Reporting for IPO – Restatement adjustments
In the previous blog of the series on IPO reporting , we evaluated the accounting framework applicable for the IPO. Accordingly, the issuer company shall prepare restated consolidated financial information to be presented in the offer document based on reporting framework in which they have prepared their latest financial statements before filing the offer document. Even if the latest financial statements are in Indian GAAP, SEBI has provided an option to issuer company to adopt Ind AS to restate the financial statements for all three years. Per our view, the issuer company shall opt for the Ind AS reporting framework for the restated financial statements as it reduces time, costs, and efforts of the Company. The company could execute Ind AS restatement as well as IPO restatement at the same time by removing duplication of efforts which otherwise would be performed at different times. In this blog, we will analyze the nature of adjustments required to prepare ‘C...