Wednesday 29 October 2014

Europe: Financial Reporting - ESMA publishes European common enforcement priorities

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a public statement containing the priorities for it and national authorities in respect of listed companies' financial statements. These priorities - described as European common enforcement priorities - include the presentation of consolidated financial statements and the recognition and measurement of deferred tax assets.

A copy of the public statement is available here (pdf). The accompanying press release is available here (pdf). ESMA has also published Guidelines on the enforcement of financial information: see here (pdf).

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