This paper focuses on an analysis of the mandatory disclosure of goodwill impairment information in compliance with the international accounting standard IAS 36. The international financial reporting standards require a wide range of disclosed information concerning the goodwill impairment such...

The development of a national accounting framework presents unique issues. A strong accounting system needs sufficient time to evolve. The influence of IFRS and of existing tax objectives of Czech accounting system increase the complexity and costs of implementing and monitoring the accounting...

Governmental accounting in the US has undergone significant changes and with it the complexities of preparing financial statements for governmental entities increased. The GASB, Governmental Accounting Standards Board establishes the rules for reporting financial information for non-profit and...

Timely financial reporting is an essential ingredient for a well-functioning capital market. The objectives of this study are two-fold. First, to measure the extend of timeliness in a developing country, Turkey. Second, to establish the impact of both company specific and audit related factors...

The aim of this paper is to review if the implemented balanced scorecard is an efficient way to motivate people and increase their work effort. The empirical research had been conducted in one of the big multinational companies. Balanced scorecards for such companies are mainly driven by global,...

Sustainability Reporting Guidelines published by the organization Global Reporting Initiative are gaining on importance and we were investigating whether this trend is also reflected in academic literature and if so, how. We conducted bibliometric analysis based on the Web of Science database to...

The aim of this paper is to assess the quality of share-based payments’ disclosure in compliance with IFRS 2 by companies listed on the Prague Stock Exchange. The study shows how companies in the Czech market utilizing share-based payments meet the requirements given by IFRS 2 framework and in...

Although the IFRS 13 standard has been effective for more than 4 years, there is virtually no practical research on this topic. Therefore, this paper focuses on reporting of fair value measurement under IFRS 13 in the Czech Republic. Firstly, the author identifies and describes the theoretical...

Young, high growth internet/online companies are an attractive topic for market analysts and hot shots of Initial Private Offerings. At the same time, it is very complicated to provide a robust valuation for such companies, as shown by often unpredictable paths of share prices, resulting in the...

There has been no recent examination of a disclosure of intangible assets under IFRS of entities listed on PSE. Hence, this article focuses on such an examination within financial statements reported for 2015 by entities listed on PSE and investigates whether these reports meet the minimum...