| 1. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), in January 2006, issued an Announcement on ‘Accounting for exchange differences arising on a forward exchange contract entered into to hedge the foreign currency risk of a firm commitment or a highly probable forecast transaction’. Pending the issuance of the proposed Accounting Standard on ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’, which is under formulation, the said Announcement prescribes the accounting treatment which should be followed in respect of the exchange differences arising on the forward exchange contracts entered into to hedge the foreign currency risks of a firm commitment or a highly probable forecast transaction. |
| 2. Subsequently, an Announcement was issued in June 2006, deferring the applicability of the Announcement issued in January 2006, to the accounting period(s) commencing on or after April 1, 2007. |
| 3. As the proposed Accounting Standard on ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’, is still to be issued by the Council, the matter was reconsidered at the 269th meeting of the Council held on July 18, 2007, whereat it has been decided to further defer the applicability of the Announcement issued in January 2006, to accounting period(s) commencing on or after April 1, 2008. |
