ICDS II – Valuation of Inventories

ICDS II shall be applied for valuation of inventories, except:

• Work-in-progress arising under construction contract, dealt with by the ICDS III on construction contracts
• Work-in-progress which is dealt with by any other ICDS
• Shares, debentures and other financial instruments held as stock-in-trade, dealt with by the ICDS VIII on securities
• Producers’ inventories of livestock, agriculture and forest products, mineral oils, ores and gases to the extent that they are measured at net realisable value
• Machinery spares dealt with by ICDS V on tangible fixed assets.

Measurement of Inventories

• Inclusions in the cost of inventories
  • Inventories shall be valued at cost, or net realisable value, whichever is lower.
  • Cost of Inventories shall include all purchase costs, service costs, conversion costs and all other costs which is incurred to bring the inventories to their present location and condition.
    • Purchase cost shall include purchase price inclusive of duties and taxes, freight inwards and other expenses directly related to purchase. Trade discounts, rebates, etc. will not be included
    • Service cost shall consist of labour and other costs of personnel directly engaged in providing the service.
    • Conversion cost of inventories shall include costs directly related to the units of production.
  • Interest and other borrowing costs shall not be included in the costs of inventories unless they meet the criteria for recognition of interest as a component of the cost as specified in the ICDS IX on borrowing cost.
• Exclusions from the cost of inventories
  • Abnormal amounts of wasted materials, labour, or other production costs
  • Storage costs, unless those costs are necessary in the production process prior to a further production stage
  • Administrative overheads that do not bring the inventories to their present location and condition
  • Selling costs
• Cost of inventories shall be assigned by using the First-in First-out (FIFO) or weighted average cost formula
• The value of opening inventory will be the cost of inventory present at the date of commencement of business, in case of new business and in any other case, cost of inventory as on the last date of immediately preceding year
• In case of dissolution, whether business is continued or not, the cost of inventories shall be valued at the net realizable value
• Disclosure: The accounting policies adopted in measuring inventories along with the total carrying amount of inventories should be disclosed in the financial statements.

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