MCA has revised Schedule III of Companies Act 2013 to increase strictness in compliances and add several additional disclosures in Financial Statement. The main purpose behind these amendments is more clarity.
Financial statement of the company The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) vides notification dated 24 Mar 2021 has revised Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013, which shall be effective from the 1st day of April 2021. Earlier companies had to round off the figures developing in the financial statements based on “turnover”; however, based on the latest amendment, circulating off will be based on your company’s “total income”.
Purpose of amendment In recent years, there have been significant changes in the detailed requirement by the auditors, but no such corresponding amendments were made in Schedule-III for the preparation of the financial statements. Thus, to range the company’s financial statements in accordance with the auditor’s reporting requirements, the following amendments have been considered in this write-up. majority of the amendments to Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013 have been assumed in response to the amendments protected in the newly issued Companies (Auditors and Report Order) 2020 and the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2020.
Brief on amendments to Schedule III Division I, to the Act (for Companies whose financial statements are required to observe with the Accounting Standards):
- General instruction for preparation of balance sheet
- Rounding off It’s choice to do rounding off of figures till fiscal year ended 31.03.2021. To round off the figures appearing within the Financial Statements for the fiscal year ending 31.03.2022, the entire income of the corporate shall be considered because of the basis.
- Additional disclosure in notes to balance sheet Shareholding of promoter The note on share capital in the financial statements shall mention details of the shareholding of the advances along with changes, if any, during the financial year.
- Additional disclosure in notes to profit & loss account: Undisclosed Income (Reconciliation of Income Tax and Companies Act) The company shall give specific transaction not recorded in the books of accounts that has been surrendered or disclosed as income during the year in the tax assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961, unless there is exclusion for disclosure under any scheme and also shall state whether the previously unrecorded income and related assets have been properly recorded in the books of account during the year.
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