1 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES I Basis of Preparation and brsentation of financial statements A Basis of Preparation The financial statements are brpared under the historical cost convention in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and materially comply with the mandatory Accounting Standards issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and referred to Section 129 & 133 of the Companies Act 2013. All income and expenditure having a material bearing on the financial statements are recognized on accrual basis. B Use of Estimates The brparation of financial statements in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities, at the end of the reporting period. Although these estimates are based upon management's best knowledge of current events and actions, actual results could differ from these estimates in the future periods. II Revenue Recognition A Software and related services i) License Fees License Fee revenue is recognized on delivery of the software. ii) Software development / Implementation Fees Software development / Implementation Contracts are either fixed price based or time and material based. In case of fixed price contracts, revenue is recognized in accordance with percentage of completion method of accounting. In case of time and material contracts, revenue is recognized based on billable time spent in the project, priced at the contractual rate. iii) Annual Maintenance Contract Revenue from Maintenance services is recognized on a pro-rata basis over the period of the contract. B Value Added Resale Hardware & Software Revenue from sales is recognized upon despatch of goods to customers. C Other Income Interest and rental income are recognized on accrual basis. Net gain on mutual fund investments are recognised on sale of such investments. III Fixed Assets and Debrciation A Tangible Assets Tangible Assets are capitalized at historical cost and includes freight, installation cost, finance cost, net of taxes and duties wherever applicable and other incidental expenses incurred during the installation stage. Assets acquired on Hire Purchase are capitalized at the gross value and interest thereon charged to Statement of Profit & Loss. In respect of assets leased prior to 1st April 2001, the lease rentals paid during the year are charged to Statement of Profit & Loss. In respect of assets leased on or after April 1, 2001, the accounting treatment brscribed by Accounting Standard 19 on "Leases" is followed. Debrciation on tangible assets is charged on a pro-rata basis on the Straight Line Method as brscribed under Schedule II of the Companies Act, 2013 over the useful life of those assets. B Intangible Assets a) Costs incurred in the development of ERP product, together with repository of new business components, upon completion of the development phase, have been classified and grouped as "Product Software" under Fixed Assets. Similarly, costs incurred in the development of technology platform framework, which would enable the company to provide solutions - both standard and customized - in an efficient manner, have been classified and grouped as "Technology Platform" under Fixed Assets, once the same is available for use. b) Company is filing patent applications and costs incurred for filing the patent application like consultancy and filing fees are capitalized upon grant of Patents. The useful life of the above assets is estimated as ten years and debrciation is charged accordingly. c) Computer Software purchased for own use are grouped under Intangible Assets. Debrciation is charged on a pro-rata basis on the Straight Line Method as per the rates brscribed under Schedule II of the Companies Act, 2013 over the useful life of those assets. IV Investments Long term investments are stated at cost and short term investments are valued at lower of cost and net realizable value. V Inventories Inventories are valued at lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost includes cost incurred in bringing the inventories to their brsent location and condition and is determined based on FIFO method. VI Foreign Currency Transactions The functional currency of the Company is Indian Rupee. Transactions denominated in foreign currency are recorded at the exchange rate brvailing on the date of transaction. The monetary items denominated in the foreign currency at the year end are translated at the exchange rates brvailing on the date of the balance sheet or wherever forward contracts are booked, at the respective rates as per such forward contracts and the loss or gain arising out of such transactions is adjusted in the Statement of Profit and Loss. Exchange difference in respect of foreign currency liabilities incurred for acquiring fixed assets on or before accounting period commencing after December 7, 2006 is added to the cost of respective fixed assets. VII Translation of Financial Statements of Foreign Branch All income and expenditure transactions during the year are reported at a monthly moving average exchange rate for the respective periods. Monetary assets and liabilities are translated at the rate brvailing on the balance sheet date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated at the rate brvailing on the date of the transaction and the balance in 'head office account' whether debit or credit, is reported at the amount of the balance in the 'branch account' in the books of the head office, after adjusting for unresponded transactions. Net gain / loss on foreign currency translation is recognized in the Statement of Profit and Loss. VIII Employee Benefits Short-term employee benefits viz., salaries, wages and other benefits are recognized as expenses at the actual value as per contractual terms and such amounts are charged as expenses in the Statement of Profit and Loss for the year in which the related service is rendered. Other benefits are treated as below: Gratuity In accordance with the Indian law, the company provides for gratuity, a defined benefit plan ("The Gratuity Plan"), covering all employees. These employees are covered under the Group Gratuity Scheme of the Life Insurance Corporation of India. The contribution to the said scheme are charged to the Statement of Profit and Loss. The liability for Gratuity is ascertained as at the Balance Sheet date based on independent actuarial valuation in accordance with Accounting Standard 15(revised) and the charge for current year arrived at. Accordingly, the difference between such charge and contribution is provided in the accounts by a debit to the Statement of Profit and Loss. Superannuation The Senior officers of the Company have been given an option to participate in a defined contribution plan ("The Superannuation Plan") maintained by the Life Insurance Corporation of India. For those who opt to participate, the company makes contributions not exceeding Rupees one lakh per annum, based on a specified percentage of the basic salary of each covered employee. For those who do not opt to participate, an amount equivalent to the contribution determined at the time of exercise of option is paid along with salary. The company has no further obligation beyond its contributions / payments. National Pension System The employees of the Company have been given an option to participate in a defined contribution plan ("National Pension System"), maintained by the fund managers approved by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority. For those who opt to participate, the company makes contributions equal to 10% of the covered employee's basic salary. For those who do not opt to participate, an amount equivalent to the contribution determined at the time of exercise of option is paid along with salary. The company has no further obligation beyond its contributions / payments. Provident Fund In addition to the above benefit ts, all employees receive benefits from a Provident fund, which is a defined contribution plan. Both the employee and employer each make monthly contributions to the plan equal to 12% of the covered employee's basic salary. These contributions are made to the employees' provident fund maintained by the Government of India. The Company has no further obligations under the plan beyond its monthly contributions. Leave Encashment Leave encashment liability is ascertained as at the Balance Sheet date based on independent actuarial valuation in accordance with Accounting Standard 15(revised) and is provided for in the books of accounts. IX Earnings per share Prof t after tax is adjusted for prior period adjustments, if any and divided by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the period. X Taxes on income Current Tax is determined as the amount of tax payable in respect of the taxable income for the period. Deferred tax asset or deferred tax liability is considered for timing differences in accordance with Accounting Standard 22. Deferred tax asset arising on account of carry forward of losses is not considered. Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT) credit asset is recognized only when and to the extent there is convincing evidence that the Company will pay normal Income Tax during the specified period. The carrying amount of MAT credit asset is reviewed at each Balance Sheet date. XI Borrowing costs Borrowing costs that are attributable to the acquisition or construction or production of qualifying assets are capitalized as part of cost of those assets as per Accounting Standard 16. All other borrowing costs are charged to Statement of Profit and Loss. XII Impairment of assets The Company assesses at each Balance Sheet date whether there is any indication that an asset may be impaired. If any such indication exists, the Company estimates the recoverable amount of the asset. If such recoverable amount of the asset or the recoverable amount of the cash generating unit to which the asset belongs is less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount is reduced to its recoverable amount. The reduction is treated as an impairment loss and is recognized in the Statement of Profit and Loss. If at the Balance Sheet date, there is an indication that if a brviously assessed impairment loss no longer exists, the recoverable amount is reassessed and the asset is reflected at the recoverable amount subject to a maximum of debrciated historical cost. 2 Amounts recovered from Subsidiaries towards expenses incurred on account of on-site employees to the extent of Rs.155.64 Mln. (brvious year Rs.107.69 Mln.) have been netted off from expenses. 3 The Company's shares are listed on BSE Limited and The National Stock Exchange of India Limited. In line with the provisions of the listing agreement with the stock exchanges, the listing fee for the financial year 2015-16 have been paid to the BSE Limited and The National Stock Exchange of India Limited. 4 Figures for the brvious year have been regrouped / restated wherever necessary to make them comparable with the figures for the current year. 5 The figures in Rupees have been rounded off to the million in both current and brvious year. As per our report annexed For CNGSN & Associates LLP Chartered Accountants Firm Registration No.004915S LLP Registration No.S200036 P R RAMASUBRAHMANEYA RAJHA Chairman P R VENKETRAMA RAJA Vice Chairman and Managing Director M M VENKATACHALAM Director G KARTHIKEYAN Company Secretary C N GANGADARAN Partner Membership No.:011205 R RAVI KULA CHANDRAN Chief Financial Officer Place : Chennai Date : May 20, 2016 |