The distinction between current and non-current assets and liabilities used in the presentation of financial statements has been challenged for well over the past two decades. Despite this, the distiction is still used today and appears to still have relevance. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and determine the most appropriate method of classification of deferred tax between current and non-current in the context of the objective of financial statements. This is important as information that meets the objective of financial statements is useful to users of financial statements, and might influence their economic decisions. Furthermore, the most appropriate method of classification will have a direct impact on working capital ratios as well as other ratios in financial reporting analyses. A literature review of technical issues together with insights collected from accounting lecturers and technical partners and/or directors by way of a descriptive survey have shown that the destinction of deferred tax assets and liabilities between current and non-current assets and liabilities meets the objective of financial statements. This is in terms of both the current IASB Framework as well as the proposed revised Conceptual Framework. Standard setters in the accounting arena should therefore consider the value such a distinction would add to users of financial statements. This distinction will have the biggest impact on preparers of financial statements, as information of sufficient detail would have to be readily available to enable them to provide users with more relevant information. Copyright / Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Taxation / unrestricted

Thesis (M.Com.(Taxation))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Abstract in English and Afrikaans. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis deals with the characteristic of current assets, its structure and the overall need in the enterprise. Ownership structure is not from the perspective of management as problematic, but the creation of financial structure is not so easy. Therefore, the thesis deals with the various components of current assets such as inventories, receivables and cash resources and their management. The practical part is aimed at analyzing the effectiveness of the management of current assets in Tradeko, Ltd., where at the conclusion are summarized the results of analysis.

Diploma thesis "Valuation of selected part of assets" deals with problems with valuation of non-current tangible property and inventories by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in comparison with Czech directives. Firstly will be described basic valuation techniques used by the IFRS and also by Czech directives. Secondly will be explained valuating models separately. Problems with valuation of non-current tangible property and inventories by IFRS and by Czech directives are discussed in last two parts. Discovered findings are compared in conclusion of that part. Diploma thesis is also covered by illustrative examples.

[Truncated abstract] Following the introduction in 1999 of Australian Accounting Standard Board (AASB) 1041: 'Revaluations of Non-Current Assets' (Australian Accounting Standards Board 2001a), this study set out to examine the impact of the introduction of this new standard on: the number (percentage) of Australian firms revaluing various classes and submajor classes of non-current assets; and the value relevance and reliability of the information provided with respect to various sub-major classes of non-current assets. The study also set out to examine the apparent motivations for Australian companies electing the fair value (FV) basis, rather than the historic cost (HC) basis, for reporting property, plant and equipment (PP&E). The sample analysed in this study consisted of Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed firms that were included in each of the Connect4, Aspect Financial and Core Research Data (CRD) databases. After excluding firms not covered by all three databases and firms where there were missing data problems, 398 and 424 firms were left in the 1999 and 2002 samples, respectively. Of the 398 and 424 firms, there were 194 firms that were common to both sample periods and a separate analysis of these 'common' firms allowed a 'like-for-like' comparison to be made. The financial year ending June 30, 1999 provides data under the previous standard AASB 1010 (Australian Accounting Standards Board 2000) before the introduction of AASB 1041, while the financial year ending 30 June 2002 provides data under AASB 1041 (the new standard). ... At the disaggregated level (that is, for various sub-major classes of non-current assets), it appears that there was a decline in the number (percentage) of firms choosing to revalue investment property, property, and plant and equipment, while there was no change in the number (percentage) of firms choosing to revalue listed or unlisted investments. It appears that AASB 1041's requirement to revalue frequently when the FV basis was adopted discouraged firms from choosing the FV basis for some asset classes, presumably because the costs associated with frequent revaluations outweighed the perceived benefits. In terms of value relevance, the results suggest that where the variables of interest are scaled there was no improvement in the value relevance of the information provided by Australian companies following the introduction of AASB 1041. However, the results from the unscaled regressions do not support this conclusion and instead suggest that the introduction of AASB 1041 was associated with an overall improvement in the value relevance of the information provided with respect to the various sub-major classes of non-current assets investigated in this study. Resolution of this conflicting result is beyond the scope of this dissertation and is an issue worthy of future research. In terms of reliability, the results suggest that the introduction of AASB 1041 was generally associated with: an improvement in the reliability of information reported with respect to non-current assets reported at FV; and a deterioration in the reliability of information reported with respect to non-current assets reported at HC. Finally, with respect to the potential motivations behind a company's choice of the FV basis for reporting PP&E, the results suggest that firms are motivated to revalue PP&E to: improve their borrowing capacity; for signalling purposes; and to reduce information asymmetry.

A shift in focus from growing revenues towards managing working capital could be observed in many companies in the recession that followed the financial crisis of 2008. This thesis therefore investigates the relation between working capital management (WCM) and revenue growth by examining 36 Swedish companies within the IT & Telecom, Wholesale, and Manufacturing industries. The results show that there currently is a general gap between the perceived and actual performance regarding WCM and the effects on revenue growth. The studied companies report a belief that no trade-off between WCM and revenue growth exists. However, the actual performance in the studied industries indicates that increases in revenues often are not justifiable in proportion to the increases in net working capital (NWC). The study also shows that responsibility for WCM and implementation of WCM decisions are to a high extent assigned to a centralized organizational level. Recommendations derived from this study are that while companies need a centralized responsibility for WCM decisions, the responsibility also needs to be decentralized for successful implementation. Furthermore, the NWC development in relation to revenue growth needs to be continually monitored.

The revaluation of non-current assets has become an accepted accounting practice in many countries including the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. This practice has implications for the external auditor who must decide whether to accept a valuation as reasonable and how much evidence to collect to support the decision. This thesis represents the first study to examine audit decision making in this area. Because of the absence of prior research, a series of structured interviews was undertaken with audit partners to identify the main audit issues. The results of these interviews, together with the relevant literature, were used to identify some of the factors that may impact on audit judgments concerning revalued assets. Hypotheses were developed and two complementary experiments were designed to test them. These were based on the premise that client management may be motivated to revalue in order to improve the appearance of the balance sheet, thereby increasing the inherent risk of misstatement. A 2 x 2 between-subjects design was used for both experiments, and the dependent variables measured were estimates of the planned audit hours to be spent on the revalued assets and likelihood judgments that the valuations would be accepted as reasonable. Experiment One considered the situation where auditors are faced with two conflicting risks which are likely to exist simultaneously in the audit environment. These were the threat of litigation arising from the client's breach of a debt covenant and the risk of losing the client. The study examined auditors' responses to high and low levels of these risks on the audit of revalued owner-occupied property and an investment property. For the planned audit hours, results indicated a strong interaction effect between the two factors, with auditors planning to spend significantly more time on the audit of revalued assets when both the risk of breaching a debt covenant was high and the risk of losing the client was low. Similar results were found for the likelihood judgment that the valuations would be accepted as reasonable, except that for the investment property the results were only marginally significant. Experiment Two examined the impact of a proposal to issue shares to the public and the competence of the independent valuer on the audit of four classes of non-current assets. Results indicated that auditors would plan to spend longer on the audit of revalued assets when the client proposed to make a share issue and also when the competence of the valuer was lower. They were also less likely to accept the valuations as reasonable in these cases. However, an interaction effect between class of asset and competence of the valuer indicated that concern with some aspects of the evidence could override subjects' sensitivity to the competence of the valuer. An additional finding was a significant experience effect for the likelihood judgments, based on the number of audits, in which subjects had been involved, that had included asset revaluations. More experienced subjects were more likely than less experienced subjects to accept the valuations as reasonable.

This work describes liquidity of specific Czech company in terms of its capital structure. In the theoretical part of this thesis is explained liquidity and its impact on company operations. The practical part of this thesis is oriented on analysis of liquidity and description of the current situation in the company. In the final part is described the current situation of the company. The end of this work is focused on comments and recommendations for improvement.

Magistro baigiamajame darbe atlikta įmonės UAB "XXX" apyvartinio kapitalo analizė. Pirmoje darbo dalyje teoriniu aspektu apžvelgta įmonės apyvartinio kapitalo koncepcija ir struktūra. Antroje darbo dalyje pateikta tyrimo metodologija, pasirinkti apyvartinį kapitalą analizuojantys finansiniai rodikliai ir analizuojamas ryšys tarp jų. Trečioje darbo dalyje atliekama įmonės UAB "XXX" analizė ir pateikiama apyvartinio kapitalo poreikio prognozė. / In the master's thesis is conducting an analysis of working capital in a company "XXX" Ltd. In the first part of the master's thesis ir reviewing the theoritical aspects of a company's working capital concept ant structure. In the second part are introducting the methodology of the research and selected financial ratios being used for working capital analysis and researching the relationship between these financial ratios.

Выпускная квалификационная работа (магистерская диссертация) посвящена исследованию эффективного управления оборотным капиталом. Актуальность данной работы обусловлена тем, что оборотный капитал выполняет функции обеспечения непрерывности процессов снабжения, производства и сбыта, а также играет важную роль в обеспечении финансовой устойчивости предприятия. Основной целью исследования является анализ управления оборотными средствами АО «УКЗ» и разработка мероприятий по повышению эффективности их использования. В работе исследуются теоретические основы сущности и структуры оборотного капитала анализируется состояние оборотного капитала, предложены мероприятия по его оптимизации. / The final qualifying work (master's thesis) is devoted to the study of effective working capital management. The relevance of this work is due to the fact that working capital performs the functions of ensuring the continuity of the processes of supply, production and sales, and also plays an important role in ensuring the financial sustainability of the enterprise. The main purpose of the study is to analyze the state of management of working capital of JSC "UКZ" and the development of measures to improve the efficiency of their use. The paper studies the theoretical foundations of the essence and structure of working capital, analyzes the state of working capital suggests measures for their optimization.