How are retention moeny to be treates in Ind As?
There are long EC contracts where retention money is being deducted on successive payments (mostly upto 5% of the contract value) and released when conditions are met of the contract.
Ind as required us to give Time value treatment for financial assets. But aren't retention money a kind of money with held for reasons other than time value? It is basically a deposit against protection of the term of contract. So is it required to discount retention money? Many top companies discount them. Kindly provide basis for the answer.
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Sairaj shetty
CAclubindia
