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Accounting principles for non-executive directors

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2009Description: 255p xiISBN:
  • 9780521509787
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 657.020000 HOL
Contents:
Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Accounting in the UK and the effects of international harmonisation; 3. The legal framework for accounting; 4. The accountancy profession and the regulatory framework for accounting and auditing; 5. Substance over form; 6. Communicating accounting information; 7. Current trends in accounting; 8. Individual entity and consolidated financial statements; 9. Presentation of financial statements; 10. Earnings per share; 11. Mergers and acquisitions; 12. Interaction of accounting with tax; 13. Assets; 14. Liabilities; 15. Leases; 16. Pensions; 17. Financial instruments; 18. Share-based payment; 19. Realised and distributable profits; 20. Disclosures in published annual reports
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Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Accounting in the UK and the effects of international harmonisation;
3. The legal framework for accounting;
4. The accountancy profession and the regulatory framework for accounting and auditing;
5. Substance over form;
6. Communicating accounting information;
7. Current trends in accounting;
8. Individual entity and consolidated financial statements;
9. Presentation of financial statements;
10. Earnings per share;
11. Mergers and acquisitions;
12. Interaction of accounting with tax;
13. Assets;
14. Liabilities;
15. Leases;
16. Pensions;
17. Financial instruments;
18. Share-based payment;
19. Realised and distributable profits;
20. Disclosures in published annual reports