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Multinationals in Mozambique have one transition year to adopt international accounting standards


Maputo, Mozambique, 8 Feb – Large multinational companies operating in Mozambique are already adopting the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), while small and medium sized firms have one year to adopt them, by 2011.

Mozambique’s use of the IFRS, the standard international accounting system, has facilitated the work of many large companies, which were previously forced to use two accounting systems.

In recent notes on the IFRS, Mozambique’s Tax Authority explained that companies were using one statement of results for the country where they operated, for tax effects, and another for the origin country, for consolidation of results.  [ more ]
 
 
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