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What this book doesn’t tell you about accounting standards you…
The world’s six largest accounting firms meet today in New York , to agree that company accounts can only become clearer by using principles-based reporting standards. At the Global Public Policy Symposium (GPPS), the heads of PwC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, BDO International and Grant Thornton will endorse the position that principles-based standards encourage the use of professional judgement, as opposed to relying on compliance with an accounting rulebook.
The case for principles-based standards to be used globally was the subject of the influential ICAS research report, ‘Principles not Rules – A…
Chinese regulators should continue to phase out preferential treatment offered to foreign invested firms. That’s one of the main conclusions in the ICAS published research report ‘Regulating Accounting in Foreign Invested Firms in China : From Mao to Deng’.
The report, by Cardiff University ’s Mahmoud Ezzamel and Jason Zezhong Xiao, traces the development of accounting regulation in China during the Mao and Deng eras, and examines the implications of how current and future Chinese accounting regulation could affect foreign invested firms working in the world’s fastest growing economy.
The report…
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NUS Associate card now available for UK-based ICAS students
Applications for the 2007/08 NUS Associate Card are now available to ICAS students living in the UK.
What are the benefits?
The NUS Associate card will provide you with access to a wide range of benefits. These include special offers, reduced mobile tariffs, discounts at clothing and music shops, and insurance and travel offers.
Are you eligible?
The nature of these offers means that this benefit is only avaialable to students living in the UK.
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Accountancy students can now benefit from a year’s subscription to the FT newspaper and FT.com Level 1 at the specially reduced rate of £187.20 (or £156 for the FT newspaper only). This offer is valid for a limited time only and is only available in the UK.
FT subscription accountancy students can now benefit from the Financial Times Fasttrack programme, giving up to 65% off a subscription to both the Financial Times newspaper and FT.com.
The Financial Times is an indispensable read for accountancy students, providing you with a broad-based, in-depth…
