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Why you should ask for employee-wise liability?

Actuarial valuation of employee benefits involves determining the liability for each and every employee of the organisation...

Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) Notified

Moving closer to the implementation of new accounting norms, the government has notified the rules for Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS)

Salary growth rate varying by year of projection

The salary growth rate is arguably the most crucial actuarial assumption to be made in connection with a salary-based employee benefit actuarial valuations (e.g. gratuity valuation,

What are Actuarial Gains or Losses?

Actuarial valuations of employee benefits usually end up with a common set of queries: What are actuarial gain / loss? What factors influence this item? These are a couple of questions which concern both management and the auditors

4 things you must ensure in Actuarial Valuations

Actuarial valuations of employee benefits may not always be straight forward, in particular when the employee base is large or when the assumptions are changing.

Salary Growth Rate: What are NSE 50 companies assuming

Salary growth rate and discount rate are the two most important assumptions made while performing actuarial valuation of salary based employee benefit schemes such as gratuity, earned leaves, pensions, etc.

Discount Rate for Actuarial Valuations of Employee Benefits December 2014

Reasonableness of assumptions holds a key to validity of any actuarial valuation. Amongst all the assumptions, one of the key assumption which drives actuarial liability is the rate at which the future cash flows are discounted.

Liabilities may rise as bond yields fall

The yields on the government bonds have witnessed a declining trend since the beginning of FY 2014-15. Government bond yields, which were close to 9% p.a. as at 31 March 2014 have fallen to close to 8% p.a. by 24 December 2014.