Applicability of AS-22 or IndAS-12 to Government company with respect to deferred tax asset/liability

Applicability of AS-22 or IndAS-12 to Government company with respect to provisions relating to deferred tax asset/liability for seven years

MCA has issued a notification providing that provisions of Accounting Standard 22 or Indian Accounting Standard 12 relating to deferred tax asset or deferred tax liability not to apply to a Government company for seven years.

The text of the Notification is as under:

MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 5th February, 2018

S.O. 529(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of Section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government, in the interest of public, hereby directs that the provisions of Accounting Standard 22 or Indian Accounting Standard 12 relating to deferred tax asset or deferred tax liability shall not apply, for seven years with effect from the 1st April, 2017, to a Government company which:—

Applicability of AS-22 IndAS-12

(a) is a public financial institution under sub-clause (iv) of clause (72) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013;

(b) is a Non-Banking Financial Company registered with the Reserve Bank of India under section 45-IA of the Reserve bank of India Act, 1934; and

(c) is engaged in the business of infrastructure finance leasing with not less than seventy five per cent. of its total revenue being generated from such business with Government companies or other entities owned or controlled by Government .

[F. No. 17/32/2017-CL-V]
K.V. R. MURTY, Jt. Secy.

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