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Retention Money as per Ind as 109

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just for GAGS

11 Points Posted on 08 January 2023

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.

Regards,

Sairaj shetty

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This discussion explores the treatment of retention money in long-term construction contracts according to Ind AS 109. It questions whether retention money, held as a deposit against contract terms rather than for time value, needs to be discounted. Participants discuss its classification as a trade receivable and the application of impairment testing, referencing the simplified approach for financial instruments.

Yasaswi Gomes new

Finance

4592 Points Posted on 08 January 2023

Since there is no significant financing component in it, it is treated as trade receivable until the home constructed and handed over. How ever receivables, contract assets and lease receivables are impairment tested and it is called something as simplified approach. For more info on this try indas financial instruments. I have no expertise in calculating expected credit losses

Yasaswi Gomes new

Finance

4592 Points Posted on 07 June 2023

Good to know this. But as far as i know discounting is only for cashflows. Eg 1000 receivable is discounted today at reporting date. Then how is it fair value? The coupon is never discounted in the amortisation table but adjusted against the market rate.

If a customer retained money its receivables at fairvalue. I could be wrong in instruments but will check out if pv=fairvalue