Delayed FY21 Data States How Byju’s Losses Increased To ₹4,500 Crore

A far cry from its expectations, edtech giant Byju’s reported earnings of Rs 2,428 crore for the fiscal year that ended in March 2021. Due to an 18-month postponement that also drew regulatory scrutiny, the start losses increased 17-fold to more than Rs 4,500 crore during the fiscal year.

In FY21, Byju’s total revenue was approximately Rs 2,428 crore, which accounts for a decrease of 14% below that of the Financial Year 2020’s revenue which is Rs 2,704 crore. Thus, Byju’s underwent a loss of Rs 4,588 crore in the financial year 2020-21. Moreover, in 2020, it faced a loss of ₹160 Crores as well.

It is important to note that these numbers pertain to the year ending March 2021, considered to be a high period for the uptake of online learning due to the closure of schools and other educational programs due to the epidemic.

Byju’s financial disclosures followed an unexpected delay in the auditors Deloitte’s approval of the figures, which must have sparked compliance-related concerns inside the start-up. Byju’s revenue recognition practices had raised several red flags for Deloitte, which caused a delay in submitting the findings to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).

The New Revenue Recognition at Byju’s After Change

There seem to be two substantial changes to whether the corporation was estimating its sales, according to Deloitte Haskins & Sell’s notes that are included with Byju’s yearly income statement.

Streaming platform earnings, which were previously completely acknowledged at contract initiation, have been amended to be recognized ratably throughout the contract. Considering interest payments made to loan associates on account of consumers for loans made straight to the customer had the characteristics of contributions to customers, the financial cost has been categorized and allocated towards revenues.

Impact of New Revenue Recognition on Byju’s

The revised financial reporting technique had a $1,156 crore influence on Byju’s operating profit in FY21. Analyses have not taken this sum into account. Earnings from these transfers of commodities will be acknowledged, to the degree that any money received is non-refundable, whenever practically all of the amount is received by (Byju) and then when the deferred compensation conditions expire due to default or any other non-performance by the client.