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The Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards (HKFRS) is a set of financial reporting standards issued by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Hong Kong. [1] It comprises a collection of standards, these include: Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standard (HKFRS) HKFRS Interpretation (HKFRS-Int) Hong Kong Accounting Standards (HKAS)
The Hong Kong Accounting Standards (HKAS), formerly HKSSAP, is a set of accounting standards issued by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Substance over form is an accounting principle used "to ensure that financial statements give a complete, relevant, and accurate picture of transactions and events". If an entity practices the 'substance over form' concept, then the financial statements will convey the overall financial reality of the entity (economic substance), rather than simply reporting the legal record of transactions ...
Accountancy in Hong Kong is regulated by the HKICPA under the Professional Accountants Ordinance (Chapter 50, Laws of Hong Kong). The auditing industry for limited companies is regulated under the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32, Laws of Hong Kong), and other Ordinances such as the Securities and Futures Ordinance, the Listing Rules, etc.
A main purpose of the project to develop IFRS 15 was that, although revenue is a critical metric for financial statement users, there were important differences between the IASB and FASB definitions of revenue, and there were different definitions of revenue even within each board's guidance for similar transactions accounting for under different standards. [3]
Chinese accounting standards are the accounting rules used in mainland China. As of February 2010, the Chinese accounting standard systems is composed of Basic Standard, 38 specific standards and application guidance. Chinese accounting standards are unique because they originated in a socialist period in which the state was the sole owner of ...
Accounting standards are based on French GAAP for the private sector, IFRS and IPSAS. Standards are issued by the Conseil de normalisation des comptes publics (Advisory council on public sector accounting standards). Gambia – In the process of adopting the cash basis IPSAS, will then move to adopt accrual basis IPSAS.
IFRS 9 began as a joint project between IASB and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), which promulgates accounting standards in the United States. The boards published a joint discussion paper in March 2008 proposing an eventual goal of reporting all financial instruments at fair value, with all changes in fair value reported in net income (FASB) or profit and loss (IASB). [1]