Accounting rules could force businesses to disclose environmental impact
Companies could be asked to publish details of their environmental and social impacts alongside their financial accounts under new rules being discussed with the organisations that set accounting standards..
UK Accountants Hope For Balanced Emergency Budget.
Paul Grant, for Accountancy Age took the trouble, the the run up to the Government’s emergency budget in June 2010 action, to survey Accountancy firms that specialise in mid size and small businesses. Accountants seem concerned that any budget avoids fiscal actions that may adversely affect the UK’s delicate economic recovery.
Global Accountancy Leaders Support IFAC Focus on SMEs and Their Financial Advisors
Global accountancy leaders support the International Federation of Accountants' (IFAC) recommendations to intensify its efforts to strengthen small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and accounting practices (SMPs), IFAC announced today.
UK accounting chief says rule change must meet cost-benefit criteria
The UK accounting board’s plans to replace the existing accounting code with international standards will still have to pass the government’s cost-benefit test, the head of the body warned yesterday.