Treatement of land for construction industry

I have carrying a construction/reality industry. There i purchase land for developing purpose. how can i treat this land on my books of account, asset or stock ?

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This discussion clarifies how to treat land purchased for development in the construction industry. If the land is intended for sale to customers, it should be classified as inventory. If the intention was to rent or lease, it would be an asset. The thread confirms it's possible to reclassify land from an asset to inventory, even if initially mistaken. This reclassification is considered revenue recognition and does not attract capital gains tax, as capital gains apply to asset sales, not inventory sales. Sales tax is applicable when selling the land and development.

treat it as asset if your planning to rent it or lease it. treat it as inventory, if your selling it back to customer base.

We have plan to sell it customers. But mistakenly we have treated as asset. Is it possible to convert it as inventory now.

Yes it is possible, derecognition is simple

Inventory a/c

To Fixed Asset a/c

Is there any capital gain attracted on this convertion if the same was taken place over few year leter. 

This falls under revenue recognition. No chance of capital gains arising. Remember, your selling land and development. Sales tax is applicable. Capital gains is for asset sale.

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