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Accounting Standards and IFRS

ICSE · Class 11 · Accountancy

Summary of Accounting Standards and IFRS for ICSE Class 11 Accountancy. Key concepts, important points, and chapter overview.

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Overview

Accounting standards create common rules for preparing financial statements so that accounts become clear, uniform, and comparable. They support the idea of a true and fair view, even though true and fair view is not defined in the Indian Companies Act, 2013 or any other statute. In India, Accountin

Key Concepts

Accounting Standards are policy documents issued

Accounting Standards are policy documents issued by a recognized expert accountancy body that deal with measurement, treatment, and disclosure of acco

Financial statements should present a true

Financial statements should present a true and fair view of operating results and financial position. This idea is central to accounting, but it is no

Accounting standards lay down norms

Accounting standards lay down norms for accounting policies and practices, remove the effect of different accounting treatments, and define acceptable

They ensure uniformity and comparability

They ensure uniformity and comparability, improve reliability, help settle disputes, assist auditors, and restrict fraud and manipulation.

Inventories are assets held for sale

Inventories are assets held for sale, in production for sale, or as materials and supplies to be consumed in production or service delivery. Inventori

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the meaning and need of accounting standards
  • Learn the definitions of accounting standards given by T.P. Ghosh and Kohler
  • Identify the main characteristics and advantages of accounting standards
  • Study AS-2 on valuation of inventories and AS-6 on depreciation accounting
  • Understand the meaning, assumptions, and need for IFRS

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