A fundamental question in accounting is whether and to what extent financial reporting facilitates the allocation of capital to the right investment projects. Over the last two decades, a large and growing body of literature has contributed to our understanding of whether and why financial...

The current study deals with the issues of archiving, storing the documents and the account books, analyzing the filling in and storage methods. The study highlights at the same time the conditions that must be fulfilled for their drawing up, for the archiving of the documents and of the account...

This study is about the perception of Auditors, Accountants and Accounting Academics to the plan by the Nigerian government to introduce the accrual system of accounting in its public sector. A cross sectional survey research design was adopted for this study. Questionnaire was distributed to...

On the basis of deductive considerations applying professional judgement, the article focuses on the additional value of accounting information that can be given to the users of financial statements by a properly prepared statement of cash flows. It is based on the finding that the professional...

We provide a comprehensive overview of the findings regarding the causes of financial restatements in the US. Acknowledging that restatements may derive from intentional and unintentional misreporting, we assign the findings to one of three pillars: i) expected benefits, ii) expected costs and...

Timely financial reporting is an essential ingredient for a well-functioning capital market. The objectives of this study are two-fold. First, to measure the extend of timeliness in a developing country, Turkey. Second, to establish the impact of both company specific and audit related factors...

PurposeThe purpose of the paper was to investigate the usefulness of external audit of financial statements in detecting manipulation of financial statements in Poland. Design/method/approachThe study analyzes and summarizes common techniques used to manipulate financial statements of Polish...

For some privately-held firms, the costs of providing high-quality accrual-based financial statements may outweigh the benefits of accommodating the demands of their stakeholders who may rely more on cash flows or have direct access to management. For other private firms, greater stakeholder...