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How is deferred revenue expenditure treated in finacial statements?

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Question added by davis carlton
Date Posted: 2017/02/13
RANTY MAHINAY
by RANTY MAHINAY , Accounting Manager , NORDIC HEEL UNLIMITED, INC.

Deferred revenue shall be treated in Financial Statement as Liability

AHMAD OMAR  CMA-CertIFR
by AHMAD OMAR CMA-CertIFR , Accounting Manager , NADIA BAKHURJI ARCHITECTS & INTERIOR DESIGN CONSULTANTS

Deferred Expenses are expenses that benefit more than one financial period and are classified in the balance sheet under Non-current Assets and amortized using straight line basis over the estimated period of benefit.

example; deferred agriculture expenses for the cost of processing the land needed to grow crops.

CA Faresh Mathilakath Fazal
by CA Faresh Mathilakath Fazal , Asset Management Analyst , Action Hotels Ltd

As per the matching concept of accountung, the expenses should be booked against it's respective income. Evenif some expenses which is revenue in nature will not take in to income statement as it's benefits spread over of period time. So the expenses should be written off in p&L over that period of time. until it's fully written off, it will part of prepaid expenses.

Eg, Advertisement

Hemant Prasad
by Hemant Prasad , Finance Manager , Plan B Advertising LLC

Deferred revenue expenditure has to be adjusted against the revenue realised in actual.

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