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Top Story: Mahindra Satyam loss totals Rs 8,300 crore for FY09, FY10

30 Sep 2010 Evaluate

Mahindra Satyam has reported an aggregate loss of Rs 8,300 crore for the financial years 2009 and 2010, with the bulk of it (Rs 8,176 crore) in fiscal 2008-09, when the scam broke out, according to accounts presented after a 500-day restatement process.

 

That the company could narrow losses to Rs 124.6 crore in fiscal 2009-10 in a way marks its way to recovery. The revenue for 2009-10 was put at Rs 5,481 crore against Rs 8,812 crore in the previous year.

 

The forensic studies revealed fictitious entries for Rs 5,352.8 crore on the revenue front and Rs 899 crore on interest income. The fictitious revenue was recorded by creation of false invoices by circumventing the normal revenue recognition cycle. There were unrecorded salary costs of Rs 500 crore and Rs 306 crore of advance tax payments and unrecorded bank borrowings of Rs 139 crore.

 

Apart from this, the new management pointed out a string of financial irregularities where complete information is not available. The forensic investigation identified fictitious cash and bank balances (Rs 996.4 crore), debtor balances (Rs 55.7 crore) and unrecorded loans (Rs 70 crore) originating in period prior to April 1, 2002, aggregating Rs 1,122 crore, which resulted in a net opening balance difference of this much amount as on April 1, 2002.

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