Use of harmonized accounting standards may reduce investor’s uncertainty and can thus reduce the cost of capital. It can significantly improve the communication between business users and all their statements. Due to the globalization of business and international harmonization of financial...

This paper focuses on the particular case of professional ethics in the context of the accounting profession. After briefl y discussing recent events that made us reconsider our understanding of corporate governance, accountancy and ethics, we attempt to delimit the state of the art by looking...

The article deals with new directive of European Parliament and Commission which has been approved on June 26th 2013 and regulates annual financial statements and consolidated financial statements. Member countries of the EU are obliged to adapt their domestic legal and administrative regulation...

The commentary of the article is oriented on the definition of the research, development and innovations among which the author identifies interfaces. The borderlines among them evidently are hard to draw. The article deals with analysis of the factors influencing innovation performance in new...

The system of self-governing professions through the chambers pertain the performance of highly skilled occupations associated with personal responsibility and professional accountability. Such professions must be performed with qualified supervision to prevent damages to property or health....

The Czech Republic – after accessing to the European Union – has accepted the obligation to introduce the harmonization rules of the European Union in the filed of financial statements. In European countries the accounting systems have developed in the context of their historical traditions....

The article presents the research results which was focused on the issue of comparability of the financial statements composed according to IFRS. The conclusions of this research which interviewed auditors, analytics and the others users of financial statements indicate problems which are...

Small and medium enterprises play a very important role in economy of European Union. Cross-border activities of SMEs are limited by many obstacles. The biggest obstacle is existence of 27 different systems of accounting within the European Union, which have to be harmonized. The International...

The article is dealing with the issue of fraud and the circumstances of its commitment in SME. It mentions possible ways of fraud, which concern either stealing of the assets or fraudulent presentation of the financial statement. The former can be done mainly by employees, the latter mostly by...

The question of what would happen to the discounted tax burden of Austrian enterprises if IFRS were used as the relevant basis for taxation has been tested in three scenarios. Research has shown, that the effect on the discounted tax burden is small, and could be arguing that IFRS prove to be a...