Hami Amiraslani, George E. Iatridis, and Peter F. Pope: Accounting for asset impairment

Published on: 28 Jan, 2013

A recent research report by the Centre for Financial Analysis and Reporting Research (CeFARR) at the Cass Business School entitled Accounting for asset impairment: a test for IFRS compliance across Europe shows inconsistencies in IFRS compliance reflected in European listed companies' impairment reporting practices.

The authors, Hami Amiraslani, George E. Iatridis, and Peter F. Pope, investigate the degree of compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards by analysing impairment disclosures related to non-financial assets within a sample of over 4,000 listed companies from the European Union plus Norway and Switzerland during 2010-11.

The key findings of the research are:

  • Compliance with some impairment disclosure requirements varies quite considerably. This might also point at differences in applying IFRSs.
  • Impairment disclosure requirements that require more effort are less often followed than those that require less effort or can be dealt with by boilerplate disclosures.
  • Reporting environments with stronger regulatory and institutional infrastructure will see more high-quality impairment reporting.
  • Reporting environments with a strong regulatory infrastructure and strict enforcement will see more timely recognition of impairment losses.

Please click to download Accounting for asset impairment: a test for IFRS compliance across Europe (link to Cass Business School website).

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