04 April 2010
Should revaluation reserve on different assets be kept separately or combined?
i mean whether revaluation reserve created on upward revaluation of an asset can be used to write off the loss on downward revaluation of another asset.
07 April 2010
Revaluation profit created by revaluing one asset cannot be set off against revaluation loss of another asset. If u refer AS 10 Revaluation part, it says that "if the asset previously revalued upward now revalued downward, revaluation loss should first be adjusted against previous revaluation profit and balance, if any, should be debited to P/L A/c." Further, in sale or disposal part "If asset previously revalued upward is sold at a loss, then loss to the extent of previous revaluation profit is dr. to rev. Reserve and the balance to P/L A/c" These two parts indicate that the rev. profit of one asset can not be set off against rev. loss of another asset. Regards, CA Shakuntala Chhangani