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Revenue Recognition: Judgment in the Spotlight / LA CONSTATATION DES PRODUITS: PLEINS FEUX SUR LE JUGEMENT
Author(s) -
CONROD JOAN,
CUMBY JUDY
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
canadian accounting perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1911-3838
pISSN - 1499-8653
DOI - 10.1506/2nfq-36pt-e6b1-wrn3
Subject(s) - revenue , humanities , publics , political science , welfare economics , economics , philosophy , accounting , law , politics
This paper examines recent history in the area of revenue recognition in financial reporting by Canadian public companies. Revenue recognition is critical because of the profound impact this accounting policy has on the financial statements, but it can be highly judgmental. Restatement of public financial statements is taken as evidence that the reliability of the reported results, as initially presented, is questionable ‐ that is, the financial statements do not fairly reflect the financial position of the organization. We examine recent newsworthy examples of restatement of revenue by Canadian public companies to determine whether this can be traced to faulty professional judgment or to other circumstances, such as deliberate misrepresentation. Les auteures se penchent sur l'histoire récente de la constatation des produits, dans l'information financière communiquée par les sociétés ouvertes canadiennes. L'importance cruciale de la constatation des produits tient aux répercussions profondes qu'a la méthode de constatation sur les états financiers et au fait qu'elle peut faire largement appel au jugement. Les auteures évaluent certains exemples canadiens récents de retraitement des produits qui sont dignes d'être rendus publics, afin d'en déterminer les paramètres.

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