Accounting Treatment (Regulation 9.1)

Where the sweat equity shares are issued for a non – cash consideration, such non-cash consideration shall be treated in the following manner in the books of account of the company:-

(a)   where the non-cash consideration takes the form of a depreciable or amortizable asset, it shall be carried to the balance sheet of the company in accordance with the relevant accounting standards; or

(b)   where clause (a) is not applicable, it shall be expensed as provided in the relevant accounting standards.