USING CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS ACROSS BORDERS Chapter 5 USING CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS ACROSS BORDERS
Learning Objectives: Identify the different levels at which corporations respond to foreign financial statement users. Recognize how users cope with global diversity in financial reporting.
Learning Objectives: Highlight the main issues that users need to consider in conducting international financial statement analysis.
Chapter Outline: Corporate Responses to Foreign Users of Financial Statements
Coping with Transnational Financial Reporting Preparer Response to Transnational Financial Reporting User Response to Transnational Financial Reporting
International Financial Statement Analysis Depreciation and Revaluation of Long-Lived Assets Goodwill Foreign Exchange
International Financial Statement Analysis Pension and Other Post-employment Benefits Consolidation and Group Reporting Taxation
Additional Issues in International Financial Statement Analysis Availability of Data Reliability of Data
Additional Issues in International Financial Statement Analysis Timeliness of Data Language, Terminology and Format