Introduction: In August 2007, the revised international standard IAS 23 Borrowing Costs become a reality for South African GAAP (the international standard was issued in March 2007). We’ve known the previous statement as one to which not many people paid much attention other than to review it briefly to cover the risk of being asked…
DetailsPRACTICAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN THE ACCOUNTING FOR PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (PPE) During 2007, in presenting the SAICA workshops on PPE, it became apparent that although IAS 16(AC 123) – Property, Plant and Equipment, was effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005, there were still difficulties being encountered in implementing the…
DetailsThe appointment of fund auditors is one of the key governance tasks that a board of trustees will need to undertake. In many instances (in fact, most) this process is handed over to the fund’s administrator or consultant to manage, who tend to favour certain firms and the reasons for this are not always clear.…
DetailsIn the past 10 years, interest in Corporate Governance has grown tremendously. Corporate scandals, environmental concerns and globalisation have played their part (Adbo & Fischer 2007). These explicit or noticeable events have focused attention on Corporate Governance. Business is changing, methods of conducting business are changing, businesses are increasingly relying on information technology (IT) and…
DetailsDuring the past decade, accounting and auditing firms have experienced a significant change. During better times, business was easier to acquire and maintain as clients deemed accountants and auditors to be authorities that dare not be questioned. Client fee sensitivity, competition, increased legislation, specialisation, and poor public image have made the practice of accounting and…
DetailsSUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF GAAP FOR SMEs SAICA, with the permission of ACCA, has loaded a brief and ‘easy-to-use’ summary of the Statement of GAAP for SMEs on its website. This summary is endorsed by Paul Pacter, the Director of Standards for SMEs at the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and is based on the…
DetailsAt its meeting on 26 October 2007, the Professional Conduct Committee considered the following matters: An Associate General Accountant (AGA(SA)) had been charged with holding himself out as a Registered Auditor when not so registered. The associate did not respond to the charge sheet and the matter has been referred to the Disciplinary Committee, with…
DetailsFROM THE PEN The People Issue At a recent Q&A session at a risk management media briefing, I was ceremoniously told by a fellow media colleague that the people, the voters should start to take ownership of the fact that, as a country, we have a serious skills shortage. And that it was not, as…
DetailsFROM THE PEN Who Googled Africa? In this issue, we deal extensively with the question of managing people within the business, and how this has a direct impact on a company’s financial performance (see the articles on page 14 and 16 respectively). In fact, both the authors portend that in order to ensure a company…
DetailsDie ekonomie is nie vlak water waarin niks aangaan nie. Elke liewe dag is daar veranderinge, soos ‘n mens sou verwag in diep onstuimige poele van buite af, in die markte, en natuurlik in die politiek. Selfs met ‘n oorlog in Irak, baie hoë oliepryse, ‘n huismark in Amerika wat lyfstraf ondergaan, ‘n kredietskok wat…
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