A comparison of the conceptual frameworks underlying International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS / IAS) and American Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) reveals a striking theoretical similarity between the two. Unfortunately, this similarity is masked by an even more...

The paper describes the IFAC Education Committee effort to develop new International Education Standards for Professional Accountants. It informs about the structure and content of International Education Standards and it defines the principle standard requirements. The end of the paper is...

The ordering a categorization of data in the income statement is unavoidable. Even in the absence of clearly identified subtotals, there is some form of implicit structure in any income statement. An immediate difficulty, however, is that attempts to define income statement categories can be...

The article deals with the process of European accounting harmonisation. The process of European accounting harmonisation is divided into several historical phases including an overview of EC regulations on accounting. Description of the process of implementation of International Accounting...

The paper focuses on financial reporting of long-lived assets. The author's aim was to analyze the approach of two major accounting principles - IAS/IFRS and US GAAP. Both of the principles address following issues: * initial recognition and measurement, * depreciation: allocation of capitalized...

This article evaluates the similarities and differences between the balance sheet as defined by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS / IAS) and American Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP). Both systems define the balance sheets elements in a very similar manner....