The document summarizes the key changes between the old Schedule VI and the revised Schedule VI to the Companies Act applicable from the 2011-2012 financial year. Some of the major changes include:
1) The revised Schedule VI requires financial statements to be presented only in the vertical format, whereas the old Schedule VI allowed horizontal or vertical presentation.
2) Fixed assets are now bifurcated between tangible and intangible assets under non-current assets in the revised format.
3) Borrowings are separated into non-current and current liabilities in the revised format instead of being grouped together.
4) Investments and loans & advances are no longer separate heads and are instead bifurcated between non-