The Effect of IFRS Adoption on Financial Reporting Pedagogy in South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Coetzee ◽  
Astrid Schmulian

ABSTRACT: South Africa has for many years been involved in and supported the work of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) (formerly the International Accounting Standards Committee [IASC]). Accordingly, South Africa was an early adopter of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This paper highlights two significant effects that the adoption of IFRS has had on accounting education in South Africa. First, both “English” and “Afrikaans” universities have faced, to varying degrees, the challenge of shifting from rule-based pedagogy to framework-based teaching of financial reporting. Second, the Afrikaans universities' primary source of reference for their financial reporting students, namely the financial reporting standards, is no longer available in Afrikaans and as a result introduces the risks and complexities associated with the translation from English into Afrikaans.

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Ha Thi Thuy Van ◽  
Vu Thi Kim Anh ◽  
Nguyen Dang Huy

Currently, the Ministry of Finance is implementing Decision 480/QD-TTG dated 03/18/2013 of The Prime Minister on approving the Strategy Accounting - Audit 2020, Vision 2030 and implementing the Resolution 35/NQ-CP of the Government dated 16.05.2016 related to the support and development of enterprises by 2020. Accordingly, the development and improvement the legal framework of Financial Reporting standards in Vietnam is one of the key tasks and urgent needs to be developed to meet the requirements of the economy in the period of integration. The system of International Accounting Standards, including the International Accounting Standards (IAS) and the standards of international financial reporting (IFRS) was issued, adjusted, updated and replaced by The International Accounting Standards Board. International Accounting Standards is an important condition to ensure that companies and organizations around the world can apply uniform accounting principles in the work of preparing and presenting financial statements. Currently, many countries around the world such as USA, Japan and European countries, Asia Pacific are approaching IFRS convergence trend. In the trend of globalization of accounting, Vietnam will not be outside the process of integration with the system of International Financial Reporting Standards. This article will review the process of formation and development of IFRS, the IFRS trends and the advantages and disadvantages of applying IFRS in Vietnam. 


Author(s):  
‏​‏​‏​​‏​‏​​‏​‏​‏​‏​‏​‏ Ali Murtadha Shaheen

The objective of the research is to demonstrate the role of International Accounting Standards Board in the development of International Financial Reporting Standards to support the efficiency of international capital markets from 1973 to 2011, and then to measure the impact of the application of IFRS in accordance with the role of the International Accounting Standards Board. There have been differences in the market, volumes of the first and second markets and in the share price index, refer to market value, trading volumes yet trading volumes appropriate according to the software over International Financial Reporting Standards between the training on monetary statements of agreement stock companies.  


2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (64) ◽  
pp. 79-91
Author(s):  
Cristina Zardo Calvi ◽  
Fernando Caio Galdi

Este estudo investiga se há evidências de que a carta emitida e divulgada ao mercado pelo normatizador contábil internacional, o International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), alertando sobre a inadequação da contabilização dos títulos de dívida soberanos de alto risco, apresentou conteúdo informacional e causou alterações nos preços das ações de bancos da Alemanha, Espanha, França, Itália e do Reino Unido, que possuíam títulos gregos em suas carteiras. Esta análise revela-se importante, pois esta foi a primeira vez que o IASB se posicionou sobre a adequação das demonstrações financeiras publicadas às normas internacionais de contabilidade (International Financial Reporting Standards - IFRS). Para a implementação da análise foi identificada como data do evento o dia da divulgação pública da carta pela mídia especializada. Apesar de a carta ter sido publicada em 30 de agosto, ela é datada de 04 de agosto de 2011 e, segundo o IASB, só veio a ser divulgada neste dia, pois, no dia anterior (29 de agosto de 2011), o Financial Times havia noticiado reportagens sobre as preocupações do IASB acerca das inadequações contábeis que estavam ocorrendo no mercado. Para avaliar o impacto do evento foi utilizada a medida de Retorno Ajustado pelo Mercado e, através de uma abordagem de diferença em diferença, foi possível testar o efeito da interação entre o tempo após a data do evento e o grupo de tratamento (bancos que possuíam títulos do governo grego). Para esse teste foi realizada uma regressão para cada janela de evento, sendo aplicado o método dos Mínimos Quadrados Ordinários (MQO) com dados agrupados (pooled data). Os resultados mostraram que há evidências de que a opinião do normatizador é relevante, ou seja, que a carta do IASB impactou o retorno das ações dos bancos que possuíam títulos do governo grego no período analisado.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Vitor Seidler ◽  
Ernando Fagundes

Em 2016, o International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) emitiu a norma International Financial Reporting Standards 16 (IFRS 16) substituindo a International Accounting Standards 17 (IAS 17), a qual estabelece os princípios para reconhecimento, mensuração, apresentação e divulgação das operações de arrendamento mercantil (Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Leasing - ABEL, 2019). No Brasil, o Comitê de Pronunciamento Contábeis alterou o Pronunciamento Contábil 06 (CPC 06), anteriormente correlato à IAS17, passando a ser correlato à IFRS 16. Segundo o Instituto dos Auditores Independes do Brasil (IBRACON), 74% das companhias do índice IBrX-100 terão impactos relevantes em seus balanços após a adequação aos novos métodos de registro de arredamentos mercantil (Gutierrez, 2019). Nesse contexto, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo verificar como as companhias dos segmentos de transportes da Brasil, Bolsa e Balcão (B3) evidenciaram os possíveis impactos previstos a partir da contabilização do arrendamento mercantil de acordo com o CPC 06. Foram então analisadas as 12 companhias listadas nos segmentos de transportes da B3. Foram consultados as notas explicativas e os pareceres de auditoria independente dessas companhias do ano de 2018. Verificou-se que todas as 12 companhias analisadas informaram em suas notas explicativas estarem cientes da obrigatoriedade da adoção das alterações do Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis CPC 06 a partir de 1º de janeiro de 2019. No entanto, das companhias pesquisadas, duas não informaram os impactos previsto a partir da adoção do CPC 06 correlato à IFRS 16. Ressalta-se que a evidenciação dos impactos previstos é relevante para os investidores avaliarem a situação econômico financeira das companhias.


2015 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 120-121
Author(s):  
Ralph ter Hoeven

Het is inmiddels 20 jaar geleden dat de Europese Unie een beslissende keuze maakte in het ontwikkelen van een eigen GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; dus stelsel van accountingregels). De keuze luidde: no, non, nein, não, nej, nee: er zou geen eigen EUGAAP worden ontwikkeld. Wel werd er voorzichtig gewezen op de toenmalige International Accounting Standards (IAS); inmiddels omgedoopt tot International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Kortom Lidstaten werden vrijgelaten in de keuze van een GAAP voor beursgenoteerde ondernemingen en een beetje aangemoedigd om daarbij aan IAS te denken. Vijf jaar later, rond de millenniumwisseling dus, volgde er een update van de Europese accountingstrategie waarin niet geheel verrassend werd geconstateerd dat jaarrekeningen op de EU-kapitaalmarkt niet vergelijkbaar waren.


2011 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-206
Author(s):  
B. Kamp

Na publicatie van de IFRS for SMEs (International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium-sized Entities) door de International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) vroeg de Europese Commissie (EC) zich af of IFRS for SMEs moet worden toegestaan binnen de lidstaten. Op een consultatie ontving de EC reacties die zeer divers waren: van sterke voorstanders tot sterke tegenstanders. In dit artikel wordt onderzocht of er bepaalde patronen zijn te herkennen in deze voors en tegens. Daarbij wordt vooral gekeken naar verschillen in ‘accountingcultuur’ in de diverse regio’s binnen Europa. De uitkomsten duiden er op dat met name het verschil in nadruk op ‘principles versus rules’ en het belang van conservatieve winstbepaling de meningen verdelen. Omdat deze aspecten cultuurgebonden zijn, zal het niet eenvoudig zijn om IFRS for SMEs algemeen geaccepteerd te krijgen.


2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (10) ◽  
pp. 418-419
Author(s):  
Ruud Vergoossen

Europe has to endorse the International Financial Reporting Standards’, verzucht Sir David Tweedie, voorzitter van de International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), tijdens een interview dat ik afgelopen zomer met hem had1. Het wil maar niet boteren tussen de IASB en de Europese Commissie. Langer dan een jaar wordt er al gesteggeld over de goedkeuring van IAS 39 over de verwerking en waardering van financiële instrumenten. Het ziet er momenteel (augustus 2004) niet naar uit dat de Europese Commissie IAS 39 volledig zal gaan voorschrijven, omdat zij meent dat de IASB onvoldoende in haar richting is opgeschoven. In plaats daarvan overweegt de Europese Commissie IAS 39 weliswaar goed te keuren, maar een aantal bepalingen in deze standaard tijdelijk buiten werking te stellen. Het betreft bepalingen op het gebied van hedge accounting en de waardering van financiële verplichtingen tegen reële waarde.


2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 644-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Hoai Huong

This research investigates Vietnam’s approach to converging with international accounting standards using a variety of de jure convergence scores between Vietnamese Accounting Standards (‘VAS’) and International Accounting Standards/International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IAS/IFRS’), such as full convergence, partial convergence and non-convergence. Vietnam’s initial approach to converging with IAS/IFRS is one of selecting suitable IAS/IFRS issues to fully adopt, but there are few VAS issues modified from IAS/IFRS. The level of convergence between VAS and their equivalent IAS/IFRS is quite high at the beginning (84%), then drops significantly to 63% in 2013 due to non-response to subsequent amendments to IAS and new IFRS. If Vietnam is to effectively compete in the world’s capital markets then a resurgence of the convergence program is urgently needed. If the International Accounting Standards Board (‘IASB’) is to achieve its global convergence goals, then it should consider the implications of IAS/IFRS convergence specific to emerging markets.


2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Hung Xuan Nguyen ◽  
Thuy Xuan Ho

Differences in financial reporting systems for small and medium sized entities(SMEs)and large ones have caused plenty of controversies in the last few decades, especially after the introduction of the International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs) by International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Bohusova & Blaskova [3]suggested that there existed a preference in many developing countries where the quality of financial reporting was normally considered sub-average for applying the IFRS for SMEs due to strong demand in international economic integration and higher quality financial reporting standards, to which Vietnam is also no exception. Therefore, further research of the IFRS for SMEs in Vietnam is highly desired. This paper shall present a review of concepts of SMEs and the IFRS for SMEs, followed by a comparison of some notable differences between the IFRS for SMEs and the current Vietnamese Accounting Standards (VAS) for SMEs. A summary of many worldwide, mainstream thoughts of the development of financial reporting standards for SMEs is also included. On that basis, prospective proposals for the development orientation of financial reporting standards for SMEs in Vietnam are suggested in order to help Vietnamese SMEs to meet the universal trend of convergence of international accounting.


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