The European Accounting Association (EAA) Financial Reporting Standards Committee (FRSC) provided a response to the International Accounting Standards Board's (IASB's) 2013 Discussion Paper (DP) on completing and revising its Conceptual Framework. The response consisted of a literature-based...

The literature on the links between tax and financial reporting suggests that the strength of those links varies over time and from one jurisdiction to another. The links in Germany were seen to be particularly strong, and those in the UK rather weak. Previous literature was largely set in the...

The process of preparing financial statements gives rise to numerous accounting choices. Understanding these choices is critical for an understanding of accounting practice. The 2005 transition to IFRS in Europe provides a unique opportunity for studying the forces and factors that shape...

Research productivity, measured generally as the number and quality of papers published in academic journals, is one of the key indicators that determine success in academia. And a relevant question is to what extent the achievement of a tenured position influences academics’ productivity....

Current lease accounting standards classify leases as either operating or finance leases. Operating leases do not require recognition of lease assets or lease liabilities on the balance sheet. Proposed changes to lease accounting would require a lessee to recognise assets and liabilities for...

New Spanish GAAP based on IFRS came into force for separate financial statements in 2008. Companies were allowed to choose between 1 January 2007 and 1 January 2008 as their transition date. The first option commits companies to presenting comparative statements while the second allows them to...

International accounting regulators wish to include “rented” assets and future payment commitments on their balance sheets. This article shows how such a proposal would affect family enterprises. Because the literature on family firms suggests that they have particular finance structures and...