Accounting Standards issued by ICAI

Accounting:

Accounting is the art of recording transactions in the best manner possible, so as to enable the reader to arrive at judgments/come to conclusions, and in this regard it is utmost necessary that there are set guidelines. These guidelines are generally called accounting policies. The intricacies of accounting policies permitted Companies to alter their accounting principles for their benefit. This made it impossible to make comparisons. In order to avoid the above and to have a harmonised accounting principle, Standards needed to be set by recognised accounting bodies. This paved the way for Accounting Standards to come into existence.

Accounting Standards in India are issued By the Institute of Chartered Accountanst of India (ICAI). At present there are 30 Accounting Standards issued by ICAI.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI):

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is a statutory body established under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (Act No. XXXVIII of 1949) for the regulation of the profession of Chartered Accountants in India. During its 61 years of existence, ICAI has achieved recognition as a premier accounting body not only in the country but also globally, for its contribution in the fields of education, professional development, maintenance of high accounting, auditing and ethical standards.ICAI now is the second largest accounting body in the whole world.

 

Objective of Accounting Standards:

Objective of Accounting Standards is to standarize the diverse accounting policies and practices with a view to eliminate to the extent possible the non-comparability of financial statements and the reliability to the financial statements.

The institute of Chatered Accountants of India, recognizing the need to harmonize the diversre accounting policies and practices, constituted at Accounting Standard Board (ASB) on 21st April, 1977.

Compliance with Accounting Standards issued by ICAI:

Sub Section(3A) to section 211 of Companies Act, 1956 requires that every Profit/Loss Account and Balance Sheet shall comply with the Accounting Standards. 'Accounting Standards' means the standard of accounting recomended by the ICAI and prescribed by the Central Government in consultation with the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards(NACAs) constituted under section 210(1) of companies Act, 1956.

Accounting Standards mandatory as on July 01, 2012

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	AS 1 Disclosure of Accounting Policies
	AS 2 Valuation of Inventories
	AS 3 Cash Flow Statements
	AS 4 Contingencies and Events Occuring after the Balance Sheet Date
	AS 5 Net Profit or Loss for the period,Prior Period Items and Changes in Accounting Policies
	AS 6 Depreciation Accounting
	AS 7 Construction Contracts (revised 2002)
	AS 9 Revenue Recognition
	AS 10 Accounting for Fixed Assets
	AS 11 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates (revised 2003),
	AS 12 Accounting for Government Grants
	AS 13 Accounting for Investments
	AS 14 Accounting for Amalgamations
	AS 15 Employee Benefits (revised 2005)
	AS 16 Borrowing Costs
	AS 17 Segment Reporting
	AS 18 Related Party Disclosures
	AS 19 Leases
	AS 20 Earnings Per Share
	AS 21 Consolidated Financial Statements
	AS 22 Accounting for Taxes on Income.
	AS 23 Accounting for Investments in Associates in Consolidated Financial Statements
	AS 24 Discontinuing Operations
	AS 25 Interim Financial Reporting
	AS 26 Intangible Assets
	AS 27 Financial Reporting of Interests in Joint Ventures
	AS 28 Impairment of Assets
	AS 29 Provisions,Contingent` Liabilities and Contingent Assets

Accounting Standards not mandatory as on July 01, 2012

AS 30 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement and Limited Revisions to AS 2, AS 11 (revised 2003), AS 21, AS 23, AS 26, AS 27, AS 28 and AS 29 AS 31, Financial Instruments: Presentation Accounting Standard (AS) 32, Financial Instruments: Disclosures, and limited revision to Accounting Standard (AS) 19, Leases

Sources :

http://www.icai.org/post.html?post_id=8660
http://www.icai.org/post.html?post_id=8659