CA
202 Points
Joined December 2010
As per AS-16
The following terms are used in this Statement with the meanings
specified:
Borrowing costs are interest and other costs incurred by an enterprise
in connection with the borrowing of funds.
A qualifying asset is an asset that necessarily takes a substantial period
of time to get ready for its intended use or sale.
4. Borrowing costs may include:
(a) interest and commitment charges on bank borrowings and other
short-term and long-term borrowings;
(b) amortisation of discounts or premiums relating to borrowings;
(c) amortisation of ancillary costs incurred in connection with the
arrangement of borrowings;
(d) finance charges in respect of assets acquired under finance
leases or under other similar arrangements; and
(e) exchange differences arising from foreign currency borrowings
to the extent that they are regarded as an adjustment to interest
costs .
Therefore You Can Capitalize the interest for construction of buiding upto a period of its come under the definition of qualifying assets.
you cannot capitalize the interest for vechile loan or purchase of furniture because it does not came under the definition of qualifying assets.