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Description of Creative Accounting

'A welcome contribution to the debate on the changing face of accounting in Britain.' - Financial Times 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 to company financial statements? Is there such a thing as creative accounting? What is the role of the auditor? Will the recommendations of the Cadbury Committee help to restore public confidence in financial reporting? In addressing these issues, Creative Accounting highlights the complexities and limitations of company financial statements. It is essential reading for all users of these statements.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780333595923

Pages:

208 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

9790

Publisher:

Palgrave MacMillan

Published:

20/09/1993

Edition:

1st Edition

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'A welcome contribution to the debate on the changing face of accounting in Britain.'
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Contents of Creative Accounting

Financial Reporting: Serving a Useful Purpose?

The New Financial Reporting Regime in the UK

What is Creative Accounting?

Profit and the Profit and Loss Account

Gearing and the Balance Sheet

All of the People, All of the Time?

Unravelling the Profit and Loss Account and the Balance Sheet

The Collapse of Polly Peck International

Responding to the Crisis

Achieving Utopia: Options for the Future