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MSSF/IFRS 16 – several words regarding the new standard (part 1)

27 November 2017
Piotr STASZKIEWICZ
For several months now, we have been noticing an increased activity among entities in the area of inquiries regarding the issue of leasing, as well as the analysis of contracts they signed for the use of certain assets – be it in the form of a lease, rental or tenancy. The emerging questions have hastened the decision to write several entries about the new IFRS 16 standard.

Auditors in a difficult market environment

11 May 2016
Piotr STASZKIEWICZ
Growing competition and a still strong pressure on prices - How do auditors cope in such a difficult market environment? How do they acquire new customers? How is the specificity of the auditor's work changing? Are there new challenges arising?

ISAs in Poland – will they change anything?

15 June 2015
Marek TOMCZYK
Introduction of International Auditing Standards (hereinafter: ISAs) in Poland offers a huge opportunity of improving the quality of audit services, and thereby the quality of financial statements themselves for the benefit of all interested parties (management boards, shareholders, prospective investors and statutory auditors).

The Treaty on a Good Job

17 April 2015
Piotr BINDAS
We have already covered the issue of cooperation with an auditor but, while scanning publicly available financial statements, especially of the companies listed on New Connect, I came to the conclusion that there is still too little talk about certain issues. I suggest looking at a few randomly selected financial statements presented on the issuers’ websites. My point is not to assess the economic activity of the companies, but to see how information on achievements of a company in a given year is included in its annual financial statements, which, to my mind, should constitute the information provided by the board to the supreme authority of the company, namely its owners (indeed, it is shareholders that are most important in the company, because the ownership belongs to them). I browse through financial statements of the companies listed on New Connect quite often and two things strike me, as an outside reader, most: first, not including all data required by the Accounting Act and second, overall slovenliness of the presented financial statements, which aspects show the attitude of the companies’ managements to this official document.

The importance of auditing services in Poland

1 March 2015
Monika SKÓRKA
More than once did I wonder what is the actual meaning of auditing services in Poland. And I came to the conclusion that this meaning is still “greatly underestimated”. An audit of a financial statement is so much more than just a verification for correctness. I believe a financial audit is, most of all, an opportunity to identify the organisation's “weak points”, allowing management to minimise existing though not always realised risks.

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