A continuous flow of reliable, relevant and financially important information is necessary for making economically justified and strategic investment decisions. Economic globalization has contributed to the need of creating a unified language for communication, a single set of international...

The debate on the scope of bank information disclosures seems to be an essential issue, especially after the 2007-2010 financial crisis. The adequate number of data provided to the public domain is the condition of transparency of the banking sector, which should assure the optimization of...

Part 1. Overview of Financial Statements and the Statement of Position -- Chapter 1. Overview of Financial Statements -- Chapter 2. Cash and Cash Equivalents -- Chapter 3. Short-Term Assets: Inventories -- Chapter 4. Account Receivables -- Chapter 5. Pre-Paid Expenses, Unearned Income and Other...

This paper focuses on a long-standing challenge for standard setters: what kind of standards should they write? How specific and prescriptive should standards be? How should cost considerations influence requirements? How should standard setters balance comparability with effective communication...