CA - Final
1367 Points
Joined September 2009
10 years have already gone and the economic benefit still continue to arise. The purpose amortisation as per AS 26 is that the future economic benefits embodied in an intangible asset are consumed over a period of time and hence the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to reflect that consumption.
In this case, how would you justify that max life should be taken is only 10 years? AS 26 says
Useful life is either (a) the period of time over which an asset is expected to be used by the enterprise; or (b) the number of production or similar units expected to be obtained from the asset by the enterprise.
Amortisation : The depreciable amount of an intangible asset should be allocated on a systematic basis over the best estimate of its useful life. There is a rebuttable presumption that the useful life of an intangible asset will not exceed ten years from the date when the asset is available for use. Amortisation should commence when the asset is available for use
If i considered 10 years as useful life, it would be a wrong judgment since the usefulness is continued till the company ceases to operate.