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presenttheresultsofresearchonproblemsundertakeninthiswork.Themono-
graphpresentsthelegalstatusasat31December2018.
Thepurposeoftheworkdeterminedthecontentandsequenceofthemain
issuesinit,whichhasbeenreflectedinitsstructure.Itconsistsofsevenchap-
ters.
Thefirstchapterisdevotedtothepresentationoftheessenceoffinancial
accounting,includingtheconcept,itsfunctions,principles,typeofusersofthe
accountingsystemandfinancialreporting.Thischapterdealsextensivelywith
thePolishprovisionsgoverningthissystem,inparticularwiththoseoftheAc-
countingAct.
Thesecondchapterexplainsthenatureofthefinancialstatements,theirpur-
pose,theprinciplesunderlyingpreparationofthiskindofreport,therequired
qualityofthefinancialstatementsandtheirstructure(onthebasisofthePolish
regulations).
Thethirdchapterpresentstheprocessofharmonizationoffinancialaccount-
ingandcontainsanalysesoffinancialreportingregulations.Inparticular,the
standardsdevelopedbytheInternationalAccountingStandardsBoard,European
Unionregulations,andacommonapproachtothereportingoftheInternational
AccountingStandardsBoardandtheUSFinancialAccountingStandardsBoard
areshown.
Chapterfourisdevotedtothereportingofnon-financialissues,andpresents
thestandardsdevelopedbyvariousinternationalorganizationsforexamplethe
UnitedNationsandtheOrganizationforEconomicCo-operationandDevelop-
ment.MostofthischapterisdevotedtothediscussionofEUandPolishregula-
tionsregardingthisissue.
Inturn,thefifthchapterisdevotedtopresentingthemodelofintegrated
reports,combiningfinancialinformationandnon-financialinformationinone
comprehensivedocument.Thischapterpresentsstandardsforthistypeofre-
portingdevelopedbytheInternationalIntegratedReportingCouncilandthe
GlobalReportingGlobalReportingInitiative.
Chaptersixexaminesanenterprises’policyregardingthepreparingoffinan-
cialreporting.Inparticular,itdemonstratestherightofchoiceinaccounting,the
essenceandkindofaccountingpolicy,andexplainstheessenceofcreativityin
accountingandthecounterfeitingofthefinancialstatements.
InChapterseventhesystemofsupervisionandcontroloffinancialreporting
andfinancialauditischaracterized.Animportantpartofthechapterisadiscus-
sionoftheprinciplesofcorporategovernanceandethicalnorms.Examplesof
American,EuropeanandPolishpracticewereshown.
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