Contents
OBJECTIVE
SCOPE Paragraphs 1-9
DEFINITIONS 10-14
THE RELATED PARTY ISSUE 15-19
DISCLOSURE 20-27
* A limited revision to this Standard has been made in 2003, pursuant to which
paragraph 26 of this Standard has been revised and paragraph 27 has been added to
this Standard (See footnote 9 to this Standard).
1Attention is specifically drawn to paragraph 4.3 of the Preface, according to which
Accounting Standards are intended to apply only to items which are material.
2Reference may be made to the section titled ‘Announcements of the Council
regarding status of various documents issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India’ appearing at the beginning of this Compendium for a detailed
discussion on the implications of the mandatory status of an accounting standard.
3AS 18 was earlier made mandatory in respect of accounting periods commencing
on or after 1-4-2001 only for the following enterprises:
(i) Enterprises whose equity or debt securities are listed on a recognised
stock exchange in India, and enterprises that are in the process of issuing
equity or debt securities that will be listed on a recognised stock
exchange in India as evidenced by the board of directors’ resolution in
this regard.
(ii) All other commercial, industrial and business reporting enterprises,
whose turnover for the accounting period exceeds Rs. 50 crores.
The relevant announcement was published in 'The Chartered Accountant', April
2002, page 1242.
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(ii) Enterprises which are in the process of listing their equity or debt
securities as evidenced by the board of directors’ resolution in
this regard.
(viii) Holding and subsidiary enterprises of any one of the above at any
time during the accounting period.
The enterprises which do not fall in any of the above categories are not
required to apply this Standard.
Where an enterprise has been covered in any one or more of the above
categories and subsequently, ceases to be so covered, the enterprise will not
qualify for exemption from application of this Standard, until the enterprise
ceases to be covered in any of the above categories for two consecutive
years.
An enterprise, which, pursuant to the above provisions, does not make related
party disclosures, should disclose the fact.
Objective
The objective of this Statement is to establish requirements for disclosure of:
Scope
1. This Statement should be applied in reporting related party
relationships and transactions between a reporting enterprise and its
related parties. The requirements of this Statement apply to the financial
statements of each reporting enterprise as also to consolidated financial
statements presented by a holding company.
(b) associates and joint ventures of the reporting enterprise and the
investing party or venturer in respect of which the reporting
enterprise is an associate or a joint venture;
(e) enterprises over which any person described in (c) or (d) is able
to exercise significant influence. This includes enterprises owned
by directors or major shareholders of the reporting enterprise and
enterprises that have a member of key management in common
with the reporting enterprise.
(c) the parties listed below, in the course of their normal dealings
with an enterprise by virtue only of those dealings (although they
may circumscribe the freedom of action of the enterprise or
participate in its decision-making process):
Definitions
10. For the purpose of this Statement, the following terms are used
with the meanings specified:
Key management personnel - those persons who have the authority and
responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of
the reporting enterprise.
Subsidiary - a company:
14. Key management personnel are those persons who have the authority
and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the
reporting enterprise. For example, in the case of a company, the managing
director(s), whole time director(s), manager and any person in accordance
with whose directions or instructions the board of directors of the company
is accustomed to act, are usually considered key management personnel.8
this Compendium.
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19. Sometimes, transactions would not have taken place if the related party
relationship had not existed. For example, a company that sold a large proportion
of its production to its holding company at cost might not have found an
alternative customer if the holding company had not purchased the goods.
Disclosure
20. The statutes governing an enterprise often require disclosure in financial
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21. Name of the related party and nature of the related party
relationship where control exists should be disclosed irrespective of
whether or not there have been transactions between the related parties.
24. The following are examples of the related party transactions in respect
of which disclosures may be made by a reporting enterprise:
• agency arrangements;
• licence agreements;