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Accounting Principles for Non-Executive Directors


ISBN13: 9780521509787
Published: February 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
Price: £97.99



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Good quality non-executive directors are essential to good corporate governance. They bring a wealth of experience to the boardroom, and together with their fellow board members they are responsible for the company’s annual report and accounts. However, very few are trained accountants. This volume explains the key elements of a listed company’s annual report and accounts.

Part I explains the difference between profit and cash flows, the accounting profession, the international harmonisation of accounting rules, the origins of the rules governing the preparation of accounts, the regulation of financial reporting and the overarching principles behind accounting rules.

Part II discusses issues relevant to listed companies: mergers and acquisitions; earnings per share; realised and distributable profits; financial instruments; and other key topics. An appendix sets out 50 questions, linked to the chapters, which non-executive directors might like to ask at meetings of the board and audit committee.

  • Explains fundamental concepts, such as the difference between profit and cash flow, and then builds on this to explain some of the key issues for listed companies, such as share-based payment and earnings per share
  • Explains issues clearly and with a non-accountant reader in mind, thus equipping non-executive directors with a degree of technical understanding of a subject for which they have legal responsibilities
  • Suggests questions which non-executive directors might ask at meetings of the board and audit committee, thus improving a reader’s potential contribution to such meetings

Subjects:
Company Law, Accounting
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Accounting in the UK and the effects of international harmonisation
3. The legal framework for accounting
4. The accountancy profession and the regulatory framework for accounting and auditing
5. Substance over form
6. Communicating accounting information
7. Current trends in accounting
8. Individual entity and consolidated financial statements
9. Presentation of financial statements
10. Earnings per share
11. Mergers and acquisitions
12. Interaction of accounting with tax
13. Assets
14. Liabilities
15. Leases
16. Pensions
17. Financial instruments
18. Share-based payment
19. Realised and distributable profits
20. Disclosures in published annual reports.

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Cross-Border Mergers in Europe: Volume 1 ISBN 9780521483278
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A Practical Guide to Private Equity Transactions ISBN 9780521193115
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The European Company: Volume II ISBN 9780521860000
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Stamp Duty Land Tax 2nd ed ISBN 9780521606325
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