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Did you know that many groups prepare their consolidated cash flow statement completely incorrectly? And, if you are well-experienced accountant, you can actually spot the faulty numbers instantly when you look to the statement of cash flows. Sadly, this wrong method is often taught in many accounting courses. What method is it? Similarly as with … Read more
When I was auditing the financial statements of one of our clients, I spotted a few strange things: There was a huge balance of cash on client’s bank account at the year-end. And I mean HUGE. To illustrate: normally, the client had about CU 100 000 on the bank account with some variations, but … Read more
The readers and followers of this website know that I am a passionate reader and unless I work, cook, clean the house, spend time with my kids or my husband – I read. Yes, I confess voluntarily that I have my nose stuck in the books more than I probably should. Last year, I even … Read more
I rarely publish articles about specific sectors, but this time, I decided to make an exception. Why? The reason is that although most of you do NOT deal with agriculture, it is still one of the most important industries in the world. It is so important and so different from other industries that it has … Read more
The new lease standard IFRS 16 is exactly one of these earthshaking things that can make your head spin around. Well, especially if your company uses the operating lease as an effective tool of getting your assets quickly with relatively low risk. I wrote a few articles in the past for you: Summary of IFRS … Read more
In my last article I tried to outline the strategy and your choices when implementing the new lease standard IFRS 16 Leases. I am grateful for many responses and comments I got from you. Almost all e-mails I received from you asked me to publish solved numerical example to see how to implement IFRS 16 … Read more
Buy one, get one free… Discounts on future purchases… Coupons for free products… Loyalty points… Sounds familiar? Well, if you work in a company that sells some products or services to individuals or general public (not the other businesses), then you probably use some “carrots on the stick” to persuade people to buy. Here, the … Read more
If you invest your savings to the purchase of some shares on the stock exchange, then you probably perform some analysis in order to select the right stock. Well, this is at least what you should do. Still, your own hard-earned money needs to work efficiently to make you enough profits for your retirement (or … Read more
When I was an audit freshman, my least favorite task was to prepare the income tax reconciliation. I frankly hated it. Why? The main reason was that I did not understand the purpose of it. For me, it seemed like a bunch of numbers and percentages that never add up and the magic table never … Read more
Sometimes, the things can happen behind your back – without you even noticing. And, these things can affect you somehow. Let me tell you a short story. I participated in an audit of a big insurance company and our senior asked me to look at its investments. Not surprisingly, this insurance company held lots of … Read more