May17
2018
One of the remarkable changes that GST brought with its implementation is greater emphasis on compliance on part of an assessee. GST Act prescribes several provisions related to interest, penalty, fees and even imprisonment in case of severe defaults. We all take care of the major compliance requirements like filing returns regularly, charging the right type of tax (i.e. CGST & SGST or IGST), charging appropriate rate of tax etc. However, we often ignore small rules and guidelines prescribed by GST Act thinking they are too sundry to follow and they hardly attract any penalty or fees. Notwithstanding the scale of compliance requirement, we must be aware that even the minor case of non-conformance may attract considerable penalty in monetary as well as non-monetary terms. Here is a list of such small non-conformance that all tax payers under GST must bear in mind.
May09
2018
In order to promote exports, Government provides many benefits and reliefs to export houses time and again. One such benefit provided by current Government is treatment of export of goods and/or services as "Zero Rated Supplies". Any supply of goods and/or services as an export shall be treated as "Zero Rated Supplies" even though such supplies are taxable under GST in domestic market. This move reduces the prices of commodities or services being exported and increases competitiveness of our product / services in the international market. Moreover, higher exports also means greater balance of payment for Government.
May01
2018
It is one of the primary responsibilities of an accountant to keep an eye on the bank balances for each bank account of the company. The balance as shown as per our books of accounts may not be the same as reflected in bank statement. This happens due to many different reasons. Hence, any difference in our books of accounts and in the bank statement must be reconciled to find and identify the differences. This article captures various terms related to bank reconciliation as well as discusses major reasons that cause difference in balances between books of accounts and bank statement. It also explains methods of bank reconciliation.
Apr25
2018
You might have often heard the word "Retained Earnings" and wondered what it means? Just like individuals save a portion of their salary to meet future contingencies, companies also do the same.Companies keep a portion of their profits aside for various purposes like paying debts, as contingency fund or to be reinvested into core business for expansion. Such savings are called "Retained Earnings" in accounting terminology.
Apr23
2018
In last blog we discussed about Accrual Basis of Accounting v/s cash basis of accounting system. We also understood concept of accrued Income and treatment of accrued income in balance sheet and P&L accounts. In this article we are going to discuss about Accrued Expenses. The concept of accrued expense is also a part of accrual basis of accounting system.
What is Accrued Expense ?
Apr16
2018
In the U.S., when a small business grows, claiming the attention of investors or goes public, its accounting departments are required to immediately stick to the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or GAAP.
Simply put, GAAP is a common, accounting language for companies to record accounting and financial information. The sole objective of GAAP is to enable organizations to have a standardized method of treating financial and accounting data so that the interpretation, analysis, sharing and communication of financial results and reports with the external parties will be easier and made transparent.
