Requirement to specify unpaid amount with interest in the annual statement of accounts

Section 22 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 deals with requirement to specify unpaid amount with interest in the annual statement of accounts. Where any buyer is required to get his annual accounts audited under any law for the time being in force, such buyer shall furnish the following additional information in his annual statement of accounts, namely:-- (i)the principal amount and the interest due thereon (to be shown separately) remaini The Act came into force on 02 Oct 2006.

Where any buyer is required to get his annual accounts audited under any law for the time being in force, such buyer shall furnish the following additional information in his annual statement of accounts, namely:--

(i) the principal amount and the interest due thereon (to be shown separately) remaining unpaid to any supplier as at the end of each accounting year;

(ii) the amount of interest paid by the buyer in terms of section 16, along with the amount of the payment made to the supplier beyond the appointed day during each accounting year;

(iii) the amount of interest due and payable for the period of delay in making payment (which have been paid but beyond the appointed day during the year) but without adding the interest specified under this Act;

(iv) the amount of interest accrued and remaining unpaid at the end of each accounting year; and

(v) the amount of further interest remaining due and payable even in the succeeding years, until such date when the interest dues as above are actually paid to the small enterprise, for the purpose of disallowance as a deductible expenditure under section 23.

Section 22, The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (Act 27 of 2006).