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Exposure draft on AS 12

  CA. Rayan Sequeira    06 October 2007 at 16:15

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has come up with the exposure draft on AS 12(revised). AS 12 (exposure draft) deals with accounting for Government grants and disclosure of Government assistance. AS 12 deals with the accounting



Accounting as a "Language of Business"

  CA. Rayan Sequeira    06 October 2007 at 14:15

Accounting as a "Language of Business" communicates the financial results of an enterprise to various users. It is pertinent that in order to evaluate the financial results of the enterprise one has to compare the financial status of an entity with



AS 28 impact on OIL & GAS companies

  CA Nikita    04 October 2007 at 01:12

D MuraliEven as the field personnel of oil andgas (O&G) companies continue to battle with many complexities toget us the fuel, their accounting colleagues are toiling with adifferent difficulty: how to apply the Accounting Standard on assetimpair



Sweeping away GAAP

  CA Nikita    02 October 2007 at 14:17

Sweeping Away GAAPFASB's Herz calls for a national plan to wean U.S. companies from their current rules-based accounting system.Marie Leone, CFO.comOctober 01, 2007At an industry conference Friday morning, Financial Accounting Standards Board chairma



AS 17 likely to change with convergence

  riya    01 October 2007 at 03:59

Dolphy D'Souza The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) recently decidedthat Indian Accounting Standards will be fully in line with the IFRS(International Financial Reporting Standards) from April 1, 2011. Thechange from Indian GAAP (Ge



Accountant Malpractice Lawsuits - Collection Tool for Lenders?

  riya    30 September 2007 at 22:20

Accountant Malpractice Lawsuits - Collection Tool forLenders?By Grusd, Neville Lenders occasionally sue accountants for malpractice.This generally occurs when the lender suffers a lossand claims that the advances were made in reliance onincorre



Scepticism on ethics all-pervasive

  CA Nikita    25 September 2007 at 15:51

Whenever in the classroom I discuss contemporary principles and methods for the preparation and presentation of financial statements, with executive and students, I always see discomfort gripping the participants. They express concerns that current p



tally import data

  Ritesh    30 August 2007 at 16:06

Import TALLY Data / Export TALLY Data Tally allows users to Import data from other software's as well as Export data from Tally to other software's. Tally allows users to Import and Export in ASCII, SDF and XML formats. XML is now the most widely use



Complications and Facts of Accountancy

  CA Nikita    23 August 2007 at 18:09

With the opening up of the real-estate industry, there has been an increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the sector. According to a report by property consultants Jones Lang LaSalle, an estimated $10 billion foreign investment is expected to



All about Revaluation of Assets

  CA Manish Iyer    13 August 2007 at 23:35

Introduction:Many countries around the world are committed to adopt IFRSs directly or to get their national standards aligned with IFRSs. The change to IFRS will have major effects on the financial statements. This is because of the following reasons