in U.S. companies. This paper shows the tax implications and accounting rules for stock option plans. By comparison of … the tax and accounting rules for different compensation schemes we show that the popularity of stock options may be mainly … due to the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US-GAAP) which require no charge to earnings for speciffically …

This chapter analyzes the role of financial accounting in the German financial system. It starts from the common … perception that German accounting is rather 'uninformative'. This characterization is appropriate from the perspective of an arm … perspective is adopted. The German accounting system exhibits several arrangements that privately communicate information to …

The objective of the IFRS for SMEs is to provide SMEs an attractive accounting alternative according to international …

The article introduces the theoretical foundations of the author's original concept of accounting engineering. We … assume a theoretical premise whereby accounting engineering is understood as a system of accounting practice utilising … differences in economic events resultant from the use of divergent accounting methods. Unlike, for instance, creative or …

For a long time many authors have been studying the factors that allow for a better explanation of different accounting … studies that have examined the impact of national culture on accounting using these theoretical frameworks are presented. …

This essay provides a survey of the evolution and the developments of bookkeeping, internal cost accounting and … present times. It is shown that the developments in bookkeeping and cost accounting have regularly been a reaction to … accounting, which chronologically enumerate different techniques and practices, this text additionally delivers an outline of …

Accounting standard setters are considering the wider use of fair value accounting. This paper focuses on the financial … stability implications of a move in the banking sector from the current accounting framework to full fair value accounting. A … application of fair value accounting to banks’ trading book has impacted their share price volatility. It is concluded that the …