As per Section 134(5)(b) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Directors’ Responsibility Statement referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (3) shall state that the directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the company for that period. In this regard, following are queries:
1. Is there any guideline or guidance issued by the ICAI with respect to this aspect? If so please advise.
2. At what time of the financial year, the Directors have to select accounting policies for applying them for that financial year. To make the query more clear, such accounting policies as will be applied to the Accounts for the year 2021-22 should be selected by the Directors at what time
A) in the beginning financial year 2021-22 or
B) can be selected at any time but before the close of 2021-22
3. Whether for Accounts of the Company for the financial year 2021-22, such accounting policies can be selected by the directors after close of the financial year on 31.3.2022 but before the approval of the financial statements by the Board for 2021-22. For example, for the year 2021-22, approval of financial statements shall be done after 31.3.2022, so can such accounting policies as will be applied to the accounts for the financial year 2021-22 can be selected in June, 2022.
4. Suppose, the Directors selected accounting policies in the year 2019-20, which are being applied to the Accounts of the financial year 2021-22. Now, a need arises for modification of some accounting policies to be applied to the accounts for the year 2021-22. Please advise can such a modifications in policies be done after 31st March, 2022, say in June, 2022 for being applied to the Accounts 2021-22.
