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M DIFFERENCE BETWEEN  CONTROLLABLE COSTS & NON-CONTROLLABLE COSTS

Controllable costs: These are the costs which can be influenced by the action of a specified person in an organisation. In every organisation, there are a number of departments, which are called responsibility centres, each under the charge of a specified level of management. Costs incurred in these responsibility centres are influenced by the action of the incharge of the responsibility centre. It can be controlled by them

Non-controllable costs: These are the costs, which cannot be influenced by the action of a specified Person of an undertaking. For example, expenditure incurred by the ‘Tool Room’ is controllable by the Tool Room Manager but the share of Tool Room expenditure, which is apportioned to the Machine Shop cannot be controlled by the manager of the Machine Shop.

M WRITE SHORT NOTES ON ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING?  

(i) Conversion cost       (ii) Sunk cost    (iii) Opportunity cost                                    

(i)    Conversion cost:

It is the cost incurred to convert raw materials into finished goods. It is the sum of direct wages, direct expenses and manufacturing overheads.

(ii)  Sunk cost:

Historical costs or the costs incurred in the past are known as sunk cost. They play no role in the current decision making process and are termed as irrelevant costs. For example, in the case of a decision relating to the replacement of a machine, the written down value of the existing machine is a sunk cost, and therefore, not considered.

(iii)    Opportunity cost:

It refers to the value of benefit of opportunity foregone in accepting an alternative course of action. For example, a firm financing its expansion plan by withdrawing money from its bank deposits. In such a case the loss of interest on the bank deposit is the opportunity cost for carrying out the expansion plan.

M DISCUSS THE ESSENTIAL OF A GOOD COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM?               

Essentials of a good cost accounting system:

1.       It should be tailor-made, practical, simple and capable of meeting the requirements of a business concern.

2.       The data used by the system should be accurate, otherwise it may alter the output of system.

3.       Cost of installing & operating the system should justify the results.

4.       Cost accounting system should have the support of top management of the concern.

5.       The system should have the necessary support from all the user’s departments.

M ANSWER ANY THE FOLLOWING:

          (i)      Explicit and Implicit Costs                                                                                                            

          (ii)     Period Costs and Discretionary Costs                                                                                      

 (i)     Explicit and Implicit cost:

Explicit costs, which are also known as out of pocket costs, refer to costs involving immediate payment of cash.  Salaries, wages, interest on loan etc. are examples of explicit costs.  They can be easily measured.

The main points of difference between explicit and implicit costs are:

- Implicit costs do not involve immediate cash payment.

- They are not recorded in the books of account.

- They are also known as economic costs.

(ii)     Period and Discretionary costs

There are the costs, which are not assigned to the products but are charged as expenses against the revenue of the period in which they are incurred.  All non-manufacturing costs such as general and administrative expenses, selling and distribution expenses are period costs.

Such costs are not tied to a clear cause and effect relationship between inputs and outputs.  They arise from periodic decisions regarding the maximum outlay to be incurred.  Examples are – advertising, public relations, training etc.

M PROFIT CENTRES AND INVESTMENT CENTRES:

1.       Centres which have the responsibility of generating and maximizing profits are called profit centres.

2.       Those centres which are concerned with earning an adequate return on investment are known as Investment centres.

M THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF INTRODUCTION OF A COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IN A MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(i)       Ascertainment of cost

(ii)     Determination of selling price

(iii)    Ascertainment of profit of each activity

(iv)   Cost control and cost reduction

 (v)  Assisting in managerial decision making

M BRIEFLY DISCUSS, HOW THE SYNERGETIC (COMBINED) EFFECT HELP IN REDUCTION IN COSTS.

1.       Two or more products are produced and managed together.

2.       The result of combined efforts are higher than sum of the results of individual products.

3.       Analysis of synergetic effect is helpful in cost control.

M UNIFORM COSTING MANUAL INCLUDES ESSENTIAL INFORMATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO IMPLEMENT ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.

(a) Introduction: It includes objects and scope of the planning.

(b) Accounting procedure and planning includes rules, and general principle to be followed.

(c) Cost accounting planning includes methods of costing, relation between cost and financial accounts and methods of integration.

M DISCUSS BRIEFLY THE RELEVANT COSTS WITH EXAMPLES

Relevant costs are those expected future cost which are essential but differ for alternative course or action.

(a)     Historical cost or sunk costs are irrelevant as they do not play any role in the decision making process.

(b)     Variable costs which will not differ under various alternatives are irrelevant.

M COST CENTER AND COST UNIT

Cost Centre: The term cost centre is defined as a location, person or an item of equipment or a group of these for which costs may be ascertained and used for the purposes of cost control. Cost centres can be personal cost centres, impersonal cost centres, operation cost centres and process cost centres.

Cost Unit: The term cost unit is defined as a unit of quantity of product, service or time (or a combination of these) in relation to which costs may be ascertained. It can be for a job, batch, or product group.

 

 

 

Industry	Method of costing	Unit of cost
(i)            Nursing Home	Operating	Per Bed per week or per day
(ii)           Road transport	Operating	Per Tonne Kilometer or per mile
(iii)          Steel	Process	Per Tonne
(iv)          Coal	Single	Per unit
(v)           Bicycles	Multiple	Per unit
(vi)          Bridge construction	Contract	Per contract
(vii)         Interior Decoration	Job	Per Job
(viii)        Advertising	Job	Per Job
(ix)          Furniture	Multiple	Per unit
(x)          Sugar company having its own sugar-cane fields	Process	Per Quintal/Tonne

 

 

M Waste, Scrap & Defective:

Waste: It represents that portion of basic raw materials, which is either lost or which evaporates or shrinks during a manufacturing process. It may be visible or invisible. However, it has no recovery value.

Scrap: The incidental remains arising from the manufacturing operations, small in quantity and .low in value, recoverable without further processing

Defectives: Defectives are portion of production, which can be rectified by incurring additional cost. Normal defectives can be avoided by quality control. Normal defectives are charged to good products. Abnormal defectives are charged to Costing Profit and Loss Account.

M DISTINGUISH CLEARLY BIN CARDS AND SORES LEDGER

Both bin cards and stores ledger are perpetual inventory records. None of them is a substitute for the other. These two records may be distinguished from the following points of view:

(i)      Bin card is maintained by the store keeper, while the stores ledger is maintained by the cost accounting department.

(ii)     Bin card is the stores recording document whereas the stores ledger is an accounting record.

(iii)    Bin card contains information with regard to quantities i.e. their receipt, issue and balance while the stores ledger contains both quantitative and value information in respect of their receipts, issue and balance.

(iv)    In the bin card entries are made at the time when transaction takes place. But in the stores ledger entries are made only after the transaction has taken place.

M ABC ANALYSIS AS A SYSTEM OF INVENTORY CONTROL

It exercises tasteful control over different items of stores classified on the basis of investment involved.

 “A” 10 % of total item, 70% of inventory value, Heavy investment & high price

“C” 70% of total item, 10% of inventory value, Low investment and low price

“B” 20% of total item, 20% of inventory value, Low investment and low price in comparison of “A”

For ‘A’ category items, Re-order Level and EOQ are used and effective monitoring is done.

For ‘B’ category same tools as in ‘A’ category are applied.

For ‘C’ category of items, there is no need of regular control.

M THE ADVANTAGES OF USING LIFO ARE AS FOLLOWS :

(i)       The cost of the materials used is nearer to the current market price.

(ii)     Use of LIFO during the period of rising prices does not show unnecessarily high profit in the income statement

(iii)    Use of LIFO during the period of Falling prices does not show unnecessarily Double profit in the income statement; yet the finished product appears at market prices.

(iv)    Over a period, the use of LIFO helps to iron out the fluctuations in profits.

(v)     In a period of inflation, LIFO will tend to show the correct profit and thus avoid paying unduly high taxes to some extent.

The limitations of the LIFO system:

(2)     Calculations under LIFO system become complicated when frequent purchases are made at highly fluctuating rates.

(3)     In times of falling prices, there will be need for writing off stock values, as the principle of stock valuation i.e at cost or the market price whichever is lower.

(4)     This method of valuation is not acceptable to the Income Tax Authorities.

M PERPETUAL INVENTORY SYSTEM & CONTINUOUS STOCKTAKING SYSTEM

Perpetual Inventory is a system in which a continuous record of receipt and issue of materials is maintained by the stores department. In this system the stock control cards, bin cards and stores ledger show the receipts, issue and balance of each item at any point of times after each transaction.

Continuous Stocktaking is a system of physical verification of stocks of each item on continuous basis. The actual quantity in the bin card is compared with bin balances.

Thus, monthly accounts can be prepared with confidence.

M THE VARIOUS METHODS OF TIME BOOKING ARE:

(a) Job ticket. (b) Combined time and job ticket. (c) Daily time sheet (d) Piece work card (e) Clock card

M THE FOLLOWING STEPS ARE USEFUL FOR MINIMIZING LABOUR TURNOVER:

(a)     Exit interview: An interview be arranged with each outgoing employee to ascertain the reasons of his leaving the organization.

(b)     Job analysis and evaluation: to ascertain the requirement of each job

(c)     Organisation should make use of a scientific system of recruitment, placement and promotion for employees.

(d)     Organisation should create healthy atmosphere, providing education, medical and housing facilities for workers.

(e)     Committee for settling workers complaints

M ACCOUNTING TREATMENT OF IDLE TIME WAGES & OVERTIME WAGES IN COST ACCOUNTS:

          Idle time represents the time for which wages are paid, but during which no output is given out by the workers. This is the period during which workers remain idle.

Treatment in Cost Accounting: Idle time may be normal or abnormal.

          Normal idle time: It cannot be eliminated or reduced. For example:- time gap between the finishing of one job and the starting of another; etc. The cost of normal idle time should be charged to the cost of production. This may be done by increasing the labour rate. It may be transferred to factory overheads for absorption.

          Abnormal idle time: It is defined as the idle time which arises on account of abnormal causes; e.g. strikes; lockouts; floods; major breakdown of machinery; fire etc. Such an idle time is uncontrollable. The cost of abnormal idle time due to any reason should be charged to Costing Profit & Loss Account.

The overtime premium is treated as follows:

(a)     If overtime is at the desire of the customer, then the overtime premium may be charged to the job directly.

(b)     If overtime is required for meeting urgent orders, the overtime premium should be treated as overhead cost

(c)     Overtime worked on account of abnormal conditions should be charged to costing Profit & Loss Account.

M METHOD OF WAGES AND BONUS

Gantt Task and Bonus System: This system is a combination of time and piecework system.

Wages payable to workers under the plan are calculated as under:

 

 

Output	Payment
(i)Output below standard	Guaranteed time rate
(ii)Output at standard	Time rate plus bonus of 20% (usually) of time rate
(iii)Output over standard	High piece rate on worker’s output.(It is so fixed so as to include a bonus of 20% of time rate)

 

Emerson’s Efficiency System: Under this system, wages may be calculated as below:

Performance                                                        Wages

Below 66⅔% efficiency                                   Time rate without any bonus

66⅔% - 100% efficiency                                  Bonus varies between 1% to 20%*

Above 100% efficiency                                    Bonus of 20% of basic wages plus

1% for every 1% increase in efficiency.

*At 100% efficiency the bonus percentage will be 20%.

Rowan System: As per this system, standard time allowance is fixed for the performance of a job and bonus is paid if time is saved.

Wages under Rowan System = (Time taken x rate per unit of time) +   Time saved    x time taken  rate per unit of time

                                                                                                                                Time allowed

Halsey System: Wages under Halsey System = Time taken x Time rate + (50% of time saved x time rate)

Barth System: Earnings under Barth System = Hourly rate x Ö Standard hours x Hours worked

This is particularly suitable for trainees and beginners and also for unskilled workers.

M TWO TYPE OF LABOUR TURNOVER COST

Preventive costs: These includes costs incurred to keep the labour turnover at a low level i.e., cost of medical schemes. If a company incurs high preventive costs, the rate of labour turnover is usually low.

Replacement costs: These are the costs which arise due to high labour turnover. If men leave soon after they acquire the necessary training and experience of work, additional costs will have to be incurred on new workers, i.e., cost of advertising, recruitment, selection, and training.

M TREATMENT OF UNDER ABSORBED AND OVER ABSORBED FACTORY OVERHEADS IN COST ACCOUNTING.

Factory overheads are usually applied to production on the basis pre-determined rate

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          The possible options for treating under / over absorbed overheads are

a.      Use supplementary rate in the case of substantial amount of under / over absorption

b.      Write it off to the costing profit & loss account in the event of insignificant amount / or abnormal reasons.

c.       Carry toward to accounting period if operating cycle exceeds one year.

M STEP METHOD AND RECIPROCAL SERVICE METHOD OF SECONDARY DISTRIBUTION OF OVERHEADS

Step method: In this method sequence of apportionments has to be selected. The sequence here begins with the dept that renders service to the max number of dep't. After this, the cost of service dep't serving the next largest number of dept

Reciprocal service method: This method recognises the fact that where there are two or more service dep't, they may render service to each other. The methods available for dealing with reciprocal servicing are:

          –       Simultaneous equation method ,                –              Repeated distribution method ,     –              Trial and error method

M TREATMENT OF OVERHEAD IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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M WHEN SUPPLEMENTARY RATE USED

When the amount of under absorbed and over absorbed overhead is significant or large, because of differences due to wrong estimation, then the cost of product needs to be adjusted by using supplementary rates (under and over absorption/actual overhead) to avoid misleading impression.

M COST ALLOCATION AND COST ABSORPTION:

Cost allocation is defined as the allotment of whole items of cost to cost centers. For example, if a typist works exclusively for Board of Studies, then the salary paid to him should be charged to Board of Studies account.

Cost absorption is defined as the process of absorbing all overhead costs allocated to or apportioned over particular cost centre or production department by the units produced.

M ESSENTIAL PRE-REQUISITES FOR INTEGRATED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM:

Integrated Accounting is the name given to a system of accounting whereby cost and financial accounts are kept in the same set of books

1.       The management’s decision about the extent (may be till Primary Cost or Factory Cost) of integration of the two sets of books.

2.       A suitable coding system must be made available so as to serve the accounting purposes of financial and cost accounts.

3.       View over the treatment of provision for accruals, prepaid expenses, other adjustment necessary for preparation of interim accounts.

4.       Perfect coordination should exist between the staff responsible for the financial and cost accounts

5.       An efficient processing of accounting document should be ensured.

M ENUMERATE THE FACTORS WHICH CAUSE DIFFERENCE IN PROFITS AS SHOWN IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS AND COST ACCOUNTS.

(a)     Items included in financial accounts but not in cost accounts such as: Interest received on bank deposits, loss/profit on sale of fixed assets and investments, dividend, rent received.

(b)     Items included in cost accounts on notional basis such as rent of owned building, interest on own capital etc.

(c)     Items whose treatment is different in the two sets of accounts such as inventory valuation.

M ESCALATION CLAUSE

It is a clause, which is always provided in a contract to safeguard the interests of the contractor against any rise in price of materials and rates of labour and their increased utilization. If the prices of materials and rates of labour increases during the period of the contract beyond certain defined level, the contractor will be compensated to the extent of a portion thereof. The contractor has to satisfy the contractee about his claim for compensation in respect of prices and utilization of material and labour.

M “OPERATION COSTING IS DEFINED AS REFINEMENT OF PROCESS COSTING.” EXPLAIN IT.

Operation costing is concerned with the determination of the cost of each operation rather than the process:

¨  In the industries where process consist of distinct operations, the operation costing method is applied.

¨  It offers better control and

M EXPLAIN NORMAL WASTAGE, ABNORMAL WASTAGE AND ABNORMAL GAIN AND STATE, HOW THEY SHOULD BE DEALT WITHIN PROCESS COST ACCOUNTS.

Normal wastage: It is defined as the loss of material which is inherent in the nature of work. Such wastage can be estimated in advance on the basis of past experience or technical specifications. If the wastage is within the specified limit, it is considered as normal. When the wastage have no value, the cost of normal wastage is absorbed by good production units of the process. If the normal wastage realises some value, the value is credited to the process account to arrive at normal cost of normal output.

Abnormal wastage: It is defined as the wastage which is not inherent to manufacturing operations. This type of wastage may occur to the carelessness of workers, a bad plant, design etc. Such a wastage cannot be estimated in advance.

The units representing abnormal wastage are valued like good, units produced and debited to the separate account which is known as abnormal wastage account. If the abnormal wastage fetches some value, the same is credited to abnormal wastage account..

Abnormal gain: if the actual process waste is less than the estimated normal waste, the difference is considered as abnormal gain. The concerned process account is debited with the quantity and value of abnormal gain. The abnormal gain account is credited with the figure of abnormal gain amount. Abnormal gain being the result of actual wastage, or loss being less than the normal.

M EXPLAIN AND ILLUSTRATE CASH BREAK-EVEN CHART.

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M FLEXIBLE BUDGET

Flexible Budget: A flexible budget is defined as “a budget which, by recognizing the difference between fixed, semi-variable and variable cost is designed to change in relation to the level of activity attained”. A fixed budget, on the other hand is a budget, which is designed to remain unchanged irrespective of the level of activity actually attained. In a fixed budgetary control, budgets are prepared for one level of activity whereas in a flexibility budgetary control system, a series of budgets are prepared one for alternative production levels or volumes. The allowances given under flexibility budgetary control system serve as standards of what costs should be at each level of output.

M RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO)

The chief financial officer of an organisation plays an important role in the company’s goals, policies, and financial success. His main responsibilities include:

(a)    Financial analysis and planning: Determining the proper amount of funds to be employed in the firm.

(b)    Investment decisions: Efficient allocation of funds to specific assets.

(c)     Financial and capital structure decisions: Raising funds on favourable terms as possible, i.e., determining the composition of liabilities.

(d)    Management of financial resources (such as working capital).

(e)   Risk Management: Protecting assets.

M EXPLAIN AS TO HOW THE WEALTH MAXIMISATION OBJECTIVE IS SUPERIOR TO THE PROFIT MAXIMISATION OBJECTIVE.

A firm’s financial management may often have the following as their objectives:

(i)       The maximisation of firm’s profit.

(ii)     The maximisation of firm’s value / wealth.

The profit maximisation is often considered as an unspoken objective of a firm. To achieve the aforesaid objective various type of financing decisions may be taken. Options resulting into maximisation of profit may be selected by the firm’s decision makers. The profit of the firm in this case is measured in terms of its total accounting profit available to its shareholders.

The value/wealth of a firm is defined as the market price of the firm’s stock. The market price of a firm’s stock represents the central judgment of all market participants as to what the value of the particular firm is..

The value maximisation objective of a firm is superior to its profit maximisation objective due to following reasons.

1.      The value maximisation objective of a firm considers all future cash flows, dividends, earning per share, risk of a decision etc. whereas profit maximisation objective does not consider them

2.      A firm that wishes to maximise the shareholders wealth may pay regular dividends whereas a firm with the objective of profit maximisation may refrain avoid

3.      Shareholders would prefer an increase in the firm’s wealth instead of increasing flow of profits.

4.      The market price of a share reflects the shareholders expected return

The maximisation of a firm’s value as reflected in the market price of a share is viewed as a proper goal of a firm. The profit maximisation can be considered as a part of the wealth maximisation strategy.

M EXPLAIN THE RELEVANCE OF TIME VALUE OF MONEY IN FINANCIAL DECISIONS.

Time value of money means that worth of a rupee received today is different from the worth of a rupee to be received in future. The preference of money now as compared to future money is known as time preference for money.

A rupee today is more valuable than rupee after a year due to several reasons:

¨  Risk - there is uncertainty about the receipt of money in future.

¨  Preference for present consumption - Most of the persons and companies in general, prefer current consumption to future consumption.

¨  Inflation - In an inflationary period a rupee today represents a greater real purchasing power than a rupee a year hence.

¨  Investment opportunities - Most of the persons and companies have a preference for present money because of availabilities of opportunities of investment

M ASSUMPTIONS OF MODIGLIANI – MILLER THEORY

(a)     Capital markets are perfect. All information is freely available and there is no transaction cost.

(b)     All investors are rational (normal).

(c)     No existence of corporate taxes.

(d)   Firms can be grouped into “Equivalent risk classes” on the basis of their business risk.

M OPTIMUM CAPITAL STRUCTURE:

Optimum capital structure deals with the issue of correct mix of debt and equity in the long-term capital structure of a firm. According to this, if a company takes on debt, the value of the firm increases up to a certain point. Beyond that value of the firm will start to decrease. If the company is unable to pay the debt within the specified period then it will affect the goodwill of the company in the market. Therefore, company should select its appropriate capital structure with due consideration of all factors.

M ASSUMPTIONS OF NET OPERATING INCOME (NOI) THEORY OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE

According to NOI approach, there is no relationship between the cost of capital and value of the firm i.e. the value of the firm is independent of the capital structure of the firm.

Assumptions

(a)     The corporate income taxes do not exist.

(b)     The market capitalizes the value of the firm as whole. Thus the split between debt and equity is not important.

(c)     The increase in proportion of debt in capital structure leads to change in risk perception of the shareholders.

(d)     The overall cost of capital (Ko) remains constant for all degrees of debt equity mix.

M DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL LEVERAGE ON SHAREHOLDERS WEALTH BY USING RETURN-ON-ASSETS (ROA) AND RETURN-ON-EQUITY (ROE) ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK.

The impact of financial leverage on ROE is positive, if cost of debt (after-tax) is less than ROA.

ROA =        

ROE = ROA +  (ROA - K_d)

Where

          NOPAT = EBIT * ( 1 - T_c)

          Capital employed = Shareholders funds + Loan funds

          D = Debt  amount

          E = Equity capital amount

          K_d = Cost of Debt.

M SOME COMMON METHODS OF VENTURE CAPITAL FINANCING

(a)     Equity financing: The venture capital undertaking requires long-term funds but is unable to provide returns in initial stage so equity capital is the best option.

(b)     Conditional Loan: A conditional loan is repayable in the form of a royalty after the venture is able to generate sales. No interest is paid on such loans.

(c)     Income note: It is hybrid security; the entrepreneur has to pay both interest and royalty on sales but at low rates.

(d)     Participating debenture: Such security carries charges in three phases - in the startup phase, no interest is charged, next stage a low rate of interest up to a particular level of operation is charged, after that, high rate of interest is required to be paid.

 

M CONCEPT OF LEVERAGED LEASE:

Leveraged lease involves lessor, lessee and financier. In leveraged lease, the lessor makes a substantial borrowing, even upto 80 per cent of the assets purchase price. He provides remaining amount – about 20 per cent or so – as to become the owner.

Lenders, generally large financial institutions, provide loans on a non-recourse basis to the lessor. To secure the loan provided by the lenders, the lessor also agrees to give them a mortgage on the asset.

M FEATURES OF DEEP DISCOUNT BONDS:

Deep discount bonds are form of zero interest bonds. These bonds are sold at discounted value and on maturity; face value is paid to

the investors. In such bonds, there is no interest payout during the lock- in period. IDBI was the first to issue deep discount bonds in India in January 1993. The bond of a face value of Rs. 1 lakh was sold for Rs. 2700 with a maturity period of 25 years.

M CLOSE END LEASE AND OPEN END LEASE

In the close-ended lease, the assets gets transferred to the lessor at the end of lease, the risk of obsolescence, residual values etc. remain with the lessor being the legal owner of the assets. In the open-ended lease, the lessee has the option of purchasing the assets at the end of lease period.

M ADVANTAGES OF ISSUE OF PREFERENCE SHARES ARE:

(i) No dilution in EPS on enlarged capital base.

(ii) There is no risk of takeover as the preference shareholders do not have voting rights.

(iii) There is leveraging advantage as it bears a fixed charge.

(iv) The preference dividends are fixed and pre-decided. Preference shareholders do not participate in surplus profit as the ordinary shareholders

(v) Preference capital can be redeemed after a specified period.

M SECURED PREMIUM NOTES

Secured premium notes is issued along with detachable warrant and is redeemable after a notified period of say 4 to 7 years. It was first introduced by Tisco, which issued the SPNs to existing shareholders on right basis. Subsequently the SPNs will be repaid in some number of equal instalments. The warrant attached to SPNs gives the holder the right to get allotment of equity shares as per the conditions within the time period notified by the company.

M CONCEPT OF INDIAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS:

The concept of the depository receipt mechanism which is used to raise funds in foreign currency has been applied in the Indian capital market through the issue of Indian Depository Receipts (IDRs). Foreign companies can issue IDRs to

raise funds from Indian market on the same lines as an Indian company uses ADRs/GDRs to raise foreign capital. The IDRs are listed and traded in India in the same way as other Indian securities are traded.

M EXPLAIN BRIEFLY THE FEATURES OF EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL BORROWINGS. (ECB)

An ECB is a loan taken from non-resident lenders in accordance with exchange control regulations. These loans can be taken from:

¨  International banks

¨  Capital markets

¨  Multilateral financial institutions like IFC, ADB, IBRD etc.

¨  Export Credit Agencies

¨  Foreign collaborators

¨  Foreign Equity Holders.

ECB can be accessed under automatic and approval routes depending upon the purpose and volume.

In automatic there is no need for any approval from RBI / Government while approval is required for areas such as textiles and steel sectors restructuring packages.

M FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET:

Some of the various financial instruments dealt with in the international market are:

(a) Euro Bonds

(b) Foreign Bonds

(c) Fully Hedged Bonds

(d) Medium Term Notes

(e) Floating Rate Notes

(f) External Commercial Borrowings

(g) Foreign Currency Futures

(h) Foreign Currency Option

(i) Euro Commercial Papers.

M THE POINTS OF DISTINCTION BETWEEN CASH FLOW AND FUNDS FLOW STATEMENT ARE AS BELOW:

 

 

Cash flow statement	Funds flow statement
(i)      It ascertains the changes in balance of cash in hand and bank.	(i)      It ascertains the changes in financial position between two accounting periods.
(ii)     It analyses the reasons for changes in balance of cash in hand and bank	(ii)     It analyses the reasons for change in financial position between two balance sheets
(iii)    It shows the inflows and outflows of cash.	(iii)    It reveals the sources and application of finds.
(iv)    It is an important tool for short term analysis.	(iv)    It helps to test whether working capital  has been effectively used or not.
(v)     The two significant areas of analysis are cash generating efficiency and free cash flow.