Accounting for intangible assets is the object of an intense debate between advocates of increasing the mandatory requirements and partisans of the current voluntary disclosure system. We provide empirical evidence allowing to discriminate between these two competing cases. Examining disclosure...

Our study investigates the role of firm and country characteristics in determining the level of compliance with mandatory disclosure requirements. We also examine whether the role of firm characteristics hold across different environments. Our empirical study relies on European Union listed...

This article deals with changes and trends brought by IFRS 3 (revised 2008). However, the aim is not to describe all changes in their detail, rather the objective is to explain what is behind the changes and how to interpret new provisions in light of the evolution of accounting for business...

The issue of business combinations date arose in accounting in connection with the case of cross-border fusions again. The solution of this issue in the Czech accounting and in company law takes into account objective fundament of the transaction. Legal regulation in many EU countries is...

The consensus in the merges idea conceptions is necessary to increase fairness (trustiness) and comparability of accounting information about business combinations. In the first case of merging independent companies and their accounting entities we can suppose, that the basic idea of merge is...

When the FASB adopted an impairment test approach in 2001, rather than amortisation, the accounting for goodwill arising from an acquisition took a step in a new direction. The IASB, seeking international convergence and global harmonisation, also implemented this change when it issued IFRS 3 in...

Purpose – The author defines and discusses the three laws of business combinations that are essential to a profitable use of resources. Design/methodology/approach – The author shows how applying these laws is necessary for success. Findings – All business combinations must have the...