be disclosed.

 

Fundamental accounting assumptions:

The accounting assumptions are as follows:

1.     Going concern

2.     Consistency

3.     Accrual

 
 
 

 

 

 

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