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Accounting Standard (AS) 25 (issued 2002)

Interim Financial Reporting

Paragraphs
OBJECTIVE
SCOPE 1-3
DEFINITIONS 4-5
CONTENT OF AN INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT 6-23
Minimum Components of an Interim Financial Report 9
Form and Content of Interim Financial Statements 10-14
Selected Explanatory Notes 15-17
Periods for which Interim Financial Statements are required to be presented 18-20
Materiality 21-23
DISCLOSURE IN ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 24-26
RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT 27-41
Same Accounting Policies as Annual 27-35
Revenues Received Seasonally or Occasionally 36-37
Costs Incurred Unevenly During the Financial Year 38
Applying the Recognition and Measurement principles 39
Use of Estimates 40-41
RESTATEMENT OF PREVIOUSLY REPORTED INTERIM PERIODS 42-43
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION 44
APPENDICES

The following Accounting Standards Interpretations (ASIs) relate to AS 25:

z ASI 27 - Applicability of AS25 to Interim Financial Results

The above interpretationis published elsewhere in this Compendium

(This Accounting Standard includes paragraphs set in bold italic type and plain type, which have equal authority. Paragraphs in
bold italic type indicate the main principles. This Accounting Standard should be read in the context of its objective and the Preface
to the Statements of Accounting Standards1.)
Accounting Standard (AS) 25, 'Interim Financial Reporting', issued by the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India,
comes into effect in respect of accounting periods commencing on or after 1-4-2002. If an enterprise is required or elects to prepare
and present an interim financial report, it should comply with this Standard.2 The following is the text of the Accounting Standard.

Objective
The objective of this Statement is to prescribe the minimum content of an interim financial report and to prescribe the principles for
recognition and measurement in a complete or condensed financial statements for an interim period. Timely and reliable interim
financial reporting improves the ability of investors, creditors, and others to understand an enterprise's capacity to generate
earnings and cash flows, its financial condition and liquidity.
* Two limited revisions to this Standard have been made in 2004 (one in March 2004 and another in June 2004). Pursuant to the
limited revision made in March 2004, paragraph 16 of this Standard has been revised (see footnote 4). Pursuant to the limited
revision made in June 2004, paragraph 29(c) and certain paragraphs of Appendix 3 to this Standard have been revised to omit the
word ‘effective’ at certain places with a view to align the drafting of the Standard with the corresponding IAS.

1 Attention is specifically drawn to paragraph 4.3 of the Preface, according to which Accounting Standards are intended to apply
only to items which are material.

2 Reference may be made to the section titled ‘Announcements of the Council regarding status of various documents issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India’ appearing at the beginning of this Compendium for a detailed discussion on the
implications of the mandatory status of an accounting standard.

Scope

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1. This Statement does not mandate which enterprises should be required to present interim financial reports, how
frequently, or how soon after the end of an interim period. If an enterprise is required or elects to prepare and
present an interim financial report, it should comply with this Statement.
2. A statute governing an enterprise or a regulator may require an enterprise to prepare and present certain information at an
interim date which may be different in form and/or content as required by this Statement. In such a case, the recognition and
measurement principles as laid down in this Statement are applied in respect of such information, unless otherwise specified in
the statute or by the regulator.3
3. The requirements related to cash flow statement, complete or condensed, contained in this Statement are applicable where an
enterprise prepares and presents a cash flow statement for the purpose of its annual financial report.
3 See also Accounting Standards Interpretation (ASI) 27, published elsewhere in this Compendium.

Definitions
4. The following terms are used in this Statement with the meanings specified:

Interim period is a financial reporting period shorter than a full financial year.

Interim financial report means a financial report containing either a complete set of financial statements or a set
of condensed financial statements (as described in this Statement) for an interim period.
5. During the first year of operations of an enterprise, its annual financial reporting period may be shorter than a financial year. In
such a case, that shorter period is not considered as an interim period.

Content of an Interim Financial Report

6. A complete set of financial statements normally includes:

a. balance sheet;

b. statement of profit and loss;

c. cash flow statement; and

d. notes including those relating to accounting policies and other statements and explanatory material that are an integral
part of the financial statements.
7. In the interest of timeliness and cost considerations and to avoid repetition of information previously reported, an enterprise
may be required to or may elect to present less information at interim dates as compared with its annual financial statements.
The benefit of timeliness of presentation may be partially offset by a reduction in detail in the information provided. Therefore,
this Statement requires preparation and presentation of an interim financial report containing, as a minimum, a set of
condensed financial statements. The interim financial report containing condensed financial statements is intended to provide
an update on the latest annual financial statements. Accordingly, it focuses on new activities, events, and circumstances and
does not duplicate information previously reported.
8. This Statement does not prohibit or discourage an enterprise from presenting a complete set of financial statements in its
interim financial report, rather than a set of condensed financial statements. This Statement also does not prohibit or
discourage an enterprise from including, in condensed interim financial statements, more than the minimum line items or
selected explanatory notes as set out in this Statement. The recognition and measurement principles set out in this Statement
apply also to complete financial statements for an interim period, and such statements would include all disclosures required by
this Statement (particularly the selected disclosures in paragraph 16) as well as those required by other Accounting Standards.

Minimum Components of an Interim Financial Report

9. An interim financial report should include, at a minimum, the following components:

a. condensed balance sheet;

b. condensed statement of profit and loss;

c. condensed cash flow statement; and

d. selected explanatory notes.

Form and Content of Interim Financial Statements

10 If an enterprise prepares and presents a complete set of financial statements in its interim financial report, the
form and content of those statements should conform to the requirements as applicable to annual complete set of
financial statements.
11. If an enterprise prepares and presents a set of condensed financial statements in its interim financial report,
those condensed statements should include, at a minimum, each of the headings and sub-headings that were
included in its most recent annual financial statements and the selected explanatory notes as required by this
Statement. Additional line items or notes should be included if their omission would make the condensed interim
financial statements misleading.

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12. If an enterprise presents basic and diluted earnings per share in its annual financial statements in accordance
with Accounting Standard (AS) 20, Earnings Per Share, basic and diluted earnings per share should be presented
in accordance with AS 20 on the face of the statement of profit and loss, complete or condensed, for an interim
period.
13. If an enterprise's annual financial report included the consolidated financial statements in addition to the parent's separate
financial statements, the interim financial report includes both the consolidated financial statements and separate financial
statements, complete or condensed.
14. Appendix 1 provides illustrative formats of condensed financial statements.

Selected Explanatory Notes

15. A user of an enterprise's interim financial report will ordinarily have access to the most recent annual financial report of that
enterprise. It is, therefore, not necessary for the notes to an interim financial report to provide relatively insignificant updates
to the information that was already reported in the notes in the most recent annual financial report. At an interim date, an
explanation of events and transactions that are significant to an understanding of the changes in financial position and
performance of the enterprise since the last annual reporting date is more useful.
16. An enterprise should include the following information, as a minimum, in the notes to its interim financial
statements, if material and if not disclosed elsewhere in the interim financial report:

a. a statement that the same accounting policies are followed in the interim financial statements as those
followed in the most recent annual financial statements or, if those policies have been changed, a
description of the nature and effect of the change;

b. explanatory comments about the seasonality of interim operations;

c. the nature and amount of items affecting assets, liabilities, equity, net income, or cash flows that are
unusual because of their nature, size, or incidence (see paragraphs 12 to 14 of Accounting Standard (AS) 5,
Net Profit or Loss for the Period, Prior Period Items and Changes in Accounting Policies);

d. the nature and amount of changes in estimates of amounts reported in prior interim periods of the current
financial year or changes in estimates of amounts reported in prior financial years, if those changes have a
material effect in the current interim period;

e. issuances, buy-backs, repayments and restructuring of debt, equity and potential equity shares;

f. dividends, aggregate or per share (in absolute or percentage terms), separately for equity shares and other
shares;

g. segment revenue, segment capital employed (segment assets minus segment liabilities) and segment
result for business segments or geographical segments, whichever is the enterprise’s primary basis of
segment reporting (disclosure of segment information is required in an enterprise’s interim financial report
only if the enterprise is required, in terms of AS 17, Segment Reporting, to disclose segment information in
its annual financial statements);

h. material events subsequent to the end of the interim period that have not been reflected in the financial
statements for the interim period;4

i. the effect of changes in the composition of the enterprise during the interim period, such as
amalgamations, acquisition or disposal of subsidiaries and long-term investments, restructurings, and
discontinuing operations; and

j. material changes in contingent liabilities since the last annual balance sheet date.

The above information should normally be reported on a financial yearto- date basis. However, the enterprise
should also disclose any events or transactions that are material to an understanding of the current interim
period.
17. Other Accounting Standards specify disclosures that should be made in financial statements. In that context, financial
statements mean complete set of financial statements normally included in an annual financial report and sometimes included
in other reports. The disclosures required by those other Accounting Standards are not required if an enterprise's interim
financial report includes only condensed financial statements and selected explanatory notes rather than a complete set of
financial statements.
4 The Council of the Institute decided to make a limited revision to AS 25 in 2004, pursuant to which this sub-paragraph has been
added in paragraph 16 of AS 25. This revision comes into effect in respect of accounting periods commencing on or after 1.4.2004
(see ‘The Chartered Accountant’, March 2004, pp. 1021).

Periods for which Interim Financial Statements are required to be presented

18. Interim reports should include interim financial statements (condensed or complete) for periods as follows:

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a. balance sheet as of the end of the current interim period and a comparative balance sheet as of the end of
the immediately preceding financial year;

b. statements of profit and loss for the current interim period and cumulatively for the current financial year
to date, with comparative statements of profit and loss for the comparable interim periods (current and
year-to-date) of the immediately preceding financial year;

c. cash flow statement cumulatively for the current financial year to date, with a comparative statement for
the comparable year-to-date period of the immediately preceding financial year.
19. For an enterprise whose business is highly seasonal, financial information for the twelve months ending on the interim
reporting date and comparative information for the prior twelve-month period may be useful. Accordingly, enterprises whose
business is highly seasonal are encouraged to consider reporting such information in addition to the information called for in
the preceding paragraph.
20. Appendix 2 illustrates the periods required to be presented by an enterprise that reports half-yearly and an enterprise that
reports quarterly.

Materiality
21. In deciding how to recognise, measure, classify, or disclose an item for interim financial reporting purposes,
materiality should be assessed in relation to the interim period financial data. In making assessments of
materiality, it should be recognised that interim measurements may rely on estimates to a greater extent than
measurements of annual financial data.
22. The Preface to the Statements of Accounting Standards states that “The Accounting Standards are intended to apply only to
items which are material”. The Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements, issued by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India, states that “information is material if its misstatement (i.e., omission or erroneous
statement) could influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of the financial information”.
23. Judgement is always required in assessing materiality for financial reporting purposes. For reasons of understandability of the
interim figures, materiality for making recognition and disclosure decision is assessed in relation to the interim period financial
data. Thus, for example, unusual or extraordinary items, changes in accounting policies or estimates, and prior period items
are recognised and disclosed based on materiality in relation to interim period data. The overriding objective is to ensure that
an interim financial report includes all information that is relevant to understanding an enterprise's financial position and
performance during the interim period.

Disclosure in Annual Financial Statements

24. An enterprise may not prepare and present a separate financial report for the final interim period because the annual financial
statements are presented. In such a case, paragraph 25 requires certain disclosures to be made in the annual financial
statements for that financial year.
25. If an estimate of an amount reported in an interim period is changed significantly during the final interim period
of the financial year but a separate financial report is not prepared and presented for that final interim period, the
nature and amount of that change in estimate should be disclosed in a note to the annual financial statements for
that financial year.
26. Accounting Standard (AS) 5, Net Profit or Loss for the Period, Prior Period Items and Changes in Accounting Policies, requires
disclosure, in financial statements, of the nature and (if practicable) the amount of a change in an accounting estimate which
has a material effect in the current period, or which is expected to have a material effect in subsequent periods. Paragraph 16
(d) of this Statement requires similar disclosure in an interim financial report. Examples include changes in estimate in the final
interim period relating to inventory write-downs, restructurings, or impairment losses that were reported in an earlier interim
period of the financial year. The disclosure required by the preceding paragraph is consistent with AS 5 requirements and is
intended to be restricted in scope so as to relate only to the change in estimates. An enterprise is not required to include
additional interim period financial information in its annual financial statements.

Recognition and Measurement

Same Accounting Policies as Annualy

27. An enterprise should apply the same accounting policies in its interim financial statements as are applied in its
annual financial statements, except for accounting policy changes made after the date of the most recent annual
financial statements that are to be reflected in the next annual financial statements. However, the frequency of an
enterprise's reporting (annual, half-yearly, or quarterly) should not affect the measurement of its annual results.
To achieve that objective, measurements for interim reporting purposes should be made on a yearto- date basis.
28. Requiring that an enterprise apply the same accounting policies in its interim financial statements as in its annual financial
statements may seem to suggest that interim period measurements are made as if each interim period stands alone as an
independent reporting period. However, by providing that the frequency of an enterprise's reporting should not affect the
measurement of its annual results, paragraph 27 acknowledges that an interim period is a part of a financial year. Year-to-date
measurements may involve changes in estimates of amounts reported in prior interim periods of the current financial year. But
the principles for recognising assets, liabilities, income, and expenses for interim periods are the same as in annual financial
statements.
29. To illustrate:

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a. the principles for recognising and measuring losses from inventory write-downs, restructurings, or impairments in an
interim period are the same as those that an enterprise would follow if it prepared only annual financial statements.
However, if such items are recognised and measured in one interim period and the estimate changes in a subsequent
interim period of that financial year, the original estimate is changed in the subsequent interim period either by accrual
of an additional amount of loss or by reversal of the previously recognised amount;

b. a cost that does not meet the definition of an asset at the end of an interim period is not deferred on the balance sheet
date either to await future information as to whether it has met the definition of an asset or to smooth earnings over
interim periods within a financial year; and

c. income tax expense is recognised in each interim period based on the best estimate of the weighted average annual
income tax rate expected for the full financial year. Amounts accrued for income tax expense in one interim period may
have to be adjusted in a subsequent interim period of that financial year if the estimate of the annual income tax rate
changes.
30. Under the Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements, recognition is the “process of incorporating
in the balance sheet or statement of profit and loss an item that meets the definition of an element and satisfies the criteria for
recognition”. The definitions of assets, liabilities, income, and expenses are fundamental to recognition, both at annual and
interim financial reporting dates.
31. For assets, the same tests of future economic benefits apply at interim dates as they apply at the end of an enterprise's
financial year. Costs that, by their nature, would not qualify as assets at financial year end would not qualify at interim dates as
well. Similarly, a liability at an interim reporting date must represent an existing obligation at that date, just as it must at an
annual reporting date.
32. Income is recognised in the statement of profit and loss when an increase in future economic benefits related to an increase in
an asset or a decrease of a liability has arisen that can be measured reliably. Expenses are recognised in the statement of
profit and loss when a decrease in future economic benefits related to a decrease in an asset or an increase of a liability has
arisen that can be measured reliably. The recognition of items in the balance sheet which do not meet the definition of assets
or liabilities is not allowed.
33. In measuring assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and cash flows reported in its financial statements, an enterprise that
reports only annually is able to take into account information that becomes available throughout the financial year. Its
measurements are, in effect, on a year-to-date basis.
34. An enterprise that reports half-yearly, uses information available by mid-year or shortly thereafter in making the
measurements in its financial statements for the first six-month period and information available by yearend or shortly
thereafter for the twelve-month period. The twelve-month measurements will reflect any changes in estimates of amounts
reported for the first six-month period. The amounts reported in the interim financial report for the first six-month period are
not retrospectively adjusted. Paragraphs 16(d) and 25 require, however, that the nature and amount of any significant changes
in estimates be disclosed.
35. An enterprise that reports more frequently than half-yearly, measures income and expenses on a year-to-date basis for each
interim period using information available when each set of financial statements is being prepared. Amounts of income and
expenses reported in the current interim period will reflect any changes in estimates of amounts reported in prior interim
periods of the financial year. The amounts reported in prior interim periods are not retrospectively adjusted. Paragraphs 16(d)
and 25 require, however, that the nature and amount of any significant changes in estimates be disclosed.

Revenues Received Seasonally or Occasionally

36. Revenues that are received seasonally or occasionally within a financial year should not be anticipated or deferred
as of an interim date if anticipation or deferral would not be appropriate at the end of the enterprise's financial
year.
37. Examples include dividend revenue, royalties, and government grants. Additionally, some enterprises consistently earn more
revenues in certain interim periods of a financial year than in other interim periods, for example, seasonal revenues of retailers.
Such revenues are recognised when they occur.

Costs Incurred Unevenly During the Financial Year

38. Costs that are incurred unevenly during an enterprise's financial year should be anticipated or deferred for interim
reporting purposes if, and only if, it is also appropriate to anticipate or defer that type of cost at the end of the
financial year.

Applying the Recognition and Measurement principles

39. Appendix 3 provides examples of applying the general recognition and measurement principles set out in paragraphs 27 to 38.

Use of Estimates
40. The measurement procedures to be followed in an interim financial report should be designed to ensure that the
resulting information is reliable and that all material financial information that is relevant to an understanding of
the financial position or performance of the enterprise is appropriately disclosed. While measurements in both
annual and interim financial reports are often based on reasonable estimates, the preparation of interim financial
reports generally will require a greater use of estimation methods than annual financial reports.
41. Appendix 4 provides examples of the use of estimates in interim periods.

Restatement of Previously Reported Interim Periods

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42. A change in accounting policy, other than one for which the transition is specified by an Accounting Standard,
should be reflected by restating the financial statements of prior interim periods of the current financial year.
43. One objective of the preceding principle is to ensure that a single accounting policy is applied to a particular class of
transactions throughout an entire financial year. The effect of the principle in paragraph 42 is to require that within the current
financial year any change in accounting policy be applied retrospectively to the beginning of the financial year.

Transitional Provision
44. On the first occasion that an interim financial report is presented in accordance with this Statement, the following need not be
presented in respect of all the interim periods of the current financial year:

a. comparative statements of profit and loss for the comparable interim periods (current and year-to-date) of the
immediately preceding financial year; and

b. comparative cash flow statement for the comparable year-todate period of the immediately preceding financial year.

Appendix 1
Illustrative Format of Condensed Financial Statements
This Appendix, which is illustrative and does not form part of the Accounting Standard, provides illustrative format of condensed
financial statements. The purpose of the appendix is to illustrate the application of the Accounting Standard to assist in clarifying its
meaning.
Paragraph 11 of the Accounting Standard provides that if an enterprise prepares and presents a set of condensed financial
statements in its interim financial report, those condensed statements should include, at a minimum, each of the headings and sub-
headings that were included in its most recent annual financial statements and the selected explanatory notes as required by the
Standard. Additional line items or notes should be included if their omission would make the condensed interim financial statements
misleading.
The purpose of the following illustrative format is primarily to illustrate the requirements of paragraph 11 of the Standard. It may be
noted that these illustrative formats are subject to the requirements laid down in the Standard including those of paragraph 11.
Illustrative Format of Condensed Financial Statements for
an enterprise other than a bank
(A) Condensed Balance Sheet
Figures at the end of the current interim period Figures at the end of the
previous accounting year
I. Sources of Funds
1. Capital
2. Reserve and surplus
3. Minority interests (in case of
consolidated financial
statements)
4. Loan funds:
(a) Secured loans
(b) Unsecured loans
Total
II. Application of Funds
1. Fixed assets
(a) Tangible fixed assets
(b) Intangible fixed assets
2. Investments
3. Current assets, loans and
advances
(a) Inventories
(b) Sundry debtors
(c) Cash and bank balances
(d) Loans and advances
(e) Others
Less: Current liabilities and
provisions
(a) Liabilities
(b) Provisions
Net Current assets
4. Miscellaneous expenditure
to the extent not written off
or adjusted
5. Profit and loss account

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Total
(B) Condensed Statement of Profit and Loss
Three Corresponding three months of the Year-to-date figures Year-to-date
months previous accounting year for figures for
ended current period the previous year
1. Turnover
2. Other Income
Total
3. Changes in
inventories
of finished goods and
work in progress
4. Cost of raw
materials
and consumables
used
5. Salaries, wages
and
other staff costs
6. Other expenses
7. Interest
8. Depreciation and
amortisations
Total
9. Profit or loss from
ordinary activities
before tax
10. Extraordinary
items
11. Profit or loss
before tax
12. Tax expense
13. Profit or loss
after tax
14. Minority Interests
(in case of
consolidated
financial statements)
15. Net profit or
loss for
the period
Earnings Per Share
1. Basic Earnings Per
Share
2. Diluted Earnings
Per Share
(C) Condensed Cash Flow Statement
Year-to-date figures for the Year-to-date figures for the
current period previous year
1. Cash flows from operating activities
2. Cash flows from investing activities
3. Cash flows from financing activities
4. Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents
5. Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
6. Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
(D) Selected Explanatory Notes

This part should contain selected explanatory notes as required by paragraph 16 of this Statement.
Illustrative Format of Condensed Financial Statements for
a Bank
(A) Condensed Balance Sheet

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Figures at the end of the current Figures at the end of the previous
interim accounting year
period
I. Capital and Liabilities
1. Capital
2. Reserve and surplus
3. Minority interests
(in case of consolidated
financial statements)
4. Deposits
5. Borrowings
6. Other liabilities and
provisions
Total
II. Assets
1. Cash and balances with
Reserve Bank of India
2. Balances with banks and
money at call and short
notice
3. Investments
4. Advances
5. Fixed assets
(a) Tangible fixed assets
(b) Intangible fixed assets
6. Other Assets
Total
(B) Condensed Statement of Profit and Loss
Three Corresponding three months of Year-to-date figures for Year-to-date
months the previous accounting year current period figures for the
ended previous
year
1. Interest earned
(a)
Interest/discount on
advances/bills
(b) Interest on
Investments
(c) Interest on
balances with
Reserve Bank of
India and other
inter banks funds
(d) Others
2. Other Income
Total Income
1. Interest
expended
2. Operating
expenses
(a) Payments to
and
provisions for
employees
(b) Other operating
expenses
3. Total expenses
(excluding
provisions
and contingencies)
4. Operating profit
(profit
before provisions
and

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contingencies)
5. Provisions and
contingencies
6. Profit or loss
from
ordinary activities
before tax
7. Extraordinary
items
8. Profit or loss
before tax
9. Tax expense
(B) Condensed Statement of Profit and Loss (Contd.)
Three Corresponding three Year-to-date figures Year-to-date figures for the
months months of for previous
ended the previous accounting current period year
year
10. Profit or loss after tax
11. Minority Interests
(in case of consolidated
financial statements)
12. Net profit or loss
for
the period
Earnings Per Share
1. Basic Earnings Per
Share
2. Diluted Earnings Per
Share

(C) Condensed Cash Flow Statement

Year-to-date figures for the current Year-to-date figures for the previous
period year
1. Cash flows from operating activities
2. Cash flows from investing activities
3. Cash flows from financing activities
4. Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents
5. Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
period
6. Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
(D) Selected Explanatory Notes
This part should contain selected explanatory notes as required by paragraph 16 of this Statement.
Appendix 2
Illustration of Periods Required to Be Presented
This Appendix, which is illustrative and does not form part of the Accounting Standard, provides examples to illustrate application of
the principles in paragraphs 18 and 19. The purpose of the appendix is to illustrate the application of the Accounting Standard to
assist in clarifying its meaning.
Enterprise Preparing and Presenting Interim Financial Reports Half-Yearly
1. An enterprise whose financial year ends on 31 March, presents financial statements (condensed or complete) for following
periods in its half-yearly interim financial report as of 30 September 2001: Balance Sheet:
Balance Sheet:
As at 30 September 2001 31 March 2001
Statement of Profit and Loss:
6 months ending 30 September 2001 30 September 2000
Cash Flow Statement5:
6 months ending 30 September 2001 30 September 2000
Enterprise Preparing and Presenting Interim Financial Reports Quarterly
2. An enterprise whose financial year ends on 31 March, presents financial statements (condensed or complete) for following
periods in its interim financial report for the second quarter ending 30 September 2001:

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Balance Sheet:
As at 30 September 2001 31 March 2001
Statement of Profit and Loss:
6 months ending 30 September 2001 30 September 2000
3 months ending 30 September 2001x 30 September 2001 30 September 2000
Cash Flow Statement:
6 months ending 30 September 2001 30 September 2000
Enterprise whose business is highly seasonal Preparing and
Presenting Interim Financial Reports Quarterly
3. An enterprise whose financial year ends on 31 March, may present financial statements (condensed or complete) for the
following periods in its interim financial report for the second quarter ending 30 September 2001:
Balance Sheet:
As at 30 September 2001 31 March 2001
30 September 2000
Statement of Profit and Loss:
6 months ending 30 September 2001 30 September 2000
3 months ending 30 September 2001 30 September 2000
12 months ending 30 September 2001 30 September 2000
Cash Flow Statement:
6 months endingx 30 September 2001 30 September 2000
12 months ending 30 September 2001 30 September 2000
Appendix 3
Examples of Applying the Recognition and Measurement
Principles
This Appendix, which is illustrative and does not form part of the Accounting Standard, provides examples of applying the general
recognition and measurement principles set out in paragraphs 27-38 of this Standard. The purpose of the appendix is to illustrate
the application of the Accounting Standard to assist in clarifying its meaning.
Gratuity and Other Defined Benefit Schemes
1. Provisions in respect of gratuity and other defined benefit schemes for an interim period are calculated on a year-to-date basis
by using the actuarially determined rates at the end of the prior financial year, adjusted for significant market fluctuations since
that time and for significant curtailments, settlements, or other significant one-time events.
Major Planned Periodic Maintenance or Overhaul
2. The cost of a major planned periodic maintenance or overhaul or other seasonal expenditure that is expected to occur late in
the year is not anticipated for interim reporting purposes unless an event has caused the enterprise to have a present
obligation. The mere intention or necessity to incur expenditure related to the future is not sufficient to give rise to an
obligation.
Provisions
3. This Statement requires that an enterprise apply the same criteria for recognising and measuring a provision at an interim date
as it would at the end of its financial year. The existence or non-existence of an obligation to transfer economic benefits is not a
function of the length of the reporting period. It is a question of fact subsisting on the reporting date.
Year-End Bonuses
4. The nature of year-end bonuses varies widely. Some are earned simply by continued employment during a time period. Some
bonuses are earned based on monthly, quarterly, or annual measure of operating result. They may be purely discretionary,
contractual, or based on years of historical precedent.
5. A bonus is anticipated for interim reporting purposes if, and only if, (a) the bonus is a legal obligation or an obligation arising
from past practice for which the enterprise has no realistic alternative but to make the payments, and (b) a reliable estimate of
the obligation can be made.
Intangible Assets
6. An enterprise will apply the definition and recognition criteria for an intangible asset in the same way in an interim period as in
an annual period. Costs incurred before the recognition criteria for an intangible asset are met are recognised as an expense.
Costs incurred after the specific point in time at which the criteria are met are recognised as part of the cost of an intangible
asset. "Deferring" costs as assets in an interim balance sheet in the hope that the recognition criteria will be met later in the
financial year is not justified.
Other Planned but Irregularly Occurring Costs
7. An enterprise's budget may include certain costs expected to be incurred irregularly during the financial year, such as
employee training costs. These costs generally are discretionary even though they are planned and tend to recur from year to
year. Recognising an obligation at an interim financial reporting date for such costs that have not yet been incurred generally is
not consistent with the definition of a liability.
Measuring Income Tax Expense for Interim Period
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that is, the estimated average annual effective income tax rate applied to the pre-tax income of the interim period.
9. This is consistent with the basic concept set out in paragraph 27 that the same accounting recognition and measurement
principles should be applied in an interim financial report as are applied in annual financial statements. Income taxes are
assessed on an annual basis. Therefore, interim period income tax expense is calculated by applying, to an interim period's
pre-tax income, the tax rate that would be applicable to expected total annual earnings, that is, the estimated average
effective annual income tax rate. That estimated average annual income tax rate would reflect the tax rate structure expected
to be applicable to the full year's earnings including enacted or substantively enacted changes in the income tax rates
scheduled to take effect later in the financial year. The estimated average annual income tax rate would be re-estimated on a
year-to-date basis, consistent with paragraph 27 of this Statement. Paragraph 16(d) requires disclosure of a significant change
in estimate.
10. To the extent practicable, a separate estimated average annual effective income tax rate is determined for each governing
taxation law and applied individually to the interim period pre-tax income under such laws. Similarly, if different income tax
rates apply to different categories of income (such as capital gains or income earned in particular industries), to the extent
practicable a separate rate is applied to each individual category of interim period pre-tax income. While that degree of
precision is desirable, it may not be achievable in all cases, and a weighted average of rates across such governing taxation
laws or across categories of income is used if it is a reasonable approximation of the effect of using more specific rates.
11. As illustration, an enterprise reports quarterly, earns Rs. 150 lakhs pretax profit in the first quarter but expects to incur losses
of Rs 50 lakhs in each of the three remaining quarters (thus having zero income for the year), and is governed by taxation laws
according to which its estimated average annual income tax rate is expected to be 35 per cent. The following table shows the
amount of income tax expense that is reported in each quarter:
(Amount in Rs. lakhs)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Annual
Tax
Expense 52.5 (17.5) (17.5) (17.5) 0
Difference in Financial Reporting Year and Tax Year
12. If the financial reporting year and the income tax year differ, income tax expense for the interim periods of that financial
reporting year is measured using separate weighted average estimated effective tax rates for each of the income tax years
applied to the portion of pre-tax income earned in each of those income tax years.
13. To illustrate, an enterprise's financial reporting year ends 30 September and it reports quarterly. Its year as per taxation laws
ends 31 March. For the financial year that begins 1 October, Year 1 ends 30 September of Year 2, the enterprise earns Rs 100
lakhs pre-tax each quarter. The estimated weighted average annual income tax rate is 30 per cent in Year 1 and 40 per cent in
Year 2.
(Amount in Rs. lakhs)
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Year
Ending Ending Ending Ending Ending
31 Dec. 31 Mar. 30 June 30 Sep. 30 Sep.
Year 1 Year 1 Year 2 Year 2 Year 2
Tax Expense 30 30 40 40 140
Tax Deductions/Exemptions
14. Tax statutes may provide deductions/exemptions in computation of income for determining tax payable. Anticipated tax
benefits of this type for the full year are generally reflected in computing the estimated annual effective income tax rate,
because these deductions/exemptions are calculated on an annual basis under the usual provisions of tax statutes. On the
other hand, tax benefits that relate to a one-time event are recognised in computing income tax expense in that interim period,
in the same way that special tax rates applicable to particular categories of income are not blended into a single effective
annual tax rate.
Tax Loss Carryforwards
15. A deferred tax asset should be recognised in respect of carryforward tax losses to the extent that it is virtually certain,
supported by convincing evidence, that future taxable income will be available against which the deferred tax assets can be
realised. The criteria are to be applied at the end of each interim period and, if they are met, the effect of the tax loss
carryforward is reflected in the computation of the estimated average annual effective income tax rate.
16. To illustrate, an enterprise that reports quarterly has an operating loss carryforward of Rs 100 lakhs for income tax purposes at
the start of the current financial year for which a deferred tax asset has not been recognised. The enterprise earns Rs 100
lakhs in the first quarter of the current year and expects to earn Rs 100 lakhs in each of the three remaining quarters.
Excluding the loss carryforward, the estimated average annual income tax rate is expected to be 40 per cent. The estimated
payment of the annual tax on Rs. 400 lakhs of earnings for the current year would be Rs. 120 lakhs {(Rs. 400 lakhs - Rs. 100
lakhs) x 40%}. Considering the loss carryforward, the estimated average annual effective income tax rate would be 30% {(Rs.
120 lakhs/Rs. 400 lakhs) x 100}. This average annual effective income tax rate would be applied to earnings of each quarter.
Accordingly, tax expense would be as follows:
(Amount in Rs. lakhs)
st nd rd th
1 2 3 4
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter

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Tax Expense 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 120.00
Contractual or Anticipated Purchase Price Changes
17. Volume rebates or discounts and other contractual changes in the prices of goods and services are anticipated in interim
periods, if it is probable that they will take effect. Thus, contractual rebates and discounts are anticipated but discretionary
rebates and discounts are not anticipated because the resulting liability would not satisfy the conditions of recognition, viz.,
that a liability must be a present obligation whose settlement is expected to result in an outflow of resources.
Depreciation and Amortisation
18, Depreciation and amortisation for an interim period is based only on assets owned during that interim period. It does not take
into account asset acquisitions or disposals planned for later in the financial year.
Inventories
19. Inventories are measured for interim financial reporting by the same principles as at financial year end. AS 2 on Valuation of
Inventories, establishes standards for recognising and measuring inventories. Inventories pose particular problems at any
financial reporting date because of the need to determine inventory quantities, costs, and net realisable values. Nonetheless,
the same measurement principles are applied for interim inventories. To save cost and time, enterprises often use estimates to
measure inventories at interim dates to a greater extent than at annual reporting dates. Paragraph 20 below provides an
example of how to apply the net realisable value test at an interim date.
Net Realisable Value of Inventories
20. The net realisable value of inventories is determined by reference to selling prices and related costs to complete and sell the
inventories. An enterprise will reverse a write-down to net realisable value in a subsequent interim period as it would at the
end of its financial year.
Foreign Currency Translation Gains and Losses
21. Foreign currency translation gains and losses are measured for interim financial reporting by the same principles as at financial
year end in accordance with the principles as stipulated in AS 11 on Accounting for the Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange
Rates6.
Impairment of Assets
22. Accounting Standard on Impairment of Assets7 requires that an impairment loss be recognised if the recoverable amount has
declined below carrying amount.
23. An enterprise applies the same impairment tests, recognition, and reversal criteria at an interim date as it would at the end of
its financial year. That does not mean, however, that an enterprise must necessarily make a detailed impairment calculation at
the end of each interim period. Rather, an enterprise will assess the indications of significant impairment since the end of the
most recent financial year to determine whether such a calculation is needed.
Appendix 4
Examples of the Use of Estimates
This Appendix, which is illustrative and does not form part of the Accounting Standard, provides examples to illustrate application of
the principles in this Standard. The purpose of the appendix is to illustrate the application of the Accounting Standard to assist in
clarifying its meaning.
1. Provisions: Determination of the appropriate amount of a provision (such as a provision for warranties, restructuring costs,
gratuity, etc.) may be complex and often costly and time-consuming. Enterprises sometimes engage outside experts to assist
in annual calculations. Making similar estimates at interim dates often involves updating the provision made in the preceding
annual financial statements rather than engaging outside experts to do a new calculation.
2. Contingencies: Measurement of contingencies may involve obtaining opinions of legal experts or other advisers. Formal
reports from independent experts are sometimes obtained with respect to contingencies. Such opinions about litigation, claims,
assessments, and other contingencies and uncertainties may or may not be needed at interim dates.
3. Specialised industries: Because of complexity, costliness, and time involvement, interim period measurements in specialised
industries might be less precise than at financial year end. An example is calculation of insurance reserves by insurance
companies.
5 It is assumed that the enterprise prepares a cash flow statement for the purpose of its Annual Report.

6 AS 11 has been revised in 2003, and titled as ‘The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchanges Rates’. The pre-revised and the
revised Standards are published elsewhere in this Compendium.

7 Accounting Standard (AS) 28, ‘Impairment of Assets’, specifies the requirements relating to impairment of assets.

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