COVID-19: Potential impact on financial reporting
COVID-19: Potential impact on financial reporting
The rapid outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) presents an alarming health crisis that the world is grappling with.
Background
The rapid outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) presents an alarming health crisis that the world is grappling with. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are unfolding in real time. The COVID-19 outbreak has already had a significant effect on the economies of affected countries and international financial markets. As the companies in India approach their year-end, there is an urgent need to evaluate the impacts of the outbreak on their accounting and financial reporting.
The financial reporting impacts of the COVID -19 outbreak will depend on facts and circumstances, including the degree to which a company’s operations are exposed to the impacts of the outbreak.
This issue of First Notes discusses key accounting and financial reporting impacts of COVID-19 to be considered by companies.
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