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(Corporate Reporting)

GHIAS UL HASSAN KHAN


Key areas of the subject
1. Conceptual and regulatory framework

2. Published company accounts

3. Consolidation or group accounts

4. Accounting standards

5. Ethical issues

6. Current development in corporate reporting

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Conceptual & regulatory framework
The IASB Framework provides the rules and definitions that help in preparation of all financial
statements prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

1.Ensures standards developed within a conceptual framework

2.Provide guidance on areas where no standard exists

3.Aids process to improve existing standards

4.Ensures financial statements contain information that is useful to users

5.Helps prevent creative accounting

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Conceptual framework includes:
1. Measurement basis

2. Presentation and disclosure

3. Derecognition

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Qualitative characteristics of financial
information
FUNDAMENTAL ENHANCING

Relevance
1. Predictive value 1. Comparability
2. Confirmatory
2. Verifiability
3. Materiality
3. Timeliness
Faithful representation
1. Free from error
4. Understandability
2. Completeness
3. Neutrality

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Elements of financial statements
Assets

Liabilities

Expenses

Revenue

Capital or Equity

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Measurement principle - basis
Historical cost

Value in use

Current cost of fair value

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Regulatory framework

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examples:

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Standard setting
process

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What do you mean by the word Ethic?

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Ethics and Ethical issues
Directors may try to manipulate information to:
 
๏ Increase their pay/bonuses
๏ Deliver specific targets e.g., EPS
๏ Reduce risk of insolvency e.g. through avoiding breach of loan covenants
๏ Avoiding regulatory interference
๏ Improve the appearance of part or all of the business prior to an IPO/disposal
๏ Understate revenue and overstate expenses to reduce tax liabilities

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Areas of ethical issues
๏ Leases Classification as short-term lease

๏ Financial assets Impairment

๏ PPE Policies

๏ Intangibles Research and development

๏ Goodwill Fair value vs. Proportionate share

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Thanks

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