Suchergebnisse

The present topic is relevant because the majority of Lithuanian laws, regulations and accounting processes are focused only on the tax issue - the presence and absence of the tax liability and the correct calculation. Other than the legislation of accounting in Lithuania, Business Accounting Standards provides guidance, induces that actual costs incurred and earned income should be taken into consideration, which are the main objectives which reflects business and its future. Entities which have business in Lithuania must comply with the law governing the accounts, including Business Accounting Standards. Accounting professionals often faces with the differences between the Lithuanian income tax law and Business Accounting Standards, which increases their cost of accounting procedures and reduces the optimization of time spent for the accounting. Furthermore, these discrepancies also lead to possible corruption of the financial statements. The main objective is to analyze the main differences and discrepancies between the Lithuanian income tax law and Business Accounting Standards. Research methods - scientific articles and various comparative literature analysis, document analysis, statistical analysis and legislative analysis. After careful comparative analysis of the differences between the Lithuanian income tax law and Business Accounting Standards, we can conclude that hypothesis was confirmed as an investigation confirmed that governing legislations are not harmonized, which leads to possible inaccuracies in the financial statements. Master's thesis is divided into three parts. In the first part, the financial accounting concept, functions, objectives, consumers, reliability and importance of the accurate accounting information are analyzed. The second part contains of accounting legislation analysis in Lithuania. The analysis of discrepancy between the Lithuanian income tax law and Business Accounting Standards is introduced in the third part.

The present topic is relevant because the majority of Lithuanian laws, regulations and accounting processes are focused only on the tax issue - the presence and absence of the tax liability and the correct calculation. Other than the legislation of accounting in Lithuania, Business Accounting Standards provides guidance, induces that actual costs incurred and earned income should be taken into consideration, which are the main objectives which reflects business and its future. Entities which have business in Lithuania must comply with the law governing the accounts, including Business Accounting Standards. Accounting professionals often faces with the differences between the Lithuanian income tax law and Business Accounting Standards, which increases their cost of accounting procedures and reduces the optimization of time spent for the accounting. Furthermore, these discrepancies also lead to possible corruption of the financial statements. The main objective is to analyze the main differences and discrepancies between the Lithuanian income tax law and Business Accounting Standards. Research methods - scientific articles and various comparative literature analysis, document analysis, statistical analysis and legislative analysis. After careful comparative analysis of the differences between the Lithuanian income tax law and Business Accounting Standards, we can conclude that hypothesis was confirmed as an investigation confirmed that governing legislations are not harmonized, which leads to possible inaccuracies in the financial statements. Master's thesis is divided into three parts. In the first part, the financial accounting concept, functions, objectives, consumers, reliability and importance of the accurate accounting information are analyzed. The second part contains of accounting legislation analysis in Lithuania. The analysis of discrepancy between the Lithuanian income tax law and Business Accounting Standards is introduced in the third part.