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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF COMPANIES
Financial statements are the basic and formal annual reports through which the corporate management communicates financial information to its owners and various other external parties which include investors, tax authorities, government, employees, etc. These normally refer to:
(a) the balance sheet (position statement) as at the end of accounting period, and
(b) the statement of profit and loss of a company.
Nature of Financial Statements
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants states the nature of financial statements as, “the statements prepared for the purpose of presenting a periodical review of report on progress by the management and deal with the status of investment in the business and the results achieved during the period under review. They reflect a combination of recorded facts, accounting principles and personal judgments”.
Objectives of Financial Statements
Financial statements are the basic sources of information to the shareholders and other external parties for understanding the profitability and financial position of any business concern. They provide information about the results of the business concern during a specified period of time in terms of assets and liabilities, which provide the basis for taking decisions. Thus, the primary objective of financial statements is to assist the users in their decision-making. The specific objectives include the following:
They are prepared to provide adequate, reliable and periodical information about economic resources and obligations of a business firm to investors and other external parties who have limited authority, ability or resources to obtain information.
They are to provide useful financial information which can gainfully be utilised to predict, compare and evaluate the business firm’s earning capacity.
They are to provide information useful to investors and creditors for predicting, comparing and evaluating, potential cash flows in terms of amount, timing and related uncertainties.
They supply information useful for judging management’s ability to utilise the resources of a business effectively.
They have to report the activities of the business organisation affecting the society, which can be determined and described or measured and which are important in its social environment.
These reports have to provide the significant policies, concepts followed in the process of accounting and changes taken up in them during the year to understand these statements in a better way.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF A COMPANY-
The Companies Act, 2013 prescribes the format as per Schedule III defined under Part –I & Part –II.
Vertical Form of Balance Sheet
PART I — BALANCE SHEET
Name of the Company…………………….
Balance Sheet as at ………………………
(Rupees in…………)
Particulars
Note No.
Figure as at the end of Current of reporting period
Figure as at the end Previous reporting period
I. EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
1) Shareholder’s Funds
(a) Share Capital
(b) Reserves and Surplus
(c) Money received against share warrants
2) Share Application money pending allotment
3) Non-current Liabilities
(a) Long term borrowings
(b) Deferred tax liabilities (net)
(c) Other long term liabilities
(d) Long term provisions
4) Current Liabilities
(a) Short-term borrowings
(b) Trade payables
(c) Other current liabilities
(d) Short-term provisions
Total
II. ASSETS
1) Non-Current Assets
(a) Fixed assets
(i) Tangible assets
(ii) Intangible assets
(iii) Capital work-in-progress
(iv) Intangible assets under development (b) Non-current investments
(c) Deferred tax assets (net)
(d) Long-term loans and advances
(e) Other non-current assets
2) Current Assets
(a) Current investments
(b) Inventories
(c) Trade receivables
(d) Cash and cash equivalents
(e) Short term loans and advances
(f) Other current assets
Notes –
An operating cycle is the time between the acquisition of assets for processing and
their realisation in cash or cash equivalents. Where the normal operating cycle cannot be
identified, it is assumed to have a duration of twelve months.
The shareholders’ funds are sub-classified on the face of the balance sheet.
a) Share Capital
b) Reserves and Surplus
c) Money received against Share Warrants
Types-
Reserves and Surplus
(i) Reserves and Surplus shall be classified as:
(a) Capital Reserves;
(b) Capital Redemption Reserve;
(c) Securities Premium Reserve;
(d) Debenture Redemption Reserve;
(e) Revaluation Reserve;
(f) Share Options Outstanding Account;
(g) Other Reserves–(specify the nature and purpose of each reserve and
the amount in respect thereof);
(h) Surplus i.e., balance in Statement of Profit and Loss disclosing
allocations and appropriations such as dividend, bonus shares and transfer to/
from reserves, etc.;
(ii) A reserve specifically represented by earmarked investments shall be termed
as a “fund”.
(iii) Debit balance of statement of profit and loss shall be shown as a negative
figure under the head “Surplus”. Similarly, the balance of “Reserves and Surplus”,
after adjusting negative balance of surplus, if any, shall be shown under the head
“Reserves and Surplus” even if the resulting figure is in the negative.
Long-term borrowings shall be classified as:
(a) Bonds/debentures;
(b) Term loans:
(A) from banks.
(B) from other parties.
(c) Deferred payment liabilities;
(d) Deposits;
(e) Loans and advances from related parties;
(f) Long term maturities of finance lease obligations;
(g) Other loans and advances (specify nature).
Other Long-term Liabilities shall be classified as:
(a) Trade payables;
(b) Others.
The amounts shall be classified as:
(a) Provision for employee benefits;
(b) Others (specify nature).
(i) Short-term borrowings shall be classified as:
(a) Loans repayable on demand;
(b) Loans and advances from related parties;
(c) Deposits;
(d) Other loans and advances (specify nature).
(a) Current maturities of long-term debt;
(b) Current maturities of finance lease obligations;
(c) Interest accrued but not due on borrowings;
(d) Interest accrued and due on borrowings;
(e) Income received in advance;
(f) Unpaid dividends;
(g) Application money received for allotment of securities and due for
refund and interest accrued thereon.
(a) Provision for employee benefits.
(i) Classification shall be given as:
(a) Land;
(b) Buildings;
(c) Plant and Equipment;
(d) Furniture and Fixtures;
(e) Vehicles;
(f) Office equipment;
(g) Others (specify nature).
(a) Goodwill;
(b) Brands /trademarks;
(c) Computer software;
(d) Mastheads and publishing titles;
(e) Mining rights;
(f) Copyrights, and patents and other intellectual property rights, services
and operating rights;
(g) Recipes, formulae, models, designs and prototypes;
(h) Licences and franchise;
(i) Others (specify nature).
(i) Non-current investments shall be classified as trade investments and other
investments and further classified as:
(a) Investment property;
(b) Investments in Equity Instruments;
(c) Investments in preference shares;
(d) Investments in Government or trust securities;
(e) Investments in debentures or bonds;
(f) Investments in Mutual Funds;
(g) Investments in partnership firms;
(h) Other non-current investments (specify nature).
(i) Long-term loans and advances shall be classified as:
(a) Capital Advances;
(b) Security Deposits;
(c) Loans and advances to related parties (giving details thereof);
(ii) The above shall also be separately sub-classified as:
(a) Secured, considered good;
(b) Unsecured, considered good;
(c) Doubtful.
Other non-current assets shall be classified as:
(i) Long-term Trade Receivables (including trade receivables on deferred
credit terms);
(ii) Others (specify nature);
(iii) Long term Trade Receivables, shall be sub-classified as:
(A) Secured, considered good;
(B) Unsecured, considered good;
(C) Doubtful..
(i) Current investments shall be classified as:
(a) Investments in Equity Instruments;
(b) Investment in Preference Shares;
(c) Investments in Government or trust securities;
(d) Investments in debentures or bonds;
(e) Investments in Mutual Funds;
(f) Investments in partnership firms;
(g) Other investments (specify nature).
(i) Inventories shall be classified as:
(a) Raw materials;
(b) Work-in-progress;
(c) Finished goods;
(d) Stock-in-trade (in respect of goods acquired for trading);
(e) Stores and spares;
(f) Loose tools;
(ii) Goods-in-transit shall be disclosed under the relevant sub-head of inventories.
(iii) Mode of valuation shall be stated.
(i) Aggregate amount of Trade Receivables outstanding for a period exceeding
six months from the date they are due for payment should be separately stated.
(ii) Trade receivables shall be sub-classified as:
(i) Cash and cash equivalents shall be classified as:
(a) Balances with banks;
(b) Cheques, drafts on hand;
(c) Cash on hand;
(d) Others (specify nature).
(i) Short-term loans and advances shall be classified as:
(a) Loans and advances to related parties (giving details thereof);
(ii) The above shall also be sub-classified as:
(i) Contingent liabilities shall be classified as:
(a) Claims against the company not acknowledged as debt;
(b) Guarantees;
(c) Other money for which the company is contingently liable.
(ii) Commitments shall be classified as:
(a) Estimated amount of contracts remaining to be executed on capital
account and not provided for;
(b) Uncalled liability on shares and other investments partly paid;
(c) Other commitments (specify nature).
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