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PhD, Associate Professor Bulkot A.V., Master of Science Pecherska N.P.

 

State Higher Educational Establishment «Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman», Ukraine

 

Ñharacteristics of the control of fixed assets at the enterprises of Ukraine ​

 

Today the subject of the control of fixed assets is currently important for effective management of the enterprise. Fixed assets are important elements of functional ensuring activity of the enterprise. Expansion of the information of fixed assets is noted in accounting policies, the enterprise independently chooses a form of maintenance of accounting records, by following the Law of Ukraine «About accounting and financial statements» and the National Standard of Accounting 7 «Fixed assets». The main types of the control of fixed assets are revealed as inventory and documentary checks, also it is important to control the observation of conditions of preservion of the property, that belongs to the category of fixed assets [1]. For the control of fixed assets also one can use Methodical recommendations of accounting of a fixed assets No. 561 and the Instruction about application of the Plan of business account.

According to the law of Ukraine «About accounting and the fiscal accounting» the terms of the implementation of the inventory is determined by the director of the enterprise, except the cases when the inventory is obligatory. Documentary check determines correctness and accuracy of reflection of the information and well-timed reflection in the accounting registers of entrance of a fixed assets, their internal transfer and withdrawal. Process of accounting and use of fixed assets depends on correctness of documentary registration.

As check of a fixed assets is rather volume work, it is possible to use the selective control. During documentary control it is necessary to use such documents: the order concerning the accounting policy, the primary documents concerning the accounting of fixed assets, acts of integration, the inventory cards, the accounting ledgers that are displayed for the reflection of economic transactions of the accounting of fixed assets, documents from the previous audits and controls, statistics of the quarter and annual accounting, tax acconting, statistical and operational reporting.

During the control of a fixed assets also the important element is  the implementation of depreciation, that influences on profit and cost value. Charging of depreciation expenses is applied monthly during the useful life of the object.

In the course of the control of fixed assets it is necessary to establish the timeliness of realization of revaluation according to the accounting policy. During decision-making about revaluation of a property, plant and equipment it is necessary to consider that in the future they will be revalued regularly, and that the cost of fixed assets in the accounting mustn’t differ substantially from the current value, and in accordance it is necessary to control the correctness of the reflection of the revaluation in the accounting.

During the control of the documentation of the repair transactions and the improvement of a fixed assets it is controlled the correspondence of the executed services.

At the enterprise one should control the consistency of the reflection of fixed assets, the corectness of liquidation and writing-off of fixed assets according to such documents, as the acts of liquidation, and documents that confirm the expenses of liquidation of fixed assets and the capitalization of material values from their writing-off.

All the information that are collected about the control of fixed assets can be executed by such methods as: information descriptions and comparative account; analytical grid, calculations; interim controlling acts; grouping of the problems that were discovered during the inspection; reflection of the results of checks in the corresponded section of the certificate of inspection.

So, summing up all above-mentioned, it is possible to draw a conclusion that the main destination of control of a property, plant and equipment is the procurement of observance of the law and of economic viability of operational and financial activities. The destination of the control is to check the correctness of reference of tangible assets to property, plant and equipment, to check the verity of valuation and revaluation of fixed assets, to control the correctness of reflection of the results of inventory. Also, the main goals of the control are: to check the timeliness and correctness of the documentating and the reflection in the accounting ledgers, the integration and withdrawal of property, plant and equipment, to check the correctness of charging and viability of determination of the depreciation method and timeliness and completeness of its inclusion in production expenses. Also, during the process of control one should check the correctness of charge and writing-off of depreciation of fixed assets. And the main sources for monitoring procedure behind a property, plant and equipment are: primary documents, registers of synthetic and analytic accounting, annual financial reporting, tax accounts.

 

Reference:

1.     Polozhennya (standart) byhhalterskoho obliky 7 «Osnovni zasoby» [Zatverdzhene Nakazom M³n³sterstva f³nans³v Ukraiini vid 27.04.2000 ¹ 92 [zi zminami i dopovnennyami] [Elektronniy resurs] // Verhovna Rada Ukraiini  [sayt]. - Rezhim dostupu: http: // zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0288-00.

2.     Golov S. F. Upravl³nskiy obl³k [Tekst]: [navch. pos³bnik] / S. F. Golov. – K.: L³bra, 2003. – 704 ñ.

3.      Instruktsiya po Inventarizatsii osnovnih zasobiv, nematerialnih aktiviv, tovarno-materialnih tsinnostey, groshovih koshtiv ³ dokumentiv ta rozrahunkiv vid 11.08.1994 ¹ 69 [zi zminami i dopovnennyami] [Elektronniy resurs] // Verhovna Rada Ukraiini  [sayt]. - Rezhim dostupu: http: // zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0202-94.