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Creative Accounting
Trevor Pijper
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Description for Creative Accounting
Hardback. Discusses the regulatory framework governing disclosures and accounting techniques, which although perfectly legal, may give an incorrect picture of a company's health. Specifically, the effectiveness of financial reporting in case studies such as the collapse of Polly Peck is analyzed. Series: Finance and Capital Markets Series. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KFCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 405.
Since the inception of the Financial Reporting Council in May 1990, the Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Reporting Review Panel have featured prominently in the financial press. Creative Accounting questions whether the new regime is likely to improve financial reporting practices in the United Kingdom. Do financial statements contain useful information? Is the new profit and loss account a reliable measure of financial performance? What significance should be attached to the balance sheet and the gearing ratio? Are UK companies guilty of using financial techniques to improve their reported results? Does the stock market pay any attention ... Read more
Since the inception of the Financial Reporting Council in May 1990, the Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Reporting Review Panel have featured prominently in the financial press. Creative Accounting questions whether the new regime is likely to improve financial reporting practices in the United Kingdom. Do financial statements contain useful information? Is the new profit and loss account a reliable measure of financial performance? What significance should be attached to the balance sheet and the gearing ratio? Are UK companies guilty of using financial techniques to improve their reported results? Does the stock market pay any attention ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Series
Finance and Capital Markets Series
Number of Pages
185
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333595923
SKU
V9780333595923
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Creative Accounting
'A welcome contribution to the debate on the changing face of accounting in Britain.' - Financial Times