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The abandonment of historical cost principle in favor of the concept of fair value
| Resumo: | Due to the last developments in the accounting’s world and the implementation of a new accounting system in Portugal, there are been several changes. The economy’s globalization has influenced the national accounting systems, due to their need to adapt to the international accounting standards, as a way to ensure greater consistency and comparability of information at international level. With the introduction of these standards, the fair value accounting gains relevance in the register of certain specific assets, rather than the valuation by historical cost. Currently there is a significant controversy over the use of the fair value due to the divergent opinions on its concept and measurement. |
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| Autores principais: | Simões, Andreia Sofia Faria |
| Assunto: | Normalização Contabilística Custo Histórico Justo Valor Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade Accounting Harmonization Historical Coast Fair Value International Accounting Standards |
| Ano: | 2010 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Instituição associada: | ISCA da Universidade de Aveiro |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Estudos do ISCA |
| Resumo: | Due to the last developments in the accounting’s world and the implementation of a new accounting system in Portugal, there are been several changes. The economy’s globalization has influenced the national accounting systems, due to their need to adapt to the international accounting standards, as a way to ensure greater consistency and comparability of information at international level. With the introduction of these standards, the fair value accounting gains relevance in the register of certain specific assets, rather than the valuation by historical cost. Currently there is a significant controversy over the use of the fair value due to the divergent opinions on its concept and measurement. |
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