Ind AS 28, Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures: The objective of Ind AS 28 is to prescribe the accounting for investments in associates and to set out the requirements for the application of the equity method when accounting for investments in associates and joint ventures. The Standard shall be applied by all entities that are investors with joint control of, or significant influence over, an investee.
Ind AS 28
An associate is an entity over which the investor has significant influence. Significant influence is the power to participate in the financial and operating policy decisions of the investee but is not control or joint control of those policies.
Ind AS 111, Joint Arrangements, establishes principles for the financial reporting of parties to joint arrangements. A joint arrangement is an arrangement in which two or more parties have joint control. As per the Standard, an entity shall determine the type of joint arrangement in which it is involved. The classification of a joint arrangement as a joint operation or a joint venture depends upon the rights and obligations of the parties to the arrangement.
A joint venture is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights to the net assets of the arrangement. The Standard requires that a joint venturer shall recognize its interest in a joint venture as an investment and shall account for that investment using the equity method following Ind AS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures unless the entity is exempted from applying the equity method as specified in the standard. Must Read How to Read or Analyse a Balance Sheet.
Under the equity method, on initial recognition, the investment in an associate or a joint venture is recognized at cost and the carrying amount is increased or decreased to recognize the investor’s share of the profit or loss of the investee after the date of acquisition. The investor’s share of the investee’s profit or loss is recognized in the investor’s profit or loss. Distributions received from an investee reduce the carrying amount of the investment.
Adjustments to the carrying amount may also be necessary for changes in the investor’s proportionate interest in the investee arising from changes in the investee are other comprehensive income. Such changes include those arising from the revaluation of property, plant, and equipment and foreign exchange translation differences. The investor’s share of those changes is recognized in the investor’s other comprehensive income (Ind AS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements). Must Check Steps to Locate Errors.
The entity’s financial statements shall be prepared using uniform accounting policies for like transactions and events in similar circumstances unless, in the case of an associate, it is impracticable to do so. If an associate or a joint venture uses accounting policies other than those of the entity for like transactions and events in similar circumstances, adjustments shall be made to make the associate’s or joint venture’s accounting policies conform to those of the entity when the associate’s or joint venture’s financial statements are used by the entity in applying the equity method, except if an entity that is not itself an investment entity has an interest in an associate or joint venture that is an investment entity, the entity may, when applying the equity method, retain the fair value measurement applied by that investment entity associate or joint venture to the investment entity associate’s or joint venture’s interests in subsidiaries.
After the application of the equity method, including recognising the associate’s or joint venture’s losses, the entity applies the requirements of Ind AS 109, Financial Instruments to determine whether it is necessary to recognize any additional impairment loss concerning its net investment in the associate or joint venture. You may also like the Acid Test Ratio or Quick Ratio.
The Standard provides exemptions from applying the equity method similar to those provided in Ind AS 110, Consolidated Financial Statements to the parent that is exempted from preparing consolidated financial statements. The Standard also provides exemptions from applying the equity method when the investment in an associate or a joint venture is held by, or is held indirectly through, an entity that is a venture capital organization, or a mutual fund, unit trust, and similar entities including investment-linked insurance funds. Those investments may be measured at fair value through profit or loss following Ind AS 109, Financial Instruments.
