Ind As 11
Ind As 11
Ind As 11
IND AS ON RECOGNITION OF
REVENUE IN THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
UNIT 1:
INDIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARD 11 : CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
UNIT OVERVIEW
Ind AS 11
Direct
Initial costs
An asset Fixed price Segment amount
contracts criteria
Allocated
Combination variation contract
Combination
of assets Cost plus criteria overhead
contracts Claim
Additional Specific
assets Incentive
costs
Service
Concession
Arrangements
Recognition of contract
revenue and contract
expenses
Recognition Total Total
of expected estimated contact Or
Eithe
losses cost of revenue
contract Percentage of Fixed price
completion contract
method
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Most of the Accounting Standards deal with the topics and areas that are relevant for all the
industries, such as, presentation of financial statements, inventories, property, plant and
equipment, revenue etc. Ind AS 11 unlike most of the other Accounting Standards provides
guidance to a particular industry – ‘construction industry’. This is because of the nature of
construction industry where in majority of the cases, the revenue generating projects have a long
gestation period. The activities are commenced in one period and completed in another period.
The gap between these two periods could range anywhere between 2-10 years, perhaps even
longer in some cases. The accountant faces the issue as to when and how the revenues and
costs be recognised and measured in the statement of profit and loss of the accounting periods
when the work is being performed. Therefore, the primary issue in accounting for construction
contracts is the allocation of contract revenue and contract costs to the accounting periods in
which construction work is performed.
Ind AS 11 defines what is a construction contract, its various types and prescribes accounting
treatment of the revenue and costs that are associated with these contracts in the Statement of
Profit and Loss. To determine when contract revenue and contract costs should be recognised
as revenue and expenses in the Statement of Profit and Loss, Ind AS 11 uses the recognition
criteria established in the Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements
in accordance with Ind AS issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
This Accounting Standard also provides practical guidance on the application of these criteria.
1.2 SCOPE
Ind AS 11 is to be applied in accounting for construction contracts in the financial statements of
contractors.
Construction
of
Combination
An Asset
of Assets
(b) the destruction or restoration of assets, and the restoration of the environment following
the demolition of assets.
Construction
Contracts
Example : In the case of a cost plus contract there could be an agreed maximum price.
Example : B Limited has taken a construction contract from the authority to develop a township.
The contract involves several other contracts such as residential complexes, roads, power
stations, reservoirs and commercial complex. Separate tenders were floated and separate
proposals have been submitted for the same. Negotiations have been separate. However, all the
contracts have been awarded to B Limited. This will be a case of segmenting the contracts as
there are separate proposals, separate negotiations, the award of one contract has no relationship
with the other and costs and revenues of each contract are separately identifiable.
The question that needs to be answered is that whether the contract of this additional asset
is a contract for separate asset or is a contract for just an extension of the original asset.
The construction of the additional asset should be treated as a separate construction contract
when any one of the following condition is met:
Condition 1: The asset differs significantly in design, technology or function from the asset
or assets covered by the original contract.
Condition 2: The price of the asset is negotiated without regard to the original contract
price.
claims
incentive payments
Contract revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable.
1.7.2 Claim
A claim is an amount that the contractor seeks to collect from the customer or another party
as reimbursement for costs not included in the contract price.
A claim may arise from, for example, customer caused delays, errors in specifications or
design, and disputed variations in contract work.
The measurement of the amounts of revenue arising from claims is subject to a high level of
uncertainty and often depends on the outcome of negotiations. Therefore, claims are
included in contract revenue only when both the following two conditions are satisfied:
(a) negotiations have reached an advanced stage such that it is probable that the customer
will accept the claim; and
(b) the amount that it is probable will be accepted by the customer can be measured
reliably.
1.7.3 Incentive payments
Incentive payments are additional amounts paid to the contractor if specified performance
standards are met or exceeded.
Example : A contract may allow for an incentive payment to the contractor for early
completion of the contract.
Incentive payments are included in contract revenue only when both the following two
conditions are satisfied:
(a) the contract is sufficiently advanced that it is probable that the specified performance
standards will be met or exceeded; and
(b) the amount of the incentive payment can be measured reliably.
Note: A variation, claim or incentive normally lead to increase in revenue therefore one needs to
be prudent and careful in recognising and measuring revenue from these items.
Illustration 1
Mr. ‘X’ as a contractor has just entered into a contract with a local municipal body for building a
flyover. As per the contract terms, ‘X’ will receive an additional ` 2 crore if the construction of the
flyover were to be finished within a period of two years of the commencement of the contract.
Mr. X wants to recognize this revenue since in the past he has been able to meet similar targets
very easily.
Is X correct in his proposal? Discuss.
Solution
According to Ind AS 11 ‘Construction Contracts’, incentive payments are additional amounts
payable to the contractor if specified performance standards are met or exceeded. Incentive
payments are included in contract revenue when:
(i) the contract is sufficiently advanced that it is probable that the specified performance standards
will be met or exceeded; and
(ii) the amount of the incentive payment can be measured reliably. In the given problem, the
contract has not even begun and hence the contractor (Mr. X) should not recognize any
revenue of this contract.
On careful reading, you will find that the following
two universal criteria have been adopted for
recognising the additional revenue:
(a) Probability criteria; and
(b) Reliable measurement criteria.
Direct Costs
Specific Costs
costs of design and technical assistance that is directly related to the contract;
the estimated costs of rectification and guarantee work, including expected warranty
costs; and
claims from third parties.
Note: The above costs may be reduced by any incidental income that is not included in
contract revenue.
Example : Income from the sale of surplus materials and the disposal of plant and
equipment at the end of the contract will reduce the contract cost.
2. Costs that are attributable to contract activity in general and can be allocated to the
contract and includes:
insurance;
costs of design and technical assistance that are not directly related to a specific
contract;
borrowing costs; and
construction overheads such as the preparation and processing of construction
personnel payroll.
Note:
Such costs are allocated using methods that are systematic and rational and are applied
consistently to all costs having similar characteristics.
The allocation is based on the normal level of construction activity.
3. Other costs as are specifically chargeable to the customer under the terms of the
contract which may include
some general administration costs and
development costs
for which reimbursement is specified in the terms of the contract.
Note:
Costs that are incurred in securing the particular contract are also included as part of
the directly attributable contract costs if they can be
separately identified and measured reliably and
it is probable that the contract will be obtained.
When costs incurred in securing a contract are recognised as an expense in the period
in which they are incurred, they are not included in contract costs when the contract is
obtained in a subsequent period.
(c) Contract costs are usually recognised as an expense in profit or loss in the accounting periods
in which the work to which they relate is performed.
(d) However, any expected excess of total contract costs over total contract revenue for the
contract is recognised as an expense immediately.
Note: Progress payments and advances received from customers often do not reflect the work
performed.
Illustration 2 (The percentage completion method)
X Ltd. commenced a construction contract on 01/04/20X1. The fixed contract price agreed was
` 2,00,000. The company incurred ` 81,000 in 20X1-20X2 for 45% work and received ` 79,000
as progress payment from the customer. The cost incurred in 20X2-20X3 was ` 89,000 to
complete the rest of work.
Solution
Profit & Loss Account
To Net profit 9
(for 45% work)
90 90
To Net Profit
(for 55% work) 21
110 110
Customer Account
By Balance c/d 11
90 90
121 121
Example
X Ltd. commenced a construction contract on 01/04/20X1. The contract price agreed was
reimbursable cost plus 20%. The company incurred ` 1,00,000 in 20X1-20X2, of which ` 90,000
is reimbursable. The further non-reimbursable costs to be incurred to complete the contract are
estimated at ` 5,000. The other costs to complete the contract could not be estimated reliably.
The Profit & Loss A/c extract of X Ltd. for 20X1-20X2 is shown below:
Profit & Loss Account
` 000 ` 000
105 105
Illustration 3
A Limited has entered into a contract with B Limited for construction of a bridge estimated cost of ` 15
crores and revenue of ` 20 crores. At the end of year 1, A Limited has incurred ` 6 crores. However,
B Limited has been invoiced for ` 7 crores. The payment is due in first quarter of year 2. Determine
the cost and revenues to be recognised based on percentage completion method.
Solution
Based on proportion of cost incurred to date (` 6 crores) with total cost (` 15 crores), the
percentage completion is 40%. Based on this, A Limited should recognise revenues of ` 8 crores
(40% of ` 20 crores) and cost at ` 6 crores in year 1.
Note: If the stage of completion is worked out with reference to the contract costs incurred to date,
an entity includes only those contract costs that reflect work performed in costs incurred to date.
The entity excludes the following contract costs (illustrative list) while determining the cost
incurred till date:
(a) Contract costs that relate to future activity on the contract, such as costs of materials that
have been delivered to a contract site or set aside for use in a contract but not yet installed,
used or applied during contract performance, unless the materials have been made specially
for the contract.
Note:
Such contract costs are recognised as an asset provided it is probable that they will be
recovered.
These costs represent an amount due from the customer and are often classified as
contract work in progress.
(b) Payments made to subcontractors in advance of work performed under the subcontract.
1.10.3 When can the outcome of a construction contract be estimated
reliably
The outcome of a construction contract can only be estimated reliably when it is probable
that the economic benefits associated with the contract will flow to the entity.
An entity can make reliable estimates about the outcome of the construction contract only
where the terms of contract establish:
(a) each party’s enforceable rights regarding the asset to be constructed;
(b) the consideration to be exchanged; and
(c) the manner and terms of settlement.
The entity may review and revise, if necessary the estimates of contract revenue and contract
costs as the contract progresses. However, such revisions do not necessarily mean that the
outcome of the contract cannot be estimated reliably.
However, when an uncertainty arises about the collectability of an amount already included
in contract revenue, and already recognised in profit or loss, the uncollectible amount or the
amount in respect of which recovery has ceased to be probable is recognised as an
expense rather than as an adjustment of the amount of contract revenue.
Also when the uncertainties that prevented the outcome of the contract being estimated
reliably no longer exist, revenue and expenses associated with the construction contract
should be recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract activity at the
end of the reporting period.
1.10.4 Fixed Price Contract
Where the construction contract is in the nature of a fixed price contract, an entity can
estimate reliably the outcome of a construction contract only when all the following
conditions are satisfied:
(a) total contract revenue can be measured reliably;
(b) it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the contract will flow to the
entity;
(c) both the contract costs to complete the contract and the stage of contract completion at
the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
(d) the contract costs attributable to the contract can be clearly identified and measured
reliably so that actual contract costs incurred can be compared with prior estimates.
Where the construction contract is in the nature of a cost plus contract, an entity can estimate
reliably the outcome of a construction contract only when all the following conditions are
satisfied:
(a) it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the contract will flow to the
entity; and
(b) the contract costs attributable to the contract, whether or not specifically reimbursable,
can be clearly identified and measured reliably.
1.10.5 When the outcome of a construction contract cannot be estimated
reliably
There are situations when the outcome of a construction contract cannot be estimated
reliably. It could be at the inception of the contract, e.g., during the early stages of a contract
or it may occur any time during the period when the construction contract is being performed.
In these situations, how does one recognise the revenue and the contract costs that have
been incurred. In such as situation the following principles should be adopted:
(a) Revenue should be recognised only to the extent of contract costs incurred that it is
probable will be recoverable; and
(b) Contract costs should be recognised as an expense in the period in which they are
incurred.
(c) Expected loss: Even though the entity may not be able to reliably estimate the outcome
of the construction contract, it is possible that total contract cost may exceed total
contract revenue. Any expected excess of contract costs over contract revenue (i.e.,
expected loss) should be recognised as an expense immediately.
There should be no recognition of profit.
Further, there could be situations where it is probable that contract costs may not be
recovered. These situations include contracts:
(a) that are not fully enforceable, i.e., their validity is seriously in question;
(b) the completion of which is subject to the outcome of pending litigation or legislation;
(c) relating to properties that are likely to be condemned or expropriated;
(d) where the customer is unable to meet its obligations; or
(e) where the contractor is unable to complete the contract or otherwise meet its obligations
under the contract.
In these situations, contract costs are recognised as an expense immediately in the
statement of profit and loss.
Example :
A construction contractor has a fixed price contract for ` 9,000 lakhs to build a bridge. The initial
amount of revenue agreed in the contract is ` 9,000 lakhs. The contractor’s initial estimate of
contract costs is ` 8,000 lakhs. It will take 3 years to build the bridge.
By the end of year 1, the contractor’s estimate of contract costs has increased to ` 8,050 lakhs.
In year 2, the customer approves a variation resulting in an increase in contract revenue of ` 200
lakhs and estimated additional contract costs of ` 150 lakhs. At the end of year 2, costs incurred
include ` 100 lakhs for standard materials stored at the site to be used in year 3 to complete the
project.
The contractor determines the stage of completion of the contract by calculating the proportion
that contract costs incurred for work performed to date bear to the latest estimated total contract
costs.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Illustration 5
M/s Highway Constructions undertook the construction of a highway on 01.04.2020X1. The
contract was to be completed in 2 years. The contract price was estimated at ` 150 crores. Up to
31.03.20X2 the company incurred ` 120 crores on the construction. The engineers involved in the
project estimated that a further ` 45 crores would be incurred for completing the work.
What amount should be charged to revenue for the year 20X1-20X2 as per the provisions of Ind
AS 11 "Construction Contracts"? Show the extract of the Profit & Loss A/c in the books of M/s.
Highway Constructions.
Solution
Statement showing the amount to be charged to Revenue as per Ind AS 11
` in crores
` in crores ` in crores
124 124
Total Contract
Revenue
Total Contract
Costs
The contractor when performing a contract may conclude during the course of performance of the
contract that it is probable the total contract costs will ultimately exceed total revenue that could
be realised from the customer.
In this situation, the expected loss should be recognised immediately as an expense.
This recognition of expected loss as expense is irrespective of:
(a) work has commenced on the contract;
(b) the stage of completion of the contract activities; or
(c) the amount of profits expected to arise on other contracts which are not treated as single
contracts due to application of segmentation criteria
Illustration 6
On 1st December, 20X1, Vishwakarma Construction Co. Ltd. undertook a contract to construct a
building for ` 85 lakhs. On 31st March, 20X2, the company found that it had already spent
` 64,99,000 on the construction. Prudent estimate of additional cost for completion was
` 32,01,000. What amount should be charged to revenue in the final accounts for the year ended
31st March, 20X2 as per Ind AS 11?
Solution
According to para 33 of Ind AS 11, the amount of ` 12,00,000 is required to be recognized as an expense.
` 64,99,000 × 100
Contract work in progress = 97,00,000 = 67%
Example
A Limited enters with a customer a 3 year construction contract for ` 10,00,000. The estimated
total costs are ` 7,00,000. In year 2, the management has to revise the estimated costs. The
contract however remains profitable. The relevant figures are as under:
Amount (`)
Solution
The asset or liability at the end of each year will be computed as under:
Amount (`)
Particulars Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Costs incurred till date 3,00,000 6,80,000 8,50,000
Cumulative recognised profits (losses) 2,00,000 1,20,000 1,50,000
Progress billings ∗ 4,00,000 8,50,000 9,50,000
Gross amount due from customers at the year end 1,00,000 50,000
(Amount recognised as an asset)
Gross amount due to customers (Amount recognised (50,000)
as an liability) at the year end
∗
Assumed figures
Illustration 7
A construction Company spend ` 1,80,000 for tendering and incidental expenses for securing a
contract. The contract price is ` 55,000. The construction is expected to be completed in
2 years time.
The company has incurred the following expenses and has worked out the additional revenue.
` 000’s
Expenses:
Tendering Costs 180
Employee benefits: Site Costs 4,000 3,700
Transport charges 120 110
Depreciation 800 800
Materials 15,100 19,000
Contract overhead (10%)
Insurance 2,000 2,200
Design and Technical Assistance 1,000 1,200
Contract Administration 2,000 2,400
Additional Revenue:
Claims 350 500
Variations 700 200
Incentives 500
Find out the estimated contract revenue and contract costs. Also calculate contract profit or loss.
Material inventory at the end of the year 1 was ` 1,00,000.
Solution
Analysis of Contract Revenue, Contract Costs and Profit/Loss
Contract Revenue:
Initial Revenue 55,000
Variations 700 200 900
Contract Costs :
Tendering Costs 180 180
Direct Costs
Employee Benefits: Site Staff 4,000 3,700 7,700
Transport charges 120 110 230
Depreciation 800 800 1,600
Material after Inventory 15,000 19,100 34,100
Adjustments
Contract Overheads
Insurance 2,000 2,200 4,200
Design and Technical 1,000 1,200 2,200
Assistance
Contract Administration 2,000 2,400 4,400
Example
Infrastructure for public services—such as roads, bridges, tunnels, prisons, hospitals,
airports, water distribution facilities, energy supply and telecommunication networks—has
traditionally been constructed, operated and maintained by the public sector and financed
through public budget appropriation.
• A feature of these service arrangements is the public service nature of the obligation
undertaken by the operator.
• Public policy is for the services related to the infrastructure to be provided to the public,
irrespective of the identity of the party that operates the services. The service arrangement
contractually obliges the operator to provide the services to the public on behalf of the public
sector entity. Other common features are:
(a) the party that grants the service arrangement (the grantor) is a public sector entity,
including a governmental body, or a private sector entity to which the responsibility for
the service has been devolved.
(b) the operator is responsible for at least some of the management of the infrastructure
and related services and does not merely act as an agent on behalf of the grantor.
(c) the contract sets the initial prices to be levied by the operator and regulates price
revisions over the period of the service arrangement.
(d) the operator is obliged to hand over the infrastructure to the grantor in a specified
condition at the end of the period of the arrangement, for little or no incremental
consideration, irrespective of which party initially financed it.
1.14.2 Scope
1.14.2.1 Applicability
The guidance given in the Appendix A of Ind AS 11 applies to
(a) infrastructure that the operator constructs or acquires from a third party for the purpose of the
service arrangement; and
(b) existing infrastructure to which the grantor gives the operator access for the purpose of the
service arrangement.
1.14.2.2 Non-applicability
• It does not specify the accounting for infrastructure that was held and recognised as property,
plant and equipment by the operator before entering the service arrangement.
• It does not specify the accounting by grantors.
1.14.3 Accounting Principles
1.14.3.1 Treatment of the operator’s rights over the infrastructure
• Infrastructure shall not be recognised as property, plant and equipment of the operator
because the contractual service arrangement does not convey the right to control the use of
the public service infrastructure to the operator.
• The operator has access to operate the infrastructure to provide the public service on behalf
of the grantor in accordance with the terms specified in the contract.
1.14.3.2 Recognition and measurement
• Since the operator acts as a service provider, he shall recognise and measure revenue in
accordance with Ind AS 11 and Ind AS 18 for the services it performs. The operator
constructs or upgrades infrastructure (construction or upgrade services) used to provide a
public service and operates and maintains that infrastructure (operation services) for a
specified period of time.
• If the operator performs more than one service (ie construction or upgrade services and
operation services) under a single contract or arrangement, consideration received or
receivable shall be allocated by reference to the relative fair values of the services delivered,
when the amounts are separately identifiable.
• The nature of the consideration i.e. whether financial asset or intangible asset determines its
subsequent accounting treatment.
• The operator shall account for revenue and costs relating to construction or upgrade
services.
• The operator shall account for revenue and costs relating to operation services in accordance
with Ind AS 18.
1.14.3.3 Consideration given by the grantor to the operator
• If the operator provides construction or upgrade services the consideration received or
receivable by the operator shall be recognized at its fair value. The consideration may be
rights to:
(a) a financial asset, or
(b) an intangible asset.
• The operator shall recognise a financial asset to the extent that
it has an unconditional contractual right to receive cash or another financial asset from
or at the direction of the grantor for the construction services; the grantor has little, if
any, discretion to avoid payment, usually because the agreement is enforceable by law.
it has an unconditional right to receive cash if the grantor contractually guarantees to
pay the operator (a) specified or determinable amounts or (b) the shortfall, if any,
between amounts received from users of the public service and specified or
determinable amounts, even if payment is contingent on the operator ensuring that the
infrastructure meets specified quality or efficiency requirements.
• The operator shall recognise an intangible asset to the extent that it receives a right (a
licence) to charge users of the public service. A right to charge users of the public service is
not an unconditional right to receive cash because the amounts are contingent on the extent
that the public uses the service.
• If the operator is paid for the construction services partly by a financial asset and partly by
an intangible asset it is necessary to account separately for each component of the operator’s
consideration. The consideration received or receivable for both components shall be
recognised initially at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable.
1.14.3.4 Contractual obligations to restore the infrastructure to a specified level of
serviceability
The operator may have contractual obligations it must fulfil as a condition of its licence, like to
maintain or restore infrastructure, except for any upgrade element, which shall be recognised and
measured in accordance with Ind AS 37, ie at the best estimate of the expenditure that would be
required to settle the present obligation at the end of the reporting period.
1.14.3.5 Borrowing costs incurred by the operator
• Borrowing costs attributable to the arrangement shall be recognised as an expense in the
period in which they are incurred unless the operator has a contractual right to receive an
intangible asset (a right to charge users of the public service).
• If the operator does not have a contractual right to receive an intangible asset, borrowing
costs attributable to the arrangement shall be capitalised during the construction phase of
the arrangement.
1.14.3.6 Financial asset
• For recognition of financial asset, Ind AS 32, Ind AS 107 and Ind AS 109 shall be applied.
The amount due from or at the direction of the grantor is accounted at:
(a) amortised cost;
(b) fair value through other comprehensive income; or
(c) fair value through profit or loss.
• If the amount due from the grantor is measured at amortised cost or fair value through other
comprehensive income, Ind AS 109 requires interest calculated using the effective interest
method to be recognised in profit or loss.
1.14.3.7 Intangible asset
For recognition and measurement of intangible asset, one has to apply Ind AS 38 for guidance on
measuring intangible assets acquired in exchange for a non-monetary asset or assets or a
combination of monetary and non-monetary assets.
1.14.3.8 Items provided to the operator by the grantor
• Infrastructure items to which the operator is given access by the grantor for the purposes of
the service arrangement are not recognised as property, plant and equipment of the operator.
• The grantor may also provide other items to the operator that the operator can keep or deal
with as it wishes. If such assets form part of the consideration payable by the grantor for the
services, they are not government grants as defined in Ind AS 20. They are recognised as
assets of the operator, measured at fair value on initial recognition.
• The operator shall recognise a liability in respect of unfulfilled obligations it has assumed in
exchange for the assets.
Information note 1
Accounting framework for public-to-private service arrangements
Does the grantor control or regulate what No
services the operator must provide with the
infrastructure, to whom it must provide them,
and at what price? OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF
APPENDIX A SEE
Yes
INFORMATION NOTE 2
Does the grantor control, through ownership, beneficial No
entitlement or otherwise, any significant residual interest in
the infrastructure at the end of the service arrangements? Or
is the infrastructure used in the arrangements for the entire
useful life? No
Yes
No Is the infrastructure existing infrastructure of
Is the infrastructure constructed or acquired
the grantor to which the operator is given
by the operator from a third party for the
access
purpose of the service arrangement?
Yes
Yes
Does the operator have a Does the operator have a OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF
No No
contractual right to receive cash or contractual right to charge APPENDIX A SEE
other financial asset from or at users of the public services PARAGRAPH 27 OF
direction of the grantor as described as described in paragraph APPENDIX A
in paragraph 16 of 17 of Appendix A?
Yes Yes
QUICK RECAP
Construction contracts
A contract specifically negotiated
for combination of assets- closely
interrelated or interdependent (in
terms of design/ technology/
function/ use)
Combination of contracts
Group of contracts
No
Negotiation as a single package?
Yes No
Closely interrelated contracts with overall profit margin?
Yes No
Performed concurrently or in continuous sequence?
Yes
SEPARATE
SINGLE contract contracts
Segmentation of contracts
No
Separate proposals for each asset?
Yes No
Separate negotiation for each asset?
Yes No
Costs and revenues identifiable for each asset?
Yes
SEPARATE contracts (for each asset) SINGLE contract
Yes
Significantly different in design, technology or function?
No Yes
Price negotiation without regard to original contract price?
No
Thus, based on total costs incurred till date with the total cost of the project the percentage
completion is 30% (` 54 crores/` 180 crores).
Therefore:
— contract revenue to be recognised is ` 72 crores (30% of ` 240 crores);
— contract costs to be recognised is ` 54 crores (30% of ` 180 crores)
2. Ind AS 11 ‘Construction Contracts’ provides that when the outcome of a construction contract
can be estimated reliably, contract revenue and contract costs associated with the construction
contract should be recognized as revenue and expenses respectively with reference to the
stage of completion of the contract activity at the reporting date.
Ind AS 11 states that when it is probable that total contract cost will exceed total contract
revenue, the expected losses should be recognized as an expense irrespective of:
a. Whether or not work has commenced
b. Stage of completion of contract
c. The amount of profit on other contracts which are not treated as a single contract
Thus, when Estimated Contract Costs > Total Contract Revenue
Expected Loss = Work Certified + Work uncertified + Estimated cost to complete the
project - Total value of contract
Thus, in the given case, the foreseeable loss of ` 50,000 (expected cost ` 10.5 lakhs less
contract revenue ` 10 lakhs) should be recognized as an expense in the year ended 31st March,
20X1.
The following disclosures should also be given in the financial statements:
(a) the amount of contract revenue recognized as revenue in the period;
(b) the aggregate amount of costs incurred and loss recognized upto the reporting date;
(c) amount of advances received;
(d) amount of retentions; and
(e) gross amount due from/due to customers amount ∗
3.
`
Cost incurred till 31st March, 20X1 58,50,000
∗
Amount due from/to customers = contract costs + Recognised profits – Recognised losses – Progress
billings = ` 1.5 + Nil – ` 0.5 – ` 1.0 = Nil.
As per para 36 of Ind AS 11 ‘Construction Contracts’ when it is probable that total contract
costs will exceed total contract revenue, the expected loss should be recognised as an expense
immediately.
Accordingly, the loss of ` 10,00,000 is required to be recognized as an expense in the year
20X0-20X1.
Also as per the said standard when the outcome of a construction contract can be estimated
reliably, contract revenue and contract costs associated with the construction contract should
be recognised as revenue and expenses respectively by reference to the stage of completion
of the contract activity at the reporting date.
Accordingly,
58,50,000 x 100
Contract work in progress = = 65%
90,00,000