Proposed Changes to Audit Reports
Proposed Changes to Audit Reports
The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) is proposing changes to its standard on audit reports to require the auditor to clearly state the financial reporting framework being used to prepare financial statements. IFAC«s International Auditing Practices Committee (IAPC) has recommended these revisions to International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 700, The Auditor»sReport on Financial Statements, so that users may better understand the context under which the auditor's opinion is
expressed.
«Globalization of markets has meant that financial statements are increasingly used by foreign investors and analysts, hence ...
... non-listed companies as a critical ingredient for improving transparency. In order to promote the achievement of this goal, a task force of Russian and OECD country experts was assembled and met during 2004 to establish priorities for implementation.
This report presents the work of the Task Force in the form of 25 recommendations on short-term priorities for transition to IFRS in Russia. The goal is to improve corporate governance, which is now widely recognized as essential for the creation
... in the Enron affair, the problems exposed by the largest bankruptcy in US history go much deeper than a possible breakdown in auditor performance. Enron has triggered an enormously wide-ranging debate and has raised questions about many aspects of the ... ... standards, regulatory arrangements and the quality of the corporate governance in major corporations. This article sets out ACCA’s views on each of these issues.
Capital market regulation
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The Tacis project «Support for the Accounting Reform in the Banking Sector» has developed a comprehensive Internal Audit Manual and a companion Field Guide that may be accessed through the project’s website – http://www.tacis-bankreform.ru.
The Tacis project «Support for the Accounting Reform in the Banking Sector» has developed a comprehensive Internal Audit Manual and a companion Field Guide that may be accessed through the project’s ...
The Tacis project «Support for the Accounting Reform in the Banking Sector» has developed a comprehensive Internal Audit Manual and a companion Field Guide that may be accessed through the project’s website – http://www.tacis-bankreform.ru.
The Tacis project «Support for the Accounting Reform in the Banking Sector» has developed a comprehensive Internal Audit Manual and a companion Field Guide that may be accessed through the project’s ...
Nikolai Remizov
Nikolai Remizov
The Federal Auditing Law has come into effect, which is a long-awaited event for Russian auditors and enterprises subject to audit. The need for auditing arose with the start of market reforms in Russia. The former Soviet Russian Law «On Foreign Investments in the Russian Soviet Republic» mentioned the necessity to have financial and business operations of enterprises with foreign interests inspected by audit firms in the Russian Soviet Republic for tax purposes...
... Вашей профессиональной деятельности? Чем Вы занимаетесь сейчас?
Я продолжаю работать в той же самой аудиторской организации – Office of the City Auditor города Остина, штат Техас. Конечно, каждый проект, над которым мы работаем – это целый новый мир, скажем так: новый язык, новые стандарты ...
Nadezhda Stepanova
Nadezhda Stepanova
Need for IFRS Enforcement
Setting universal financial reporting standards is not an easy task. The International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) has gained an overall recognition as an efficient accounting standard setter since its formation in 1973. The IASC used to focus on setting IFRS. Now it is facing a new issue, i.e. finding the way of enforcing and achieving compliance with these standards.
The benefits of these Standards are obvious. IFRS-based...