TY - BOOK AU - Melville,Alan TI - International financial reporting : : a practical guide / SN - 9780273708728 AV - HF5681.B2 M379 2008 U1 - 657.3 ME.I 2008 G.C 23 PY - 2008/// CY - Harlow, England ; , New York PB - FT Prentice Hall KW - Financial statements KW - Accounting KW - Standards N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. I. Introduction to Financial Reporting -- 1. The regulatory framework -- 2. The IASB conceptual framework -- 3. Presentation of financial statements -- 4. Accounting policies, accounting estimates and errors -- pt. 2. Financial Reporting in Practice -- 5. Property, plant and equipment -- 6. Intangible assets -- 7. Impairment of assets -- 8. Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations -- 9. Leases -- 10. Inventories and construction contracts -- 11. Financial instruments -- 12. Provisions and events after the balance sheet date -- 13. Revenue -- 14. Employee benefits -- 15. Taxation in financial statements -- 16. Cash flow statements -- 17. Financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies -- pt. 3. Consolidated Financial Statements -- 18. The group balance sheet -- 19. The group income statement -- 20. Associates and joint ventures -- 21. Related parties and changes in foreign exchange rates -- pt. 4. Analysis of Financial Statements -- 22. Ratio analysis -- 23. Earnings per share -- 24. Segmental analysis -- pt. 5. Answers -- Answers to exercises N2 - As the International Financial Reporting Standards Committee makes progress towards widespread acceptance and use of its standards and practices, the need to understand the new standards increases. Alan Melville provides the tools for understanding the standards and offers expert guidance on how to implement them ER -