G Ltd. is a multi-national company and prepares and presents its financial statements following Indian Accounting Standards as its securities are…

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G Ltd. is a multi-national company and prepares and presents its financial statements following Indian Accounting Standards as its securities are listed on National Stock Exchange. G Ltd. has a number of business segments. (i) H Ltd. is one of the recently acquired Indian subsidiary of G Ltd. It has to adopt Ind AS for the first time as at 31st March, 20X4, with 1st April, 20X2 as the date of transition. As at 31st March, 20X2, the value of raw material inventories was incorrectly reported due to an error. The amounts are significant. (ii) G Ltd. is also engaged in software development. It enters into a contract with a customer to transfer a software license, perform an installation service and provide unspecified software updates and technical support (online and telephone) for a two-year period. G Ltd. sells the license, installation service and technical support separately. The installation service includes changing the web screen for each type of user (for example, marketing, inventory management and information technology). The installation service is routinely performed by other entities and does not significantly modify the software. The software remains functional without the updates and the technical support. (iii) G Ltd. sells a 20% interest in a wholly owned subsidiary K Ltd. to outside investors for 100 lakh in cash. The carrying value of K Ltd.'s net assets is 300 lakh, including goodwill of 65 lakh from the subsidiary's initial acquisition.
(A) H Ltd. shall report the impact of the error as a correction to Statement of Profit and Loss for the comparative period i.e., the year ended 31st March, 20X3.
(B) The correction shall be reflected in a reconciliation as at the end of the first Ind AS reporting period i.e., as at 31st March, 20X3.
(C) The impact of the correction is significant and it shall be amortized on a rational and systematic basis in the first two periods of Ind AS reporting i.e., years ended 31st March, 20X3 and 31st March, 20X4.
(D) The first Ind AS financial statements shall distinguish the correction of errors from changes in accounting policies and reported as part of the reconciliations as at 1st April, 20X2.

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Correct Answer: Option (D)

The first Ind AS financial statements shall distinguish the correction of errors from changes in accounting policies and reported as part of the reconciliations as at 1st April, 20X2.

Topics: Ind AS 115, Ind AS 103

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