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Overview of Ind AS 20
Government Grants Government Assistance Disclosure
Recognition of Government Presentation of Repayment of
Grants Government Grants Government Grants
Reasonable assurance for
receipt and compliance Related to asset Related to income
Non-monetary Presented in balance Presented as part of
government grants sheet by setting up profit or loss, either
grant as deferred separately or under
income 'other income'
Alternatively, deduct Alternatively,
the grant in arriving deducted in
at the carrying reporting related
amount of the asset expense
Scope
Applicable Not applicable
(a) To special problems arising in accounting for government grants reflecting the effects of
In accounting for In disclosure of changing prices or supplementary information of a similar nature.
(b) To government assistance that is provided for an entity in the form of benefits that are
available in determining taxable profit or tax loss, or are determined or limited on the basis of
income tax liability.
Examples: Income tax holidays, investment tax credits, accelerated depreciation.
Government grants Other forms of (c) To government participation in the ownership of the entity.
government assistance (d) To government grants covered by Ind AS 41, Agriculture.
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Entity will comply with the conditions of the grant
Only when
Recognition
of government
there is
reasonable
+
grant
assurance that Grant will be received
Note:
S. Non-monetary government grants
Type Treatment
No.
1. Grant whether received Same manner of accounting is followed
in cash or as a reduction for all grants
of a liability to the
government
2. Forgivable loan from Treated as a government grant when Either Or
government there is reasonable assurance that the
entity will meet the terms for forgiveness
of the loan
3. Government loan at a • Treat the benefit as a government
below-market rate of grant Assess the fair value of the Record both
interest • Recognise and measure in accordance non-monetary asset and asset and grant
with Ind AS 109. account for both grant at a nominal
Benefit = and asset at that fair value amount
Initial carrying value of the loan
determined as per Ind AS 109 - the
proceeds received
4. Grants received as part • Identify the conditions giving rise to
of a package of financial costs and expenses which determine
or fiscal aids with the periods over which the grant will be
conditions attached earned.
• It may be appropriate to allocate part Presentation of government grant
of a grant on one basis and part on
another.
5. Grant receivable as • Recognise in profit or loss of the
compensation for period in which it becomes receivable
expenses or losses • Provide disclosure to ensure that its
already incurred or for effect is clearly understood.
immediate financial Related to assets Related to income
support with no future
related costs
6. Government Assistance • Government assistance to entities meets
– No Specific relation the definition of government grants in
to Operating Activities Ind AS 20
• Do not credit directly to shareholders’ Either present Or deduct the Present as Alternatively,
interests. Recognise in profit or loss on in balance sheet grant in arriving part of profit deduct in
a systematic basis. by setting up at the carrying or loss, either reporting
7. Government assistance- Exclude from the definition of grant as deferred amount of the separately or related
with no reasonable government grants income asset under 'other expense
value income'
8. Transactions with Exclude from the definition of
government government grants
Basic principle for recognition of government grant- Government
grants should be recognised in profit or loss on a systematic basis
over the periods in which the entity recognises as expenses the
related costs for which the grants are intended to compensate.
First applied towards any unapplied deferred credit and
then charged to profit and loss account immediately
Related to income
* Recognise by increasing the carrying amount of the asset
* The cumulative additional depreciation that would have been
Repayment of recognised in profit or loss to date in the absence of the grant
government Either shall be recognised immediately in profit or loss
grant * Check the possible impairment of the new carrying amount of
the asset
Related to assets
Or
Reduce the deferred income balance by the amount payable
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