Accounting standards

Accounting Standards Updates by Jurisdiction: Ireland

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Deloitte

Accounting standards updates and background information from Deloitte's IAS Plus service.

IFAC profile: Ireland

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IFAC

Profile of the legal and regulatory environment, including information on the statutory framework for accounting and auditing, regulation of the profession and adoption of international standards.

Use of IFRS standards by jurisdiction: Ireland

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IFRS Foundation

Country profile prepared by the IFRS Foundation with notes on the extent of IFRS application, relevant jurisdictional authority, IFRS endorsement and translation of standards.

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Accountancy associations and groups

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Accountancy profession

How is the European accountancy profession organised?

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Jul 2020
Accountancy Europe

Survey of the structure and organisation of the accountancy profession across Europe. The interactive map shows you how individual countries regulate or supervise the profession. An accompanying publication, 'How is access to the European accountancy profession regulated?' is also available - this focuses particularly on the audit profession.

Overview of the profession in Ireland

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Jul 2020
Accountancy Europe

Profile of the structure of the accountancy profession in Ireland. The profile compares the status of different professional titles, showing whether they are protected titles and if they are regulated or supervised. It also lists the necessary qualifications and requirements to work in Ireland and gives basic statistics on the number of qualified professionals and trainees there.

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Model accounts

The ICAEW Library can search our databases for model accounts and disclosure checklists on behalf of members, ACA students and other authorised users. Contact us to request model documents.

Pro Forma Financial Statements 2020 (Republic of Ireland)

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Chartered Accountants Ireland

Chartered Accountants Ireland produce for sale a set of model financial statements prepared under Irish GAAP for a full range of company types. The specimen accounts include sample wordings and notes on disclosures required by UK and Irish companies legislation.

Financial Statements disclosure checklist 2020 (Republic of Ireland)

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Chartered Accountants Ireland

This toolkit has been brought up-to-date to encompass changes to ROI Company Law and Accounting Standards, and has been extended to include small companies and micro companies. It is now published as a fully-linked Excel workbook.

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Guides and resources

Irish GAAP in your pocket – a guide to FRS 102

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2013
Deloitte

This publication from Deloitte (Ireland) summarises the main requirements of FRS 102, highlighting key differences compared to both existing Irish GAAP and EU-endorsed IFRS.

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ICAEW Contact Members

Contact Member in Ireland

ICAEW’s network of Contact Members around the world are a point of contact for enquiries and act as ambassadors in promoting ICAEW's strategy and brand in each region.

Online articles

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Databases

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International Corporate Procedures (Lexis+)

This regularly updated database includes country-by-country information on tax and accounting and features model company accounts. The model accounts are presented in the standard format for each country or territory with original language and English language versions presented together. Contact us to request documents from this database.

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