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Ujawnienia na temat połączenia spółek w sprawozdaniach finansowych spółek publicznych – wyniki badań
Disclosures of Mergers in the Financial Statements of Public Companies – Research Results

Author(s): Magdalena Janowicz
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: mergers; financial reporting; methods of accounting for business combinations; disclosures in financial statements

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – assessment of the scope and quality of information about mergers disclosed in financialstatements of Polish public companies.Design/methodology/approach – content analysis of financial statements and current reports of public companies,research questionnaire, deductive and inductive reasoning.Findings – pointing the areas in which errors in presentation of information about mergers of public companiesin their financial statement appear.Originality/value – pointing the direction of improvement of accounting regulations related to business combinationsand the areas to which external auditor should pay particular attention while examining financialstatements.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 80 (1)
  • Page Range: 63-74
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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