Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi

Yazarlar: Suat TEKER

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Standards of Financial Reporting,United States Accounting Standards,International Accounting Standards,Turkish Accounting Standards

Özet: A long time ago many financially developed countries adopted accounting standards for financial reporting. It may be strongly argued that standardization in financial reporting is one of the fundamental elements of improving financial markets. Turkey first adopted standards for bank reporting in 1986. However, financial reporting standards for nonfinancial firms have been established only in very recent years (1995). Yet, in spite of the improvements, it is hardly possible to say that newly adopted standards are sufficient for accurate comparisons of financial reports. That is to say, the treatment of new financing tools (e.g. leasing, factoring, forfeiting) and off-balance sheet activities (e.g. forwards, futures, swaps, assurances, guarantees) are still not completely standardized. Having understood the needs, improvements in the standards of accounting will help improve the Turkish financial markets and eventually economic growth.

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