Croatia - Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Accounting and Auditing
This report provides an updated assessment of accounting, financial reporting, and auditing requirements and practices within the enterprise and financial sectors in Croatia. It uses International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International...
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Format: | Accounting and Auditing Assessment (ROSC) |
Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/9353800/croatia-report-observance-standards-codes-rosc-accounting-auditing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7688 |
Summary: | This report provides an updated
assessment of accounting, financial reporting, and auditing
requirements and practices within the enterprise and
financial sectors in Croatia. It uses International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International
Standards on Auditing (ISA), and the relevant portions of
European Union (EU) law (also known as the acquis
communautaire). Croatia has made considerable progress in
developing its regulatory framework for corporate sector
financial reporting and auditing since the publication of
the first Accounting and Auditing (A&A) report on the
observance of standards and codes (ROSC) in 2002. The
alignment of the revised regulatory framework with the
acquis communautaire has been significantly improved and
lays the basis for reinforcing the institutional capacity
for financial reporting and auditing. However, not all
requirements of the relevant acquis have been introduced and
further work is needed to achieve full compliance. The
Croatian institutional framework has undergone several
important changes. However, further capacity building
relating to monitoring, enforcing, and strengthening
supervision (except for banks) is needed to ensure proper
application of IFRS and national accounting standards. This
report concludes that Croatia should take further steps in
order to achieve its goal of developing a robust financial
reporting framework tailored to the needs of the Croatian
market economy, and aligned with the acquis communautaire,
international standards and best practices. |
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