ADI Ltd (the Company), engaged in the business of manufacturing of urea, has set up its business in a designated backward area which entitles the…
CA Intermediate · Advanced Accounting · MTP · September 2025
ADI Ltd (the Company), engaged in the business of manufacturing of urea, has set up its business in a designated backward area which entitles the company to receive from the Government of India a subsidy of 20% of the cost of investment. Having fulfilled all the conditions under the scheme, the Company on its overall investment of 50 crores received 10 crores from the Government in January 2024 (financial year being 2023-24). The Company wants to treat this receipt as an item of revenue and thereby reduce the losses on profit and loss account for the year ended 31 March 2024. ADI Ltd holds 51% in SHA Ltd. SHA Ltd is a joint venture of ADI Ltd due to a contractual agreement. ADI Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing business and it entered into a joint venture to get synergies in the same business. ADI Ltd and SHA Ltd hold 10% and 30% respectively in SHB Ltd. As per the requirements of SEBI, ADI Ltd prepared results/accounts for the quarter ended 30 June 2024 and took following positions in respect of following accounting matters: Training expenses incurred during the quarter ended 30 June 2024 were allocated equally over the four quarters because the benefit was spread over the entire year and similarly some training expenses expected to be incurred in the last quarter have been estimated and equally allocated over the four quarters.Provision made for donation of 5 million expected to be made in the second quarter.Since historically there has been an immaterial variance between budgets and actuals, depreciation charge for the quarter was determined by the budgeted figure.Incentives were provided to the customers if they purchase 1 million kgs of urea on an annual basis. It was expected that at least 50 customers would be able to achieve this target before the end of third quarter. No provision was made for this incentive during the quarter ended 30 June 2024 since ADI Ltd believed that the provision was not yet fructified. ADI Ltd owns 60% holding in ANI Ltd, an unquoted entity. The government has recently announced an increase in interest rates. The increase will cause a fall in value of equity holdings. This is due to the fact that risk free investments offer a higher return making them relatively more attractive. The market value of equity will adjust downwards to improve the return available on this sort of investment. SHB Ltd took a loan of USD 10,000 on 1 April 2023 for a specific project at an interest rate of 5% p.a. payable annually. On 1 April 2023, the exchange rate between the currency was 81 per USD. The exchange rate as at 31 March 2024 was 82 per USD. The corresponding amount could have been borrowed by SHB Ltd in local currency at an interest rate of 11% per annum as on 1 April 2023. ADI Ltd follows April to March as the financial year
Suggested Answer and Working Notes:
Correct Answer: Option (B)
The subsidy should be credited to capital reserve.
Topics: AS 21, AS 13, AS 16
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