company purchase a land along with property tax pending of 5 yrs so how do you account for it ??
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When a company buys land with outstanding property tax from previous years, the pending tax should be treated as part of the land's acquisition cost. According to ICAI guidelines, all costs incidental to acquiring land are capitalised as a fixed asset. This means debiting the Land account and crediting both the Tax Liability and potentially a Bank or Sundry Creditor account for the payment.