Audits un Grāmatvedība 99

II International Conference 8 December 1999 Hotel Radisson SAS (Riga, Latvia)

What are audit and accounting development trends in Europe and worldwide?

What is the essence of altered accounting standards and how will such standards be applied to local circumstances?

Are there any perspectives to pass Latvian accounting standards?

What will Latvian Law on Sworn Auditors be like?

What do taxpayers have to hope for in the 3rd millennium?

How to establish partner relations between internal and external auditors and improve communication psychology?

Key presentations  

  • International audit and accounting standards: looking ahead
  • Review of the Baltic market for audit and consulting
  • Regulation of laws on audit and accounting market
  • Changes to the Law on Sworn Auditors
  • Perspectives of passing Latvian accounting standards
  • Innovations to tax legislation
  • Accrual and investment stimulating taxes. Due diligence; investment appraisal
  • Manager’s and auditor’s responsibility for audit credibility. Independence of auditor’s conclusion
  • Changes to legislation and the way they will affect preparation and auditing of annual reports. Consolidated annual reports
  • Evaluation and management of enterprise’s risks
  • Control of annual report credibility performed by Latvian Register of Enterprises
  • Information openness and local auditing companies’ development perspectives
  • The role and functions of auditors’ and accountants’ professional ethics
  • Communication psychology in audit. Relations between internal and external auditors
  • Information and analysis accounting systems
  • Information technologies for audit computerisation