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IAS 40 - En kvantitativ studie av företags upplysningsskyldighet.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies.
2011 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
IAS 40 - A quantitative study of corporate disclosure requirements (English)
Abstract [sv]

EU-kommissionen har satt upp som mål att få ett unisont redovisningsspråk för alla företag i Europa. Därför har kommissionen antagit de regler och standarder som den London baserade organisationen International Accounting Standards Board arbetat fram.Studien syftar till att undersöka och utvärdera hur ett antal slumpvis utvalda bolag, som i huvudsak agerar i fastighetsbranschen, efterlever IFRS regelverk IAS 40 gällande förvaltningsfastigheter.

Vi har i vårt arbete använt oss av en kvantitativ metod. Underlaget för empirin är hämtat från årsredovisningar från 2009 och är insamlade från företagens egna hemsidor som vi har navigerat oss fram till via Nasdaq OMX Nordic. Dessa har vi granskat och resultatet har redovisats i tabellform.

Resultaten visar att det fortfarande finns mycket att arbeta med när det gäller efterlevnad av standarderna. Den största skillnaden fanns hos de Danska företagen när det gäller att lämna vissa upplysningar och kan vara värd att följa upp i en framtida studie. Värdeförändringarnas förekomst i resultaträkningen är också en fråga som är betydelsefull och som kan påverka informationen till användare av finansiella rapporter.

Det finns mycket forskning kring IAS 40 och förvaltningsfastigheter som bevisar stora brister i jämförbarheten och efterlevnaden. Denna studie bekräftar tidigare resultat från dessa studier gällande upplysningskraven i redovisningsstandarderna.

Abstract [en]

The European Commission has set a target to have a unified accounting language for all companies in Europe. Therefore, the Commission adopted the rules and standards that the London-based organization International Accounting Standards Board has produced.

The study aims to examine and evaluate a number of randomly selected companies, which mainly acts in real estate, complies with IFRS regulations IAS 40 regarding investment properties.

We have in our work used a quantitative method. The basis of empirical data is taken from annual reports from 2009 and is collected from companies' own websites as we have navigated our way through the Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange. These, we examined and the results have been presented in tabular form.

The results show that there is still much to work with respect to enforcement of standards. The biggest difference was found among the Danish companies in leaving certain information and could be worth following up in a future study.Value of Changes presence in the income statement is also an issue that is important and may affect the information to the users of financial statements.

There is much research on IAS 40, investment properties, which proves significant deficiencies in the comparability and compliance. This study confirms previous findings from these studies concerning the disclosure requirements of accounting standards.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2011. , p. 42
Keywords [en]
Investment Property, Compliance, IFRS, Valuation Method, Cost-model, Fair value, Change in fair value.
Keywords [sv]
Förvaltningsfastigheter, Efterlevnad, IFRS, Värderingsmetod, Anskaffningsvärde, Verkligt värde, Värdeförändring.
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-13276Archive number: E3BA:DiVA 118/2012OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-13276DiVA, id: diva2:562303
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Business administration
Educational program
Business administration
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2012-10-30 Created: 2012-10-23 Last updated: 2012-10-30Bibliographically approved

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