Accounting for goodwill under FRS136 : case of Malaysian plantation companies

The introduction of FRS (financial reporting standards) 136 to Malaysian PLC’s (public limited company) in 2006 indirectly formalized accounting for purchased goodwill for the first time. Based on a sample of 2006 annual reports of 10 Main Board companies from plantation sector, the study finds the...

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Main Authors: Yusof, Nurul Adillah, Ismail, Hashanah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: David Publishing Company 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12916/
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description The introduction of FRS (financial reporting standards) 136 to Malaysian PLC’s (public limited company) in 2006 indirectly formalized accounting for purchased goodwill for the first time. Based on a sample of 2006 annual reports of 10 Main Board companies from plantation sector, the study finds the level of desired disclosure has yet to be met. Whilst the intention of the standard is noble, actual practice for first time reporting entities indicate that Malaysian PLC’s and their auditors have far to go before they can meet the expectation set by FRS 136 in particular and International Financial Reporting Standards in general.
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spelling upm-129162015-10-30T00:40:08Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12916/ Accounting for goodwill under FRS136 : case of Malaysian plantation companies Yusof, Nurul Adillah Ismail, Hashanah The introduction of FRS (financial reporting standards) 136 to Malaysian PLC’s (public limited company) in 2006 indirectly formalized accounting for purchased goodwill for the first time. Based on a sample of 2006 annual reports of 10 Main Board companies from plantation sector, the study finds the level of desired disclosure has yet to be met. Whilst the intention of the standard is noble, actual practice for first time reporting entities indicate that Malaysian PLC’s and their auditors have far to go before they can meet the expectation set by FRS 136 in particular and International Financial Reporting Standards in general. David Publishing Company 2010-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12916/1/Accounting%20for%20goodwill%20under%20FRS136.pdf Yusof, Nurul Adillah and Ismail, Hashanah (2010) Accounting for goodwill under FRS136 : case of Malaysian plantation companies. Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing, 6 (9). pp. 32-36. ISSN 1548-6583 http://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=1106
spellingShingle Yusof, Nurul Adillah
Ismail, Hashanah
Accounting for goodwill under FRS136 : case of Malaysian plantation companies
title Accounting for goodwill under FRS136 : case of Malaysian plantation companies
title_full Accounting for goodwill under FRS136 : case of Malaysian plantation companies
title_fullStr Accounting for goodwill under FRS136 : case of Malaysian plantation companies
title_full_unstemmed Accounting for goodwill under FRS136 : case of Malaysian plantation companies
title_short Accounting for goodwill under FRS136 : case of Malaysian plantation companies
title_sort accounting for goodwill under frs136 : case of malaysian plantation companies
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12916/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12916/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12916/1/Accounting%20for%20goodwill%20under%20FRS136.pdf