Schedule II Presentation April 23 2015 v1

Depreciation under
Companies Act -2013

Provisions and Case
Studies
April 23, 2015
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CA Santosh Aggarwal
Schedule II of The Companies Act 2013
Agenda
Overview of key developments
Depreciation:
Overview and key changes
Method of depreciation
Change in useful life & its implications
Impact on Dividend and Managerial Remuneration
Continuous Process Plant
Component accounting
Identification of components
Accounting of replacement / repairing costs
Disclosures
Key impact
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Agenda
Overview of The Companies Act, 2013
Applicability of Schedule II
Depreciation overview
Comparison of Schedule II and Schedule XIV
Schedule II Overview and Key Changes
Useful Life and Residual Value
Transitional Provision
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Overview of the Companies Act, 2013

The Companies Act, 2013:
The sixty year old legislation the Companies Act, 1956 has been replaced
by the Companies Act, 2013. There are lot many changes in the new
companies act compared to previous act.
Law of Rules from Rule of Law
Self Regulations
Aligned to International Practices
Essential Principles Retained
Schedule II of the Companies Act, 2013 is based on concept of useful

lives for computing depreciation
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Accounting Standard prescribed:
As per notification no. G.S.R.239 (E) dated March 31, 2014, the standards of accounting as
specified under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) shall be deemed to be the accounting
standards until accounting standards are specified by the Central Government under section
133.
From the above specified standards, Accounting Standard 6 pertains to depreciation

accounting which provides for depreciating a fixed assets overt its useful lives
Paragraph 3 of Part A to Schedule II of the Companies Act, 2013 specifies that to comply with
the accounting standards prescribed for such class of companies under section 133, the useful
life of an asset shall not normally be different from the useful life specified in Pact C and
residual value of an asset shall not be more than 5 %, of the original cost of the asset.
If the Company adopts a useful life/ residual value different than specified, the financial
statement shall disclose difference and provide justification supported by technical advice
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Declaration of Dividend:
As per section 123(1) (a) defined in Chapter VIII Declaration an Payment of Dividend No
dividend shall be declared or paid by a company for any financial year except
(a) out of the profits of the company for that year arrived at after providing for depreciation
in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2), or out of the profits of the company
for any previous financial year or years arrived at after providing for depreciation in
accordance with the provisions of that sub-section and remaining undistributed, or out of
both; or
Sub-section (2) of section 123 states that "For the purposes of clause (a) of sub-section
(1), depreciation shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Schedule II.
Computation of Managerial Remuneration:
As per section 197 and 198 the net profits to be calculated for total remuneration payable by a
public company, to its directors, including managing directors and whole-time director and its
manager shall be calculated after provided for depreciation as per schedule II.
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Depreciation
Overview
Depreciation is systematic allocation of the depreciable amount of an asset over its

useful life.
Depreciable assets are assets which
are expected to be used during more than one accounting period; and
have a limited useful life; and
are held by an enterprise for use in the production or supply of goods and services,
for rental to others, or for administrative purposes and not for the purpose of sale
in the ordinary course of business.
Assets valuing less than a specified amount say, Rs 1 lacs always charged to
statement of profit & loss Is this treatment correct
EAC opinion by ICAI On ground of materiality, assets valuing less than specified
amount can be charged to profit & loss. Such charge doesnt amount of noncompliance of AS 6 or AS 10
Depreciation on assets held for sale They are valued at lower of carrying amount and
net realisable value, hence, depreciation is not applicable
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Depreciation
Comparison of Schedule II and Schedule XIV
Indicative useful life prescribed
Rate of depreciation prescribed
No reference to method
SLM / WDV Method
Unit of production method allowed
UOP was not allowed
Guidance for useful life on

Intangible assets
No guidance for useful life on

intangible assets except IA under
BOT model
Component accounting covered and

mandatory
No reference to component
accounting
Extra Shift depreciation simplified
Extra shift depreciation was based

on number of days
No reference to depreciation on low

value items
Items less than Rs 5,000 to be

charged off
Transition provisions
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Privileged and confidential
Schedule II Overview and key changes
Provisions relating to depreciation contained in schedule II of the Companies

Act, 2013 which was earlier under schedule XIV of the Companies Act 1956
Schedule II is divided into three parts:
Part A Basic Provisions for providing depreciation
Part B Depreciation on assets covered under special legislations
Part C Useful Life and other provisions
Per Schedule II, depreciable amount is the cost of an asset or other amount
substituted for cost, less residual value.
Schedule II applicable to financial year commencing on or after April 1,

2014
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Depreciation
Implications Method of depreciation and change therein
Apart from written down value and straight line method, depreciation over number of
production or similar units allowed
Depreciation expense under units-of-production, based on units produced in the period,
Benefits of Units of production (UOP) method:
Better matching of depreciation charge with revenue
Possibility of depreciating an asset faster than is allowed by class life depreciation
Disadvantages of UOP method:
Possibility of delaying the start of depreciation and depreciation being stopped if

the asset is not in use due to work delays
UOP commonly used for Natural Resource Extraction Equipment
Implications of changes in the method of depreciation from SLM to UOP
Change in method of depreciation is change in accounting policy Prospective or

Retrospective?
Disclosures for change in method of depreciation?
Consideration for one time depreciation costs in inventory valuation?
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Depreciation
Overview Useful Life
Useful life is the period over which an asset is expected to be available for use by an
entity, or the number of production or similar units expected to be obtained from the
asset by the entity
There is no restriction on method to be used, hence, WDV can be used as well until the
depreciable amount is amortised over its useful life
Intangible assets (toll roads) created under BOT, BOOT or any other form of PPP route
will be amortized using amortization rate arrived at by dividing actual revenue for the
year with total estimated revenue.
Rebuttable presumption under AS 26 that useful life of Intangible assets (IA) will not
exceed ten years
IA can be amortised over higher useful life if persuasive evidence available that useful
life will be specific period longer than 10 years
A Company may use revenue based amortisation of Built, Operate & Transfer (BOT)
assets
Companies regulated by other law, e.g., electricity companies - Depreciation rates /

residual values prescribed by regulatory body to prevail
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Depreciation
Overview Useful Life
Useful lives of fixed assets prescribed under the 2013 Act is different from those
envisaged under Schedule XIV e.g.
General furniture and fittings useful life reduced from 15 to 10 years
Buildings other than factory buildings and other than RCC frame structure - useful
life reduced from 58 to 30 years
Continuous Process Plant Schedule II has originally prescribed life as 8 years,

now changed to 25 years. Major relief for companies having such assets
Refer comparative chart in next slide
Implications of change in Useful life Prospective or Retrospective?

Residual value should not exceed 5% of the value assets unless supported by
technical advise
Impact of change in residual value should be charged to profit & loss as no transitional
provisions prescribed
Disclosure of change in useful life and change in estimate
Para 23 of AS 6 says that useful lives of major depreciable assets or classes of assets
may be reviewed periodically. Where there is revision the unamortized depreciable
amount should be charged over the remaining useful life.
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Useful life and Residual Value

There is a change in the useful life of an asset and consequently an increase in the
rate of depreciation for commonly used assets except for continuous process plants.
For Limited purpose of the table below, the useful lives prescribed under Schedule II
have been converted into a deemed rate (assuming a 5 percent residual value) to
facilitate comparison
Nature of Asset
Illustrative Single
Shit
2013 Act
1956 Act SLM
Increase /
(decrease)
% change
Useful Live
Deemed SLM
Rate
General P &M
15
6.33%
4.75%
1.58%
33.26%
Continuous Process
Plant
25
3.80%
5.28%
(1.48)%
(28.03)%
Furniture & Fittings
10
9.50%
6.33%
3.17%
50.08%
Office equipment
19.00%
4.75%
14.25%
300.00%
Desktop, Laptop
31.67%
16.21%
15.46%
95.37%
Electrical Installation
10
9.50%
4.75%
4.75%
100.00%
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Depreciation
Key impact Change in useful life
Asset
(in years)
Old
New
Buildings RCC Framework
60
60
Buildings other than RCC Framework
60
30
Fence, Wells, Tube wells
30
Temporary Structures
Roads
3, 5, 10
Plant & Machinery
20
15
Continuous Process Plants
18
25
Furniture and Fixtures
15
10
Vehicles
10
Computers
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Practical Examples:
AS 6 States that depreciation rates prescribed under the statute are minimum. If
managements estimate for useful life of an asset is shorter than that envisaged
under the statute , depreciation is computed by applying higher rate.
Particulars
Useful Live estimated

by management /
Residual value
Life Envisaged /
residual value under
schedule II
AS 6 Requirement
Useful life of Asset

Case 1
10 years
12 Years
AS 6 requires the
Company to depreciate
the asset using 10 year
life
Useful life of Asset

Case 2
12 years
10 years
Option to choose any

life
Residual Value Case

3
Nil
5% of Cost
Nil
Residual Value Case

4
10% of Cost
5% of Cost
10% of the residual

value
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Solutions:
Case 1: Schedule II requires disclosures of justification for using the lower life. The
Company cannot use 12 years life for depreciation
Case 2: If the Company depreciates the assets over 12 years, it needs to disclose
justification for using the higher life. The Company should apply the option selected
consistently.
Case 3: The Company cannot use 5% residual value. In addition, Schedule II requires
disclosures of justification for using a lower residual value.
Case 4: If the Company depreciates the asset using 10% estimated residual value, it
needs to disclose justification for using the higher residual value. The Company should
apply the option selected consistently.
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Practical Issue:.
The Company is a Special Purpose Vehicle floated to execute a project in accordance with
the service concession agreement signed with the grantor. Service concession agreement
is for 30 years and the company has option to renew it for additional period of 30 years.
Assets created by the Company is capitalized as Tangible asset under the various
applicable heads. While applying schedule II, how the company should assess useful life
of its various assets?
Resolution: In such a situation, the Company needs to assess the renewable option and
evaluate the likelihood of renewal. If the Company is reasonable certain at the inception of
the service concession period that it will be renewed for further period of 30 years and
accordingly the same need to be considered for evaluating the useful life of various
assets. The useful life of the various assets will be lower of the following:
Useful life of assets as mentioned in the Schedule II or as assessed by the Company

based on the technical justification or
Service concession period of 30 years or 60 years as the case may be
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Depreciation
Overview and key changes
Is the useful life stated in revised schedule II mandatory?
Through amendment on August 29, 2014, following options given to the Company,
different useful life / Residual value than those prescribed in Part C can be taken,
provided:
Disclosure of different useful life / residual value made in the financials
Disclose justification for different useful lie / residual value duly supported by
technical advise
No clarity on whether technical advise can be taken internally by the Company or from
independent expert
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Depreciation
Overview Transitional Provisions for change in useful life
Transitional provisions
If remaining useful life is not nil, carrying amount of the asset to be depreciated over the
remaining useful life
If remaining useful life is nil by applying Schedule II, depreciable amount after retaining the
residual value may be adjusted with retained earnings or charged off to the Profit and Loss
account
Practical example
In case of depreciable amount on transition is adjusted against retained earnings, will it be
net of tax?
ICAI announcement titled, Tax effect of expenses/income adjusted directly against the reserves
and/ or Securities Premium Account. The Announcement, among other matters, states as below:
Any expense charged directly to reserves and / or Securities Premium account should be net of
tax benefits expected to arise from the admissibility of such expenses for tax purposes. Similarly,
any
income credited directly to a reserve account or a similar account should be net of its tax
effect.
Considering the above, it seems clear that amount adjusted to reserves should be net of tax benefit,
if any.
Whether a company calculation depreciation as per WDV till March 31, 2014 wants to shift to SLM
method from April 1, 2014 be covered under transitional provisions as per Schedule II?
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Depreciation
Extra Shift Depreciation
The useful lives of assets working on shift basis have been specified in the
Schedule based on their single shift working.
Extra shift depreciation not applicable to assets marked with No Extra Shift
Depreciation
Asset used for double shift - Depreciation will increase by 50% for such duration
Asset used for triple shift - Depreciation will increase by 100% for such duration
Earlier the depreciation rates for single, double & triple shift was 4.75%, 7.42%
and 10.34%
Practical Examples
Should extra shift depreciation be computed asset wise / division wise / Company
as a whole?
Should extra shift be factored while estimating useful life of the assets?
If the useful life is estimated based on single shift working, should usage of such
assets for extra shift impacts the balance useful life?
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Depreciation
Revaluation Reserve
In case of revaluation of fixed assets, companies are currently allowed to transfer an

amount equivalent to the additional depreciation on account of the upward revaluation
of fixed assets from the revaluation reserve to P&L. Hence, any upward revaluation of
fixed assets does not impact P&L.
Will the same position continue under the CA 2013 also?
Under the 1956 Act, depreciation was to be provided on the original cost of an asset.
Schedule II requires depreciation to be provided on historical cost or the amount

substituted for the historical cost. Hence, depreciation to be provided on revaluation
amount
The ICAI Guidance Note on Treatment of Reserve Created on Revaluation of Fixed

Assets allowed an amount equivalent to the additional depreciation on account of the
upward revaluation of fixed assets to be transferred from the revaluation reserve to the
P&L.
No change in the position, as schedule II mandates to charge depreciation on full

amount and there is no restriction on withdrawal from reserves
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Depreciation
Dividend Declaration
Per Section 123, every company shall provide depreciation before declaring dividend
Such dividend shall be provided as per schedule II
A Company depreciates Plant & Machinery over 20 years, where the useful life is 15
years, whether will it be sufficient compliance for declaration of dividend
Earlier, in CA 1956, section 350 states that the depreciation shall be as per the rates
provided in schedule XIV. No such reference to rates or useful life is made in S. 123 of
the CA 2013
The wording in section 123 states that depreciation shall be as per schedule II
Schedule II permits different useful life by any Company provided adequate disclosure
in financial with justification duly supported by technical advise is made
Hence, the depreciation assuming a higher useful life, resulting in lower depreciation
and higher profits, shall be sufficient compliance with Section 123
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Depreciation
Managerial Remuneration
Per Section 198, depreciation as per section 123 should be deducted for computing
limits of managerial remuneration
Section 123 refers depreciation as per schedule II of the CA 2013
Assume that X Co. Ltd has financial year ending on 31 March 2015
The Company has provided depreciation under schedule II and significant assets has
completed its life and its WDV needs to be charged off
Option 1 The Company charge such amount to reserves
Option 2 The Company charge such amount to statement of profit & loss
If option 2 is selected, whether entire depreciation charged to profit & loss including
one time transition costs will be considered or depreciation for the year will be
considered
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Continuous
Process Plant
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Continuous Process Plant
Companies can continue to follow the guidance note issued by the ICAI with
regard to continuous process plant Guidance note on some important
issues arising from the amendments to Schedule XIV to the Companies Act,
1956
Continuous process plant means a plant which is required and designed to

operate 24 hours a day
For instance, a blast furnace which is required and designed to operate 24

hours a day, may be shut down due to various reasons, it would still be
considered as a continuous process plant.
There can be certain plants which though may work 24 hours a day, yet their
technical design is not such that they have to be operated 24 hours a day,
e.g. a textile weaving mill.
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Component
Accounting
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Component Accounting
Overview
Useful life specified in Part C of the Schedule is for whole of the asset.
Useful life of significant part shall be determined separately:
Where cost of a part of the asset is significant to total cost of the asset;
useful life of that part is different from the useful life of the remaining asset,
Some industries the determination is simple while some industry it is complex process
An IT company, which has only computers as fixed assets, may be able to determine
with little analysis that there are no significant components requiring separate
depreciation.
However, for an airline company, it may be clear that engine has different useful life
vis--vis remainder of the aircraft
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Overview
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Overview
Under this approach, first split the fixed asset into various identifiable parts to the
extent possible.
The identified parts are then grouped together if they have the same or similar useful
life.
No need to identify and depreciate insignificant parts as separate components; rather,

they can be combined together in the remainder of the asset or with the principal asset.
Identification of significant parts is a matter of judgment and decided on case-to-case

basis.
Identification of separate parts of an asset and determination of their useful life is not
merely an accounting exercise; rather, it involves technical expertise.
Hence, involve technical experts to determine the parts of an asset.
If the useful life of the component is lower than the useful life of the principal assets as
per Schedule II, such lower useful should be used. In reverse scenario higher useful
life for a component can be used only when management intends to use the
component even after expiry of useful life for the principal asset.
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Materiality for significant component
A company needs to identify only material / significant components separately for

depreciation.
Materiality is a matter of management / audit judgment and needs to be decided on the

facts of each case.
Normally, a component having original cost equal to or less than 5% of the original cost
of complete asset may not be material. However, a component having original cost
equal to 25% of the original cost of complete asset may be material.
Also consider impact on retained earnings, current year profit or loss and future profit
or loss (say, when part will be replaced) to decide materiality.
If a component may have material impact from either perspective, the said component
will be material and require separate identification.
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Replacement Costs
The application of component accounting will cause significant change in measurement

of depreciation and accounting for replacement costs.
Presently, companies need to expense replacement costs in the year of incurrence.

Under component accounting, companies will capitalize these costs as a separate
component of the asset, with consequent expensing of net carrying value of the
replaced component.
If it is not practicable for a company to determine carrying amount of the replaced

component, it may use the cost of the replacement as an indication of what the cost of
the replaced part was at the time it was acquired or constructed.
Even under the component accounting, a company does not recognize in the carrying
amount of an item of fixed asset the costs of the day-to-day servicing of the item.
These costs are expensed in the statement of profit and loss as incurred.
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Major inspection/ overhaul
No specific guidance provided under AS 10 Accounting for Fixed Assets
Detailed guidance given in Ind AS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment
Major inspection/ overhaul is treated as a separate part of the asset, regardless of

whether any physical parts of the asset are replaced
When a company purchases a new asset:
Received after major inspected/ overhaul by the manufacturer.
Major inspection/ overhaul is identified separately even at the time of purchase of

new asset.
The cost of such major inspection/ overhaul is depreciated separately over the
period till next major inspection/ overhaul.
Upon next major inspection/ overhaul:
the costs of new major inspection/ overhaul are added to the asset's cost;
any amount remaining from the previous inspection/ overhaul is derecognized.
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Major inspection/ overhaul
Cost of the previous inspection/ overhaul was not identified (and considered a
separate part) when the asset was originally acquired or constructed.
Not necessarily an error but a change in an estimate
This process of recognition and de-recognition should take place even in such cases.
The company uses estimated cost of a future similar inspection / overhaul to be used
as an indication of the cost of the existing inspection / overhaul component to be
derecognized after considering the depreciation impact.
Major inspection / overhaul charged to profit & loss
Under AS 10, all repair expenditure (including major inspection/ overhaul) need to be
charged to P&L as incurred
Though schedule II mandates component accounting, it does not state that application
of component accounting is based on Ind-AS 16 principles
The application of component accounting is restricted only to physical parts
Neither on initial recognition nor subsequently, the company identifies major inspection/
overhaul as separate component. Rather, any expense on major inspection/ overhaul
is charged to P&L as incurred
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Component accounting was made applicable from 1 April 2014, which has now been
deferred to 1 April 2015
To be applied to the entire block of assets existing as at that date. It cannot be

restricted to only new assets acquired after 1 April 2015
Transitional provisions of Schedule II can be used to adjust the impact of component

accounting as on 1 April 2015
If a component has zero remaining useful life on the date of applicability i.e., 1 April
2015, its carrying amount, after retaining any residual value, may be charged to the
opening balance of retained earnings.
The carrying amount of other components, i.e., components whose remaining useful
life is not nil on 1 April 2015, is depreciated over their remaining useful life.
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Disclosures for change in accounting policy
The company has adopted Schedule II to the Companies Act, 2013, for depreciation
purposes, from 1 April 2014. The company was previously not identifying components of
fixed assets separately for depreciation purposes; rather, a single useful life/ depreciation
rate was used to depreciate each item of fixed asset.
Due to application of Schedule II to the Companies Act, 2013, the company has changed the
manner of depreciation for its fixed assets. Now, the company identifies and determines
separate useful life for each major component of the fixed asset, if they have useful life that
is materially different from that of the remaining asset. The company has used transitional
provisions of Schedule II to adjust the impact of component accounting arising on its first
application. If a component has zero remaining useful life on the date of Schedule II
becoming effective, i.e., 1 April 2015, its carrying amount, after retaining any residual value,
is charged to the opening balance of retained earnings. The carrying amount of other
components, i.e., components whose remaining useful life is not nil on 1 April 2015, is
depreciated over their remaining useful life.
Had the company continued to use the earlier policy of depreciating fixed asset, the profit for
the current period would have been higher by INR XXX (net of tax impact of INR XXX),
retained earnings at the beginning of the current period would have been higher by INR XXX
(net of tax impact of INR XXX) and the fixed asset would correspondingly have been higher
by INR XXX.
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Industry Impact
Mining and Construction
Assets in Mining and Construction industry include heavy duty trucks, vehicles, dozers,
excavators, loaders & unloaders, tunnelling machinery, etc.
Heavy duty machineries are made up of various assembled parts which are high in
value and also have a different useful life as compared to the other parts such as
chassis, rollers, body, electrical systems, etc. These items will have to be broken in to
their components.
Entities will also have to estimate mine restoration liabilities and capitalise with the
initial cost of the mine.
Commodity manufacturing Industry Crude, Ore, Power
Various facilities that can be identified as first level components such as Water
treatment, Gas tapping, Conveyors, Turbines, Rooters, Shafts, Grids, Tankages,
Ovens, Casters, Moulds, Furnaces, Rolling mills, etc.. More often one component that
is left out in the analysis is the Pipelines, which have material value and different useful
life.
Entities will need to estimate its asset retirement obligations at the time of initial
capitalisation.
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Industry Impact
Shipping
Main parts of a ship include hull and engine. Further, hull is made up of deck, chassis,
propeller, funnel, stern and super structure. A modern ship includes a fair component of
electronic and automatic control systems. Entities will have to carry out a detailed
exercise and use its judgement for capitalising each component
Hotel Industry
A restaurant maintains a minimum stock of silverware and dishes. Some entities treat
cutlery, crockery, linen, etc, as stores and spares and group them under inventory. Any
increase or decrease is accounted as consumption in profit and loss account.
Moreover, Schedule XIV does not lay down any rate for depreciating such items and
hence companies in India adopt inventory and consumption approach to account these
items.
For a restaurant, cutlery is similar to a plant, without which it cannot operate. Under Ind
AS 16, these items fall into the definition of tangible assets and hence need to be
capitalised as such and depreciated based on its useful life. Considering the nature of
these assets, the estimation of their useful life may involve a significant amount of
judgment.
Globally, few Companies depreciates above assets over a period of three years
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Industry Impact
Power Manufacturing, Transmission and Distribution
Different useful lives must be applied to main grids and sub grids as well as power grids and gas
grids;
The residual value of the grid is significant due to the need for continuous renewal
Useful life is impacted by service concession arrangements with the State Governments
High Voltage Grids
Distribution Grids
Land
Land
Power sub-stations technical
Buildings (for example, buildings
Buildings (for example, sub-plant

buildings)
equipment
for sub-stations)
Technical equipment (for
example, protection and
measurement equipment, control
devices)
Overhead lines (for example,
380/230KV steel)
Cable (e.g. 380/230KV)
Current transformers
Piping
Power sub-stations (poles, steel

and wood)
Cable tunnel
Cable for connection to
Cable
customers
Cables for communication
Open wire for connection to
(under / overground)
customers
Open wire (steel, concrete and

wood)
Counters and measuring devices

mechanical
Sub-station without buildings
Counters and measuring devices

electronic
Sub-station technical
equipment
Power sub-stations without
buildings
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Mobile power sets
Conclusion
Key Impact
Indicative Useful Life &
Residual Value
Technical assessment
Optional
Identification of Components
Accounting of Replacement Costs
Depreciation Under
Companies Act, 2013
Intangible assets
amortization
Extra Shift
Depreciation Simplified
Units of production
method permitted
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Component
Accounting
Accounting of
Repairs Costs
Questions?
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Depreciation under

Companies Act -2013

Schedule II of The Companies Act 2013

Overview of key developments

Overview and key changes

Change in useful life & its implications

Impact on Dividend and Managerial Remuneration

Continuous Process Plant

Accounting of replacement / repairing costs

Schedule II of The Companies Act 2013

Overview of The Companies Act, 2013

Comparison of Schedule II and Schedule XIV

Schedule II Overview and Key Changes

Useful Life and Residual Value

Schedule II of The Companies Act 2013

Overview of the Companies Act, 2013

Law of Rules from Rule of Law

Aligned to International Practices

Essential Principles Retained

Schedule II of the Companies Act, 2013 is based on concept of useful

Schedule II of The Companies Act 2013

From the above specified standards, Accounting Standard 6 pertains to depreciation

Schedule II of The Companies Act 2013

Computation of Managerial Remuneration:

Schedule II of The Companies Act 2013

Depreciation is systematic allocation of the depreciable amount of an asset over its

Depreciable assets are assets which

have a limited useful life; and

Schedule II of The Companies Act 2013

Rate of depreciation prescribed

SLM / WDV Method

Unit of production method allowed

UOP was not allowed

Guidance for useful life on

No guidance for useful life on

Component accounting covered and

Extra Shift depreciation simplified

Extra shift depreciation was based

No reference to depreciation on low

Items less than Rs 5,000 to be

Schedule II of The Companies Act 2013

Schedule II Overview and key changes

Provisions relating to depreciation contained in schedule II of the Companies

Schedule II is divided into three parts:

Part A Basic Provisions for providing depreciation

Part B Depreciation on assets covered under special legislations

Part C Useful Life and other provisions

Schedule II applicable to financial year commencing on or after April 1,

Schedule II of The Companies Act 2013

Depreciation expense under units-of-production, based on units produced in the period,

Benefits of Units of production (UOP) method:

Better matching of depreciation charge with revenue

Possibility of depreciating an asset faster than is allowed by class life depreciation

Disadvantages of UOP method:

Possibility of delaying the start of depreciation and depreciation being stopped if

UOP commonly used for Natural Resource Extraction Equipment

Implications of changes in the method of depreciation from SLM to UOP

Change in method of depreciation is change in accounting policy Prospective or

Disclosures for change in method of depreciation?

Consideration for one time depreciation costs in inventory valuation?

Schedule II of The Companies Act 2013

Companies regulated by other law, e.g., electricity companies - Depreciation rates /

Schedule II of The Companies Act 2013

General furniture and fittings useful life reduced from 15 to 10 years