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Guide to accounting for financial instruments and derivatives

Vinod Kothari 19 March 2010 at 17:04

Guide to accounting for financial instruments and derivatives All that stuff about AS 30, 31 and 32 Note of cautionWe would like to start this article with two notes of caution. First, AS 30, 31 and AS 32 are Indian accounting standards that corresp

Roadmap for Convergence to IFRS by MCA

CA. Amit Daga 03 February 2010 at 16:57

The Core Group, constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for convergence of Indian Accounting Standards with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from April, 2011, that held its meeting on 11th January 2010 agreed that in view

Accounting & Taxation Impacts of Cert. Emission Reductions

CA. Rishabh Mittal 17 December 2009 at 13:50

ACCOUNTING ASPECTSICAI has already issued Guidance Note on Accounting for Self Generated CER’s & it is made effective from 01st July, 2009. It mainly focuses on recognition of CER’s in financial statements. Here, we’ll discuss

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS (IRFS)-GLIMPSE

Dilip K Raina 07 December 2009 at 10:08

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS (IRFS)-GLIMPSEDilip K RainaWith the opening of world economies and cross border investments the need for adoption of uniform accounting standards while preparing financial statements was felt prompting v

TYPES OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Member (Account Deleted) 14 November 2009 at 12:13

TYPES OF FINANCIAL ANALYSISFinancial statements are analysed by different parties for different purposed. The analysis is done from different angles. Accordingly, we can classify financial statement analysis into different categories as follows:1.

DEPRECIATION - A SOURCE OF FUND OR NOT

Member (Account Deleted) 30 October 2009 at 14:09

DEPRECIATION – A SOURCE OF FUND OR NOTv Arguments in favour of considering it as a source of fund1. Depreciation is considered as an expired cost. It is included within cost of goods sold. It is an allocated cost which is realised when go

WHY IFRS?

PS Prabhakar 04 October 2009 at 18:32

Why IFRS?It is the bane of our nation that for very many important issues, there is hardly any debate. For example, year after year, budgets are passed with no meaningful discussions in the Parliament. The writ of the interested few runs riot, main

The bottleneck is at the top of the bottle

PS Prabhakar 04 October 2009 at 18:32

The bottleneck is at the top of the bottle The satirical yet succinct quote which forms the caption of this article is that of the celebrated management guru of all times, Peter Drucker, when he was driving home the point that the source of all ills

What is IFRSs and IFRSs for SME

Rajkumar Adukia 29 September 2009 at 11:38

Scope of IFRSAll International Accounting Standards (IASs) and Interpretations issued by the former IASC (International Accounting Standard Committee) and SIC (Standard Interpretation Committee) continue to be applicable unless and until they are am

Accounting for derivatives

Ankit 21 CA,CS,B.Com 03 September 2009 at 13:25

Derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from changes in benchmark based on stock prices, interest rates, mortgage rates, currency rates, commodity prices or some other agreed upon base. Derivative Financial Instruments (DFIs) ca