GST Consultant
15986 Points
Joined March 2013
The basic principle on which all accounting standards are framed for capitalization is the matching concept.
Where the value of material is being matched with the revenue of multiple years then it is to be capitalized other wise not. That is why Plant & machinery is capitalised.
The second concept which needs to be checked after fulfilling matching concept it the immateriality concept. If the material fulfills matching to various FY but is not material then it should not be capitalised.
These are very grass roots concepts/principles on which all accounting standards be it Indian GAAPS, IFRS or US GAAPS are based. There may be variations in different accounting standards but they do not violate the principles.