TY - BOOK AU - Tiffin,Ralph TI - The Complete Guide to International Financial Reporting Standards: Including IAS and Interpretation SN - 9781854183378 U1 - 332.042 PY - 2005/// CY - London : PB - Thorogood, KW - Financial statements -- Standards KW - Accountancy N1 - 1. Summary objectives and requirements of the standards -- 2. Statement formats and content -- 3. Accounting methods and conventions -- 4. Creative accounting -- 5. Disclosure -- 6. Accounting for groups and investments -- 7. Specialized industries -- 8. Other -- 9. Basic financial statements and other issues N2 - Whether finance directors like it or not, IAS is coming and everybody involved in the financial running of a business--not just FD's and account executives but other directors and professional advisers--will have to be up to speed. This book explains the principles of IAS and the accounting and disclosure requirements, and clarifies practical problems of compliance ER -