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How will you treat commission which paid in current year for the purchase of land on the previous year?

You are unknown about the commission until its payment in the current year

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Question added by Kripesh Krishnan Kutty Nair , Merchandiser , Al Seer Group
Date Posted: 2015/03/25
Malik Khalid Mahmood
by Malik Khalid Mahmood , Regional Finance Manager , Leosons International FZ LLC

Definitely as a professional accountant, you are making your financials as per IAS/IFRS, you have made the accrual for this commission and this time just pay from accrued expenses.

VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

 

In the above case it is impossible for you to create estimates on the basis of available information so that the financial statements are originally reflected the impact of such expenses.(in the previous year)

You are required to retrospectively apply a change in accounting principle to all prior periods, unless it is impracticable to do so.

Here the entries may be treated as if it is incurred for the current year.  Small amounts need not be capitalized--If the amounts are comparatively bigger that can be capitalized.

FITAH MOHAMED
by FITAH MOHAMED , Financial Manager , FUEL AND ENERGY CO for transportion petroleum materials

Treatment depends on 

* - Have you been recorded as an Accrued expense is due the previous year

Enrollment

*** From / Accrued expenses

*** To / Bank

 

* - Has been forgotten

 

*-  Low relative value

Bearing on the current year expenses

 

*-Large relative value

  H deducted from retained earnings

saifu vp
by saifu vp , Administration Officer , GS Engineering and Construction

Commission paid this year but payable for last year is treated as outsanding expensess so this commison paid debited in p&l Account and also showing in balance sheet liablity side treated as a outstanding liability

or

 

If we treat commission as a capital expenditure which was incurred for purchaing the land then it should be added to land.

Muhammad Ramzan Tufail  ACCA
by Muhammad Ramzan Tufail ACCA , Assistant Finance Manager , Eltizam Asset Management Group

In the previous year, when you buy a land, at that time Company will create a payable like:

 

Dr. Commission Expense   XX

Cr. To Commission Payable    XX

 

And now in this year, will only reduce the liability like: 

 

Dr. Commission Payable   XX

Cr.       To Cash                         XX

fayyaz ahmad
by fayyaz ahmad , Internal Auditor , Medicine co

The logical treatment is, if last year adusted like entry is 

 Commission on land      -------

      to Commission payable       -------

Current year treatment is 

Payable Commission on land   --------

      To                     Cash--------

 

If Forgot to record the last year commission on land, and paid in current year then 

Commisssion on land      --------=

           To   Cash                                      ------

 

ASHA M
by ASHA M , auditor assistant , R.H. Sethia Associates

From / Accrued expenses

*** To / Bank

Stephen Onyait
by Stephen Onyait , Accounts Receivables Accountant , Security World Technology(U)Ltd

You need to have accrued Commission in ther previous year then expense it in the current year by CR Cas/bank and DR Commission Payable.

Tegegne Abrham
by Tegegne Abrham , General Manager , MM BEDDING INDUSTRIES PLC

To me the correct answer is what FITAH MOHAMED said except deducting the cost from the retained earning. According me it is better to capitalize the cost.

Samyajit Chakraverty
by Samyajit Chakraverty , Assistant Finance Controller , Admiral Plaza & Gateway Hotels Dubai

Commission paid in current year but accrued for last year is treated as outsanding expensess in the last year so this commison payable debited to P&L A/C and also showed in the liability side of the balance sheet as an outstanding expenses, incase the amount of commission is huge we need to treat commission as a capital expenditure which was incurred for purchaing the land added to the value of the land.

Mouinuddin  Mohammed
by Mouinuddin Mohammed , branch manager sales manager , Piramal capital housing finance limited

It's baded on agreement of both parties

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