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Very practical problem please answer....

shushantsinghal (BCOM(HONS),C.A) (283 Points)

19 June 2011

one of our client imports crude oil from singapore...in the month of march 2011 co. purchase oil from singapore .....such vessel carrying oil reach india custom port in april 2011 & then co. filed bill of entry & pay cutom duty.....plz tell in which F/Y to treat such purchase as PURCHASE IMPORT IN BOOKS i.e in 2010-11 OR 2011-12......plz provide with case law if any........

plz answer......

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CA ADITYA SHARMA (CA IN PRACTICE ) (16719 Points)
Replied 19 June 2011

in my view it should be taken as purchase in the year 2010-11 and in balance sheet it should be treated as goods in transit

rectify me if i am wrong

shushantsinghal (BCOM(HONS),C.A) (283 Points)
Replied 19 June 2011

my view is also same ........but plz provide me with any case law on same fact. if any

U S Sharma (glidor@gmail.com) (21056 Points)
Replied 19 June 2011

fi payment of bills for goods are made in march, then only consider the goods in transit,

as the goods are not duty paid so the value addition will take place at customs point, so its better to book the purchase af the point of customs clearance, otherwise it will make lots of accounting complications to add the valuation,.

C.A. Jignesh N. Mehta (C.A.) (1030 Points)
Replied 19 June 2011

For me you should follow the procedure which your company follows.

It wont make any difference, how u treat it. even if u take it as purchase then the same will be taken as closing stock - no impact on profits.

If you dont book the same there will be no impact on profits....

But wait for any case laws suggested by our CA Club members.

Arvind Sharma (ACA) (1432 Points)
Replied 19 June 2011

Originally posted by : jignesh mehta
	For me you should follow the procedure which your company follows. It wont make any difference, how u treat it. even if u take it as purchase then the same will be taken as closing stock - no impact on profits. If you dont book the same there will be no impact on profits.... But wait for any case laws suggested by our CA Club members.

Nice reply.....

but tt should be taken for FY 2010-2011, because purchased has been made in March.

CA AMANPREET SINGH (Chartered Accountant) (284 Points)
Replied 19 June 2011

i think it depends on contract. If it is a FOB purchase then it ca be booked in March.

but if it is CIF purchase then it should be booked in April.

CA MAYANK WADHERA (CA CS CMA(I)) (789 Points)
Replied 19 June 2011

agreed with aman sir

chetan (accountant) (321 Points)
Replied 19 June 2011

It should go in FY 2011-12 my accounting purpose B.E is important. once the material reach in boundries of customs then it is import and u have to make it form FY 11-12

lokesh maheshwari (partner) (62 Points)
Replied 20 June 2011

Dear chetan ji

when goods comes into the custom barriers of india it will be treated as an import it is true but it is not related for booking of purchase .

According to Mr. Amanpreet it will be booked according to contract , because transfer of ownership & risk is also most important aspect

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Keyur (Article Trainee) (33 Points)
Replied 20 June 2011

hey i have done a lot of audit work in purchase and sales area in my articleship time. what i have learned is the following,

1-most imp which party has taken the responsibility of delivery to indian port????? If indian party then no doubt it will be booked in 10-11 but if the other party then move on to next point

2-did the goods reach indian water by 31st march??? if yes then even if the goods are not docked purchase should be booked 10-11--have not reached indian water then it can be booked in next year.

my best bet is book it in 10-11 on provisional basis to consider the prudency aspect and most imptly consider it for closing stock.

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Rajnikant Vadigoppula (CA, CS And CMA Final) (919 Points)
Replied 20 June 2011

on the basis of accural concept.

it should be booked in march itself.

being the date of invoice

CS,CA F,Numrologi TusharSampat (CS CA F Numerologist Astrologer Graphologist Face reader Vastu Expert) (85930 Points)
Replied 20 June 2011

Originally posted by : Rajnikant Vadigoppula
	on the basis of accural concept. it should be booked in march itself. being the date of invoice

AGREED.

himanshu (student) (95 Points)
Replied 20 June 2011

when goods are cleared from the customes on that date we will record purchase in our book this method is adopted by many orgaisation but it also differs in many but in general it is don like this