This discussion addresses the accounting treatment of a capital subsidy received by a firm for purchasing embroidery machinery. The firm obtained a term loan for the asset, and the bank has now received the subsidy. Experts are clarifying the correct journal entries, specifically whether to credit a subsidiary loan saving account or directly credit the machinery account with the subsidy amount.
14 March 2021
Dear Experts, Capital subsidy has been received (2017-2018) by a firm. To purchase the (Embroidery Machinery)asset the firm has taken term loan from a bank. Now the bank has received the capital subsidy Which bank is showing in the Subsidiary Loan Saving Account, there is no change in the O / S terms also, how to do it in the entry book? Is this entry correct for me?