As per AS 18 available on icai.com, AS 18 is applicable to following companies:
1.Enterprises whose equity or debt securities are listed whether in India or outside India.
2.Enterprises which are in the process of listing their equity or debt securities as evidenced by the board of directors’ resolution in this regard.
3.Banks including co-operative banks.
4.Financial institutions.
5.Enterprises carrying on insurance business.
6.All commercial, industrial and business reporting enterprises, whose turnover for the immediately preceding accounting period on the basis of audited financial statements exceeds Rs. 50 crore.
7.Turnover does not include ‘other income’.
8.All commercial, industrial and business reporting enterprises having borrowings, including public deposits, in excess ofRs. 10 crore at any time during the accounting period.
9.Holding and subsidiary enterprises of any one of the above at any time during the accounting period.
The enterprises which do not fall in any of the above categories are not required to apply this Standard.
Is there any change in the above criteria?
Since my company donot fall in any of the above categories, then can I say that AS 18 is not applicable.
My Statutory Auditor says AS 18 is applicable to all the Companies. My company have turnover less than 50 crores and no borrowings. We are neither listed nor a bank nor Financial institution nor insurance business nor we are subsiduary of any company.
Then is AS 18 is applicable to us. Our Auditors says it is applicable.
Your Statutory Auditor is correct in saying that AS 18 is applicable. As per companies accounting standard rules 2006, AS 18 is applicable for all the companies, Which is in contradiction of AS 18. Users of account is restricted in case of level 2 and level 3 enterprise, but still you will be requiring to diclose as it is mandated by Companies rule.
As per AS-18 can we show the debit and credit balances of the same person by giving net effect i.e net amount or both balances should be shown separately
It all depends upon the transaction. If a transaction has a commercial effect, all relevant standards are applicable ‘Exclusion of an enterprise from the applicability of the Accounting Standards would be permissible only if no part of the activity of such enterprise is commercial, industrial or business in nature. Even if a very small proportion of the activities of an enterprise is considered to be commercial, industrial or business in nature, the Accounting Standards would apply to all its activities including those which are not commercial, industrial or business in nature.”
When you go through as 18 applicability, level 2& 3 companies cannot use this standard. When I checked out companies acts & NGO’s (societies, trusts and section 8) and it doesn’t mention anything about level 3 and its relationships. The classification is broader and google will demystify this when appropriate research is posted.