Course detail

Fundamentals of International Financial Reporting Standards

FP-UfifPAcad. year: 2025/2026

The purpose of the subject is to acquaint students with fundamental trends of accountancy harmonization in the world and International Financial Reporting Standards. The intent is also to introduce International Financial Reporting Standards. Further more the subject is intended to be descriptive in matter of recognize and measure of the Financial Statement issue in unity with Standards. At the end of this course, the students should be able to: - characterize the general methods of harmonization in accounting, - use regulations of recognition and measurement of the elements in financial statements according to the International Financial Reporting Standards. - apply these Standards

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Zuzana Křížová, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Finances (ÚF)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Not applicable.

Aims

The purpose of the subject is to acquaint students with fundamental trends of accountancy harmonization in the world and International Financial Reporting Standards. The intent is also to introduce the key elements of these international accounting standards. Further more the subject is intended to be descriptive in matter of recognize and measure of the Financial Statement issue in unity with Standards. At the end of this course, the students should be able to: - characterize the general methods of harmonization in accounting, - use regulations of recognition and measurement of the elements in financial statements according to the International Financial Reporting Standards. - apply these Standards

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Da Paixão Duarte, A. M., Saur-Amaral. IFRS Adoption and Accounting Quality: A Review. Journal of Business & Economic Policy. 2015. Dostupné z: http://jbepnet.com/journals/Vol_2_No_2_June_2015/10.pdf
PACTER, P. Pocket Guide to IFRS® Standards: the global financial reporting language. Dostupné z: http://www.ifrs.org/-/media/feature/around-the-world/documents/pocket-guide-2017.pdf
Understanding IFRS Fundamentals: International Financial Reporting Standards. Wiley, 2010. 1st e., 416 p. ISBN 9780470399149

Recommended reading

Brouwer, A., M. Hoogendoorn, and E. Naarding. Will the changes proposed to the conceptual framework’s definitions and recognition criteria provide a better basis for IASB standard setting? . Accounting and Business Research 45(5): 2015. 547–571 pp.
Nobes, Ch. W. and Ch. Stadler. The qualitative characteristics of financial information, and managers' accounting decisions : evidence from IFRS policy changes. 2015. Accounting and business research : a research quarterly publ. by the Inst. of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. - Abingdon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, ISSN 0001-4788, ZDB-ID 831128. - Vol. 45.2015, 5, p. 572-601

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK-UAD Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

20 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Zuzana Křížová, Ph.D.