"This book is written by authors who clearly understand thechallenges facing all who seek to understand and applyinternational standards. I recommend it to you."
--From the Foreword by Sir David Tweedie Chair of theInternational Accounting Standards Board
In this defining resource, authors Roger Hussey and Audra Ong havecompiled everything accountants, executives, and organizations indifferent countries need to reach agreement on accounting rules andstandards. International Financial Reporting Standards DeskReference includes a background on how the movement toward a commonlanguage for international accounting evolved to its present state,summarizes existing standards highlighting the key issues covered,and captures those terms and phrases that are fundamental to anunderstanding of the common language of global business.
Written to help readers fully comprehend this global language,International Financial Reporting Standards Desk Referenceincludes:
* An overview of the International Accounting Standards (IAS) andInter-national Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and theirimpact
* A dictionary of words and phrases used in the internationalbusiness world, with a strong emphasis on terms used by theInternational Accounting Standards Board
* History of the International Accounting Standards Board: how itwas formed, its structure, and the way it operates
* Insights on future trends of the International AccountingStandards Board
Roger Hussey
Accounting Controlling International Accounting Internationales Rechnungswesen Rechnungswesen
"...the authors have clearly met their quite ambitious objectives...serves as a valuable reference..." (International Accountant, July 2006)
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