Title: The Influence of the Cultural, Legal, Economic and Financial, Historical and Political Factors on the Accounting System: Peruvian Case
Abstract:Accounting, the language of business, is used for many decision makers around the planet. In a globalized business environment, it is expected the existence of a uniform, single accounting system, how...Accounting, the language of business, is used for many decision makers around the planet. In a globalized business environment, it is expected the existence of a uniform, single accounting system, however this does not occur. “Accounting system” is the set of financial reporting practices used by a particular company for an annual report (Nobes, 2012). Different companies in the same country may use different accounting systems. For example, some Japanese companies follow Japanese GAAPs while others IFRS or US-GAAP. Moreover, some European countries prepare consolidated financial statements using IFRS whereas parent‒only financial statements are issued using national rules. Countries have different sets of accounting standards and a diversity of cultural, legal, economic and financial, historical and political factors may influence in the type of accounting system a country has. In the Peruvian case, accounting standards would depend on the type of company. Table 1 shows the accounting standards followed by companies in Peru.Read More
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-07-31
Language: en
Type: article
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