What is Deferred Tax Liabilities (DTL)?

Deferred Tax Liability (DTL) can be defined as Provision for Future Taxation or an obligation to pay taxes in the future.The DTL reported on an organization’s balance sheet represents the net difference between the taxes that are paid in the current accounting period and the tax that is assessed or is due for the current…

What is capital reserve?

The term capital reserve is sometimes used for the capital buffers that banks have to establish to meet regulatory requirements which are different from cash reserves that banks to maintain as per Central Bank (RBI) regulations. In general terms, a capital reserve is an account on the balance sheet of a company that can be…

What are FOB value and CIF Value?

The export order received by an exporter from a foreign buyer may be on FOB terms, CIF firms, and CIP or CPT terms are among the most common of the 12 international commerce terms (incoterms) established by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in 1936. These are international shipping agreements used in the transportation of…

What is Basel III, why it is important?

The Basel III rule introduced several measures to strengthen the capital requirement of banks across the globe and presented more capital buffers to supplement the risk-based minimum capital requirements. This is to ensure that adequate funding is maintained in case there are other severe banking crises.The Reserve Bank of India introduced Basel III norms in…