• National Professional Accountancy Organisation Website: The Chamber of Auditors of Azerbaijan Republic
• World Bank ROSC Accounting and Auditing Report

Financial Reporting Framework in the Azerbaijan

Adoption of IFRSs in Azerbaijan

• Companies listed on the Baku Stock Exchange are required to report under Azerbaijani GAAP. No IFRS reporting is allowed.
• All local and foreign banks operating in Azerbaijan are required to produce IFRS reports. Such reports are annually submitted to the National Bank of Azerbaijan.
• Effective from 2008 all major state owned enterprises (including major utilities and upstream oil and gas companies) are required to report under IFRSs.

In February 2010, the Azerbaijani President signed into law the 'non-bank credit organisations' act, which requires, among other things, that such organisations must prepare financial statements using International Financial Reporting Standards and implement corporate governance standards.

Many other companies in Azerbaijan have already adopted IFRS reporting voluntarily over the past few years. The major driver behind this process is the desire to borrow from European lenders, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and KfW (the German development bank) who require audited IFRS financial statements.

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