The paper investigates the impact of the implementation of Directive 2014/95/EU nonfinancial reporting into Czech accounting regulations by evaluating the level and quality of non-financial reporting ...by banking institutions, including their foreign branches based in the Czech Republic. Information from the area Environment, Social and Governance are considered globally topical and relevant. They contribute to increasing competitiveness and responsible building of the future. The verification of level and quality of non-financial reporting was based on the comparison of the years 2016 and 2021, i.e., periods before and after the implementation of the directive. For the purpose of comparison, banking institutions were divided into three groups: banks with an obligation to report non-financial information, banks that are large accounting entities, and other banks. Key indicators of five basic areas of non-financial reporting were identified and the level of their reporting by banks was subsequently examined. The quality of the reported information was assessed using a point scale. The level of non-financial reporting in the sector of financial institutions in the Czech Republic was compared with the level of reporting in the Visegrad countries, Germany and France. By means of correlation and regression analysis, factors that influence the quality and level of non-financial reporting were identified, the most significant being net assets, gross loans to customers and Tier 1. it was also found that non-financial reporting is unsystematic due to the absence of a comprehensive methodology, mainly in the group of banks 11 and HI. At the same time, the V4 countries report less non-financial information compared to Germany and France. A positive finding is the fact that there has been an increasing tendency in non-financial reporting in all monitored countries.
This paper is focused on the operations with the company (business combinations). These are those operations that are associated with the formation or dissolution of companies or reorganization of ...their ownership structure. They are often referred as equity transactions. In the concept of Czech accounting legislation, these are the purchase, sale, investment (deposit) of firms or their parts, and various forms of transformation of enterprises. There are analyzed the accounting practices of recording of these issues under the Czech accounting legislation and International Financial Reporting Standards. Consequently there are identified newly acquired assets and liabilities arising directly in connection with the business combinations. In the conclusion of this paper there are examined the effects of different reporting of newly acquired items in the context of business combinations according to Czech accounting legislation and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards on the significant items of balance sheet and profit and loss statement from the material and time point of view.
The paper focuses on the area of the burden of contributions to state budget with an emphasis on pension insurance contributions of employees and self-employed persons active in the agricultural ...sector with regard to the amount of their future retirement pension. The comparison shows that self-employed workers in agriculture contribute to state budget about 2.5 times less than employees with comparable net income. As a result, the level of pensions is insufficient, predominantly for entrepreneurs whose pensions only amount to 39 to 45% of their real net income. On the basis of analysis of results from different models, calculations were made of the necessary monthly contributions to the supplementary pension savings plans that would ensure retirement living standards equivalent to 70% of net income earned during working life. The paper also quantifies redistributive effects by studying pension contributions of persons active in agriculture during their working life and pension withdrawals in retirement. The results are compared with those obtained from a group of employees. Contributions of the self-employed are also compared within the V4 countries. In the conclusion of the paper there are some recommendations that might lead to a reduction in the gap in contributions and better living standards for future old-age pensioners.
Bank and insurance must follow the ACT on Accounting No.563/1991 in their financial statement preparation. Banks must use the special decree of Ministry of Finance for Banks and other financial ...institution due to their special operations and requirements Czech National Bank. The methodical approach to the valuation and recording of basic items balance sheet in banks and other financial institutions are compatible with IAS/IFRS. As well insurances must use special decree of Ministry of Finance for Insurances due to their special operations – cession of insurance. The paper is concerned with the basic items of balance sheet banks and insurances and its comparations with balance sheets of other business entities.
The tax regime and the subsequent funding of non-governmental non-profit organizations through the institution of tax assignations in the Visegrad countries is the main topic of this paper.The issue ...of taxation is discussed with the aim of proposing changes and recommendations and reducing administrative costs of non-profit organizations in the Czech Republic. In the area of financing, the issue of tax assignations as one of the options of state financial support for the non-profit sector is explored.They are not introduced in the Czech Republic, however, in the other countries of the Visegrad countries this institution is already incorporated into their tax systems. The aim of the paper is to confirm or possibly refute the benefits of the concept of tax assignations for the current Czech tax system. The impacts of the introduction of tax assignations are identified on the basis of comparison of tax models. Analysis of statistical data was used to explore whether tax assignations affected the amount of transfers to non-governmental organizations and whether tax assignations could be an additional source of funding for non-profit organizations in the Czech Republic.
Commercial insurance companies are liable to create, on the basis of risks arising from the fulfillment of the object of their activity, technical reserves, which are used to cover liabilities ...arising to insurance companies from insurance and reinsurance activity. The paper focuses on the technical reserve which is, in accordance with the accounting-legal regulation, created obligatorily in commercial insurance companies – it is the unearned premium reserve.The paper explores the role and place of this technical reserve in the accounting of the commercial insurance companies based on the analysis of its substance, i.e. the objective definition. The paper is based on the methodology of the accounting, evaluation and methods of determining the amount of the technical reserve which will affect the income from operations as well as income tax base of commercial insurance companies. The paper also studied the method of reporting of unearned premium reserve in accounting according to Czech accounting legislation in comparison with International Accounting Standards (IAS/IFRS). The aim of this paper is to determine the impacts of the creation and application of the unearned premium reserve on some important items of the financial statements, which are mainly the income of operations, equity capital and balance sheet as well as to identify the impacts of different reporting of this reserve according to Czech accounting legislation and in accordance with IAS/IFRS. Performing the analysis of the accounting-legal regulation of the unearned premium reserve in the insurance companies, the analysis of the method of accounting of this reserve and also the comparison of reporting of this reserve according to both mentioned regulations is a prerequisite for the fulfillment of the aim.
Ministry of Finance in the Czech Republic identifies and defines four types of accounting entities that are engaged in business activities. These are the “normal” business entities, business entities ...as banks, commercial insurance companies and health insurance companies. For each of these types of entities the Ministry of Finance issued relevant regulations that contain specific accounting policies arising mainly from the specifics of the scope of business activities of these entities. The effects of these specifics are ultimately shown also in the individual parts of the financial statement closing. In contrast the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and also generally accepted accounting principles of the United States (U.S. GAAP) are valid for all listed entities regardless of their size and scope of activities. The ongoing globalization of the world, transnational mergers and acquisitions of various companies brings the requirements for unification of accounting policies in order to achieve comparability of financial statements closing of companies from different countries, their transparency and completeness of published information in the individual countries. This paper deals with the definition of significant differences in the items of financial statement closing of different types of business entities in the Czech Republic and with the formulation of proposals for individual types of entities, which would contribute to easier orientation and grater comparability for the needs of different users of accounting information.
Financial accounting in the European Union is harmonized through directives. In 2013 Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and the Council was issued. It aims to improve the performance of ...micro and small entities by reducing their administrative burden. The primary requirement of the Directive is to introduce entity size classification. The paper identifies the impact of the transposition of the Directive on the size distribution of agricultural enterprises in the V4 countries and some other countries of the European Union using data from the Amadeus database. In the Czech Republic obligations which are part of financial reporting are determined for agricultural enterprises and their impact on fundamental accounting principles is detected. The implementation of the Directive in the Czech Republic significantly influenced valuation, accounting for and specially reporting of inventories of a company’s own activity and capitalization, which are typical for agricultural enterprises. A comparison of the regulation effective until the end of 2015 with the new regulation showed the impact on the amount of profit and turnover, which are also quantified. The degree of harmonization with IAS/IFRS is also examined.
The paper deals with issues of national mergers carried out in the year 2015 and 2016. The development of the mergers is characterized by the fact that it is a multidisciplinary areas (tax, ...accounting and legal), in practice the most widespread method is Mergers through consolidation. The analysis is therefore focused just on this type of merger. It examines the development of mergers carried out in the Czech Republic as well as globally. In the global perspective,is processed the number of mergers and acquisitions, and the trends in company transformations are monitored. For the Czech Republic is analyzed the number of mergers, number of merging companies, including their legal form, the number of registered mergers by individual Regional Courts, the date of entries, determination of the appointed date of merger and date of completion of merger project. Consequently are presented features typical of the implementation of national mergers. The paper also examines the relationship between the number of mergers and GDP and PX index from 2002 to 2016.
The European Union has published the Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and ...related reports of certain types of undertakings for reasons of increasing of the competitive advantage and productivity of small and medium‑sized enterprises. The EU Member States have to incorporate the rules of the Directive with their national law by 20 July 2015 at the latest during the year 2016. The intention of this paper is to determine and to evaluate the impacts of transposition of the Directive into the Czech Accounting Law and into the national accounting laws of EU Member States chosen. There is an identification of main differences of Czech Accounting Law and of amended Czech Accounting Law issued 1st of January 2016. There is an impact of implementation of the Directive 2013/34/EU on financial statements and at the same time on requirements of audit for individual categories of Czech accounting entities. In this paper, there is also an analysis of impact of the Directive 2013/34/EU on national accounting laws V4 States and on several further EU Member States. On the basis of comparison of differences recognized, there is an deduction of findings for companies falling into the same group.
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