International Classification of Financial Reporting

Book excerpt: With the growing integration of the international economy, the need for established systems of classification in financial reporting becomes ever more important. Chris Nobes asks whether classification is possible, or even useful, and offers a critical analysis of the current attempts to discern an order in the variety of accounting practices. Revised and updated to reflect the post-IFRS era, this book will be of interest to academics, postgraduates and undergraduates in international accounting, accounting theory and to international accounting professionals.