ACCOUNTING ASPECTS OF THE ACQUISITION OF TANGIBLE ASSETS THROUGH LEASING

The present paper approaches problems on lease operations. A lease isan agreement whereby the lessor conveys to the lessee in return for a payment orseries of payments the right to use an asset for an agreed period of time. A financelease is a lease that transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incident toownership of an asset. Title may or may not eventually be transferred. A leaseclassified as an operating lease if it does not transfer substantially all risks andrewards to ownership. Since the transaction between a lessor and a lessee is based ona lease agreement commom to both parties, it is appropriate to use consistentdefinitions. The application of these definitions to the differing circumstances of thetwo parties may sometimes result in the same lease being classified differently bylessor and lessee.Leasing, lessor, finance lease

AUDITOR LIABILITY IN PERIOD OF FINANCIAL CRISIS

This paper deals with issues of how to take on the responsibility of the auditor, especiallyin this time of crisis that hits the whole society. Significant role of financial auditor and the lies that theauditor is unable to give reasonable assurance that financial statement are not tainted by fraud andmaterial errors. This results from International Standards on Auditing, which indicated that manyusers rely on financial statements as their primary source of information because they are unable toobtain additional information to meet specific information needs.economic crisis, responsibility, economy, financial statements, error, fraud

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT, A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR FINANCIAL AUDITORS

The purpose of this article is to present certain aspects regarding environmental auditand how it is perceived by the accounting profession, especially by financial auditors. The mainobjectives taken into account when writing the article was to define the concept of environmental audit,to present how financial auditors get involved within environmental audit, both internationally and inRomania. The scientific approach is based on information from national literature, European andinternational practice regarding environmental audit and the implication of accounting professionalsin this activity. The results of the research conducted in this paper have shown that the accountingprofession at international level, such as the case of New Zeeland, as well as at national level, is onlyslightly involved in environmental audit due to the fact that this type of audit is an activity that is notmandatory, being used for the entity’s own use as opposed to financial audit, which is mandatory andis stipulated by accounting regulations in force and is standardized.environmental audit, financial audit, environmental aspects, accounting profession

ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING, AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTRUMENT USED BY ENTITIES

The purpose of this article is to present certain aspects regarding environmental accounting and the environmental costs, which are instruments that the entities can use to identify and prevent the effects of their activities on the environment. The main objectives aimed by the article were to present the state of knowledge starting with the 1970s, when the concept of environmental accounting emerged for the first time, up until now; to define the concepts of environmental accounting and environmental costs; to present an analysis of how economic agents in Romania, and implicitly, accounting regulations, are getting involved in environmental issues

PILLARS OF THE AUDIT ACTIVITY: MATERIALITY AND AUDIT RISK

The purpose of this article is to present the issues of materiality andaudit risk within the activity of financial audit. The concepts of materiality and audit risk aredescribed from a theoretical perspective, providing approaches found within the national andinternational literature and within the specific legislation. A case study on the calculation ofmateriality and audit risk for an entity is presented in the last part of the article. Through thetheoretical approach and the case study, it was concluded that materiality has an importantrole in determining the type of report to be issued, that is why it can be considered helpful forthose involved in the audit process