Commission Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 of 29 September 2003 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) (c. 1725)

ANNEX

INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD IAS 1 (REVISED 1997)

Presentation of financial statements

ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

25. An enterprise should prepare its financial statements, except for cash flow information, under the accrual basis of accounting.

26. Under the accrual basis of accounting, transactions and events are recognised when they occur (and not as cash or its equivalent is received or paid) and they are recorded in the accounting records and reported in the financial statements of the periods to which they relate. Expenses are recognised in the income statement on the basis of a direct association between the costs incurred and the earning of specific items of income (matching). However, the application of the matching concept does not allow the recognition of items in the balance sheet which do not meet the definition of assets or liabilities.