diiffrence b/w provsion & reserve

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diiffrence b/w provsion & reserve..

Answer / ravi

some amount is kept from profits as a reserve to meet futre
losses in simple words reserves are kept for any purpose
provision is kept for specified purpose

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diiffrence b/w provsion & reserve..

Answer / ami

provision is made for such type of accounts in which we
have doubt to be loss and company prepares iteself for
suffering this loss by which company doesnt have to face
financial music.where as reserve is made for the investors
who invest thier money in the company incase a year company
suffers loss that time in the market company has to save
its image despite of loss company has to pay dividend to
thier investors bywhich thier trust on the company can be
maintained and this amount is paid made reserve.

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diiffrence b/w provsion & reserve..

Answer / prasanna11149@yahoo.co.in

Provision:
Is an amount written off to provide for depreciation, or
diminution in value of assets or retained to provide for a
known liability.

Provisions made for expected losses and contingencies are
charges against profits

The liability should be a present obligation whether legal
or constructive which has arisen as a result of a past
event and where payment is probable ( more likely than not)
and the amount can be estimated reliably.

Arises from the accrual and prudence principles

Examples of these liabilities appearing in the liabilities
side of the balance sheet are:

Provision for retirement benefits

Provisions for reorganization or severance : this provision
is recorded when a company announces a plan to change its
organization structure, which will incur significant costs,
including termination of personnel

However, take note that the provisions can also be
classified on the asset side of the balance sheet which are
then known as negative assets with the objective to
decrease the value of other assets of the company.

Examples of provision as negative assets:

Bad debt provision - provision decreasing the value of
receivables, because their recoverability is doubtful.
Mostly recorded based on aging of the receivables, older
receivables are more doubtful that new ones.

Provision for product returns / credit note provision -
provision decreasing the value of receivables due to
expected sales returns. Normally recorded based on
historical experience as a percentage of recent sales.

Provision for excessive, obsolete or damaged inventory -
decreasing the value of inventory with uncertain
marketability (due to its obsoletness, damages or excessive
volume on stock)

Impairment provisions - generally any provisions recorded
when a book value of an asset is significantly higher than
its fair value

RESERVES:

Reserves are appropriations of profit namely when profits
have been ascertained after deducting all expenses which
includes provision and others. Reserves are residual
earnings after all expenses and taxation which belongs to
the owners namely the shareholders.

There are essentially two(2) types of Reserves:

Capital Reserves

Revenue Reserves

Capital Reserves:
Are appropriation from profits which cannot be distributed
by way of cash dividends.

These capital reserves arises mainly from (i) equity
transactions between the enterprise and its shareholders;
(ii) from adjustments arising in accounting for business
combinations; (iii) from differences arising on translation
of foreign currency operations; (iv) from surpluses arising
from asset revaluation; (iv) any unrealized gain which has
not been included in income.

Examples of capital reserves includes: share premium,
capital redemption reserves, capital reserves arising on
merger and acquisition, statutory reserves, asset
revaluation reserve and exchange fluctuation reserves.

Revenue Reserves are:
Are appropriation from profit which can be distributed by
way of cash dividends although some may be set aside for
other purposes.

Examples like retained profits and general reserves.

MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROVISION AND RESERVE:

Remember that provision is a charge to the profit whilst a
reserve is an appropriation to the profit. Reserves belongs
to the owners equity side while provision can be on a
liability side or on the assets side but as a negative asset

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diiffrence b/w provsion & reserve..

Answer / murali royal

Provision means written off any amount from fixed assets to
retain the known liabilities. Ex Depreciation, Bad debts etc..

Where as Reserve is possible only when the company has net profit. Reserves are appropriated from net profits. Ex. General reserve, capital reserve etc..

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diiffrence b/w provsion & reserve..

Answer / subhash bandi ku 9848741648

The main difference between provision and reserve is
Provision should be provided when company gain profit or
incurred losses
But in case reserve should be provided when company gain
profits.

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diiffrence b/w provsion & reserve..

Answer / vivek kanna

PROVISIONS are maintained by the company in order to face
the future uncertainities for example provision for bad
debts,provision for depreciation so on.provisions will be
charged to p&l account before arriving net profit,and the
amount charged is used for specific purpose only that is
provision for bad debts can be used for the bad debts
unrecoverd etc.
on the other hand RESERVES are maintained to meet the
future necessites.The Reserves are charged after arriving
profits and can be used by business for any purpose example
payment of dividend,redemption of debentures so on.

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diiffrence b/w provsion & reserve..

Answer / mallikarjunarao

before preparing the P&l a/c we cannt taken the total
expdeture becase ex we are paying rent after 31 march so
this type of expendeture taken as provisons
reserves if we are facing so many problems faced in running
bussines future is uncertaninty and if we are knowing
actual profit some expendeture like depreciation taken as
reserves before preparing the p&l account

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