INTANGIBLE ASSETS IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF SERBIAN AND SLOVENIAN LISTED COMPANIES: A PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW OF THE REPORTING PRACTICES

Dejan Spasić, Anton Vorina

DOI Number
10.22190/TEME1801167S
First page
167
Last page
184

Abstract


The aim of the research is to achieve a conclusion what is the level of the reporting practice on intangible assets in two countries - in the Republic of Serbia and in the Republic of Slovenia trough a comparative descriptive statistics. Consolidated financial statements of listed companies in these two countries were used from the Belgrade Stock Exchange (Serbia) and the Ljubljana Stock Exchange (Slovenia). The reason for the use of consolidated financial statements lies in the fact that they can contain unconsolidated intangible assets already recognized in the separate financial statements of the companies included in the group, as well as internally generated intangible assets that meet the conditions for recognition in a business combination (including Goodwill). The general assessment is that the survey results indicate a very low level of reporting practice of intangible assets in Serbia and relatively satisfactory level of reporting practice in Slovenia. Individual results are given in the fourth part of the paper.

 


Keywords

Intangible assets, IFRS, Consolidated financial statements, Impairment test.

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