Adaptacja Międzynarodowych Standardów Rachunkowości w polskim prawie bilansowym

Abstract

Article intends to present problems of implementation into Polish accounting system effects of global, international harmonization of accounting. These changes are implemented in Accounting Act 1994, which is influenced and dominated mainly - besides EU Directives - by International Accounting Standards. These, elaborated and called now as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) have influenced and changed European Union Accounting Strategy, which has been developed since 1995 with orientation onto IFRSs. European Strategy comes into force since 2005 and is expressed in Regulation 1606/2002 on application of international accounting standards. This regulation obligates all European listed companies to prepare and present theirs consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS for accounting periods beginning on 1 January 2005 or later. European Regulation gives the possibility to use IFRSs for preparation and presentation of consolidated and non consolidated financial statements by non listed companies as well. Last amendment of 27 August 2004 of the Accounting Act implemented European Union Regulation on application of IFRSs. This article presents the scope of Regulation implementation. European Union Accounting Strategy has influenced not only national accounting system, but international accounting standards as well. This problem is also presented in article. In such a way lot of current Polish accounting regulations do not comply with IFRSs. This is a cause, which in the near future will impact some changes in Accounting Act.