Treatment of prior period items

koushik das (articled clerk) (42 Points)

30 September 2013  

Hi sir/madam,

I found a situation where the company issues purchase order for hiring labour charges.... i m listing the details below the details of purchase order and bill details and other details please elaborate me wheather it will be treated as prior period expense or not:-

Purchase order period for Labour supply- April, 2012 to March 2013

total contract  amount- 60 Lakhs

It has been observed in this case that company is billed more or less (60/12)= 5 lakh in each month.

bill for the month of march amounts to 5.09 Lakh. Bill recevied on 5th may 2013,

No provision has been made for the bill of March

MY QUESTION IS............

1) can the company treat the bill of march, 2012 as current year expense on the ground that they receive the bill in current period rather than previous year?

2) If it needs to treat it as prior period item, then how will it be disclosed under revised schedule VI?

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