JWG proposals upset banks
Article Abstract:
The accounting treatment of financial instruments recommended by the Joint Working Group, the worldwide group of accounting bodies, has been criticised by the British Bankers' Association in 2001 as being inappropriate.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 2001
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Going Dutch on IAS
Article Abstract:
The lack of reaction to the plan for all companies listed on European Union stock exchanges to use International Accounting Standards is discussed, with focus on some of the problems that this change may bring.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 2000
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A clearer future for pensions?
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The results of a survey of the disclosure of companies' pension costs in annual accounts in the UK are discussed, with focus on the need to be clear about the assumptions made about costs.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 2000
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