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Author Holgate, Peter, 1953-

Title Accounting principles for lawyers / Peter Holgate
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 209 pages) : illustrations
Series Law practitioner series
Law practitioner series.
Contents UK GAAP and international harmonisation -- The legal framework for accounting -- Substance over form -- The accounting profession and the regulatory framework for accounting and auditing -- Communicating accounting information -- Current trends in accounting -- Individual entity accounts and consolidated accounts -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Interaction of accounting with tax -- Assets -- Liabilities -- Leases -- Pensions -- Financial instruments, including capital instruments -- Realised and distributable profits -- Disclosures in published accounts -- Use of financial information in contracts and agreements
Summary This book explains those aspects of accounting that lawyers need to understand, such as how accounting in the UK interacts with companies legislation, and the move to international accounting standards. For the general practitioner as well as lawyers working in corporate and commercial law and tax
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Accounting -- Great Britain
Accounting -- Standards -- Great Britain
Accounting -- Wales
Accounting -- Law and legislation -- England
Accounting -- Law and legislation -- Wales
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Accounting -- Financial.
Accounting
Accounting -- Law and legislation
Accounting -- Standards
England
Great Britain
Wales
Form Electronic book
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