Impairment of assets in the light of international and American regulations Cover Image

Utrata wartości aktywów w świetle regulacji międzynarodowych i amerykańskich
Impairment of assets in the light of international and American regulations

Author(s): Maciej Frendzel
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Księgowych w Polsce

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents a comparison of standards concerning the impairment of assets – IAS 36 and FAS 144. The article discusses main differences between the mentioned regulations: different definitions of impairment and recoverable amount, different processes of recognition and measurement of impairment loss and different present value techniques. The paper consid-ers also which of the analyzed solutions gives a better economic representation of the impair-ment issue.

  • Issue Year: 2001
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 55-65
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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