Auditor's dictionary. 2014.
financial reporting — ➔ reporting * * * financial reporting UK US noun [U] ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE information that businesses give about their financial situation, including the profit or loss for a particular period, or the process of giving this information: »The… … Financial and business terms
International Financial Reporting Standards — (IFRS) are standards and interpretations adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Many of the standards forming part of IFRS are known by the older name of International Accounting Standards (IAS). IAS were issued between… … Wikipedia
International Financial Reporting Standard — (IFRS) an internationally recognised public sector accounting standard. The UK government is currently considering when to give effect to the IFRS, with the scheduled date for adoption being 1 January 2010. Related links accounting period … Law dictionary
International Financial Reporting Standards — International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) an internationally recognised public sector accounting standard. The UK government is currently considering when to give effect to the IFRS, with the scheduled date for adoption being 1 January… … Law dictionary
International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee — IFRIC A committee that assists the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) by providing guidance on the application and interpretation of International Financial Reporting Standards. Its members are appointed by the trustees of the… … Accounting dictionary
trade reporting period — The period during each working day (7.15 am 5.15 pm) when the Exchange will accept trade reports. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary The period during each working day (between 07:15 and 17:15) when the Exchange accepts trade… … Financial and business terms
Financial reinsurance — (or fin re), is a form of reinsurance which is focused more on capital management than on risk transfer. In the non life segment of the insurance industry this class of transactions is often referred to as finite reinsurance.One of the particular … Wikipedia
Financial statements — (or financial reports) are formal records of a business financial activities. In British English, including United Kingdom company law, financial statements are often referred to as accounts, although the term financial statements is also used,… … Wikipedia
period — pe‧ri‧od [ˈpɪəriəd ǁ ˈpɪr ] noun [countable] a particular length of time: • She has been taken on for a 6 month trial period. acˈcounting ˌperiod ACCOUNTING a period of time to which a particular payment is related for accounting or tax purposes … Financial and business terms
To extend over both sides of a physical divide or a point of time. Accounting *cutoff is complicated by transactions that straddle two or more *financial reporting periods. — A cost or revenue *allocation method that provides for equal amounts in each period of time. The rationale for using a straight line basis is that the economic activity of the underlying assets or circumstances occurs at a constant level over… … Auditor's dictionary
