Krishna Prasad (Partner) (260 Points)
26 June 2012OUR COMPANY HAS INCURRED SOME PRE-OPERATIVE EXPENSES LIKE SALARIES, ADVERTISMENT, AND FRANCHISEE FEE ETC BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS. THE COMPANY STARTED OPERATIONS IN THE SAME YEAR.
WHAT IS THE ACCOUNTING TREATMENT OF PRE-OPERATIVE EXPENSES WHICH ARE NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO ANY FIXED ASSETS.
ALSO ADVISE ME ON TAX TREATMENT OF THESE EXPENDITURE.
CA Karan Lodhi
(CA and B.com(hons.))
(879 Points)
Replied 28 June 2012
Dear krishna..Expenses incurred even before start of operations are called preliminary expenses.Preliminary expenses are to be write off over a period of 5 years from the start of the business.So all you have to do is just take the total of all the expenses incurred by your co. and divide the calculated sum by 5 and debit the amount in P&L A/c.These are deductible expenses from tax point of view.
Mithlesh Kumar
(In Service)
(38 Points)
Replied 09 July 2013
As per Accounting Standard-26 , preliminary expenses & pre operating expenses has to be written off in the same year in which such amount is incurreed. Read para 56 to para 59.
This is clearly indicated that assets is:
KANIKA THAKUR
(PROP)
(33 Points)
Replied 08 November 2017
Hello,
Can anyone please provide accounting treatment of preliminary expenses of a company considering applicability of IFRS? How does a foreign company with IFRS applicability record the expenses in the books of parent company before set up & later?
rajitha. madeti
(FINANCE MANAGER)
(32 Points)
Replied 03 December 2020
Hi our company is already having an existing manufacturing unit, and now going for expension and setting up new factory, so please advice whether we can create a pre operative expenses and write off for 5 years till the new factory is completely set up or we can expense it off to P&L
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