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Professiona l support and auditor’s control in case of different financial reports in Hungary - Chamber of Hungarian Auditors. Topics.
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Professional support and auditor’scontrol in case of differentfinancialreports in Hungary- Chamber of HungarianAuditors
Topics 1) Chamber in numbers2) Enterprises in Hungary3) Accounting rules4) Actonthe Chamber, services of the Chamber5) Advisoryservices – opportunities and restrictions
Enterprises in Hungary 1 • Relativelylargenumber of SEs –sizecategoriesaredifferentfromEU • Long-termsubmissiondeadline, accounting tasksconcentratingatthe end • EU environment – obligationtoadapttoEUregulations • Needtomanagetaxproblems
Enterprises in Hungary 2 • Hungary is not a eurozonemember, alot of currencyexchangeproblems • Enterprisesnotalwaysemploypreparedfinancial-accountingexperts • A lot of (more and more) firmsarenotobligedto audit – lack of auditor’ssupport • Less taxcontrol – no control
Accounting rules 1 • Regulationbylaws – continental accounting practice • Manyareexemptedfromdetailedreportingobligation • IFRS areneededonly in case of consolidatedaccountsofregisteredfirms • A lot of changesin regulation, a lot of consequences in accounting – hardtomanage
Accounting rules 2 • Standard settingbodieshavebeenestablished, but no approved standard in effectyet • Singleinterpretation of accounting issues is notyetontrack – interpretive body doesnotoperate • Standard onmicroentities is ready, butnotindependent, it has notbeenincorporatedintothe accounting act
Actonthe Chamber, servicesbytheChamber • Capacity of manyauditors is notused • Regulationallowsforbook-keepingservices (preparation of report) • Problem: rulesforconflicts of interests, ethicsissues • Difficulttocontrol and prove
Advisoryservices – possibilities and restrictions1 • Biggerfirms: advisory service: separate business activity • Smaller audit entities – continuouspresence, pre-investigations, consultations • Consequences – compliancewithstandards – ethics, conflict of interests – controlbythe Chamber, qualitycontrol
Advisoryservices – possibilitiesand restrictions 2 • Consolidatedreports – expectedtoremainthe market of thebigfirms • Individualannualreports – bigfirms in case of IFRS implementation, opencompetition in othercases • Simplified, microentitiesreports (without audit) – possibilityforsmallerentities, individualauditors
Expected (hoped) changes • Enlargethegroup of expertspreparing IFRS reports – growingdemandforexperts, auditors • Increase of thenumberof IFRS trainings, exams, qualifications – more preparedexpertgroup • Supporttopreparereportsat a higherlevel