01/04/2019
Corporate entities are required to follow IND AS where applicable while preparing its Financial Statements as per section 129 of Companies Act, 2013.
Incase there is any conflict between provisions of any applicable Act and India AS, the provisions of the Act shall prevail to that extent.
Ind AS stands for Indian Accounting Standards and are converged Standards for IFRS
Ind AS are documents and policies that provide principle for recognition, measurement, treatment, presentation and disclosure of accounting transactions in Ind AS financial statements.
Ind AS are prepared keeping IFRS in mind, in actual these are IFRS in their converged form.
Introduction of Ind AS has brought consistency in the accounting practices and principles followed by companies in India and other Companies across world leading to enhanced accessibility and acceptability of financial statements by global investors.
Ind AS have many benefits some of which are as follows: -
- Wider Acceptability
Since Ind AS are converged form of IFRS which are widely acceptable and will give confidence to the user of Financial Statements
- Comparability of Financials
Financial Statements prepared using Ind AS are easily comparable with the financial statements prepared by companies of other countries.
- Changes in standards as per economic situations
Principles of Ind AS are revised/modified in a case there is any major change in economy. As Ind AS 29 is " Financial Reporting in Hyper Inflationary Economies " Which deals with situations related to inflation.
- Attracts Foreign Investments
Adopting Ind AS may attract Foreign Investors to invest in indian companies as that will ensure better comparability with similar companies across globe
- Saves Financial Statement preparation cost
For multinational companies, it is beneficial as it will be able to use the same accounting standards in all the markets in which they operate. This will save preparation costs of aligning Financial Statements of Indian companies.