Accounting principles for lawyers /
Peter Holgate
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006
- xv, 209 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Law practitioner series .
Includes index
Introduction -- UKGAAP and international harmonisation -- The legal framework for accounting -- Substance over form -- The accounting profession and the regulatory framework for accounting and auditing -- Communicating accounting information -- Current trends in accounting -- Individual entity accounts and consolidated accounts -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Interaction of accounting with tax -- Assets -- Liabilities -- Leases -- Pensions -- Financial instruments, including capital instruments -- Realised and distributable profits -- Disclosures in published accounts -- Use of financial information in contracts and agreements
0521607221 (hardback)
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