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Accounting standards

Opinion

Editor's Letter: Pensions pain

In one week in January, the fall in gilt yields wiped out all of the FRS17 improvement in pension scheme deficits that had taken place throughout 2005. In one week, a twitch in long gilts - where the supply of stock is artificially low - offset all the good work that had been done in the previous 52.

02 Mar 2006

Opinion

Accounting: A low profile

FDs have handled IFRS well, but should keep their heads down until its full impact is known

26 Jan 2006

Feature

Accounting: Semantically challenged

Whatever the terminology used by the new accounting standards, says the FRC, the meaning remains the same. But does it?

25 Oct 2005

Opinion

Incomparable Accounting Standards

Listen carefully. That sound you can hear is the sound of the international accounting standards programme unravelling. Well, maybe that’s an exaggeration – but certainly the logic behind it is coming apart at the seams.

03 Oct 2005

Feature

Accounting - Looking for a simple life

With a decision over reporting standards for financial instruments due soon, FDs make a subtle, if public, call for a simple solution.

03 Oct 2005

Opinion

Truth and Fairness

It’s been said many times that the difference between US and UK accounting standards is that the US standards are rule-based and the UK standards are principles-based. The old adage adds that the British have no rules and the Americans have no principles.

05 Sep 2005

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