Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
arrêtés comptables et financiers
English translation:
final accounting and financial statements
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Matt Stott
Mar 13, 2005 22:42
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arrêtés comptables et financiers
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It is given as an example of important procedures in internal control, in this case ensuring the reliability of consolidated statements and monitoring of subsidiaries. I wondered whether it referred to "account and budget preparation" or "accounting and financial rules"...?
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| 4 | two possible meanings |
Jean-Charles Pirlet
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| 5 +1 | accounting and financial settlements |
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
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| 5 | Accounting and financial standards |
Martine Brault
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Jean-Charles Pirlet
United Kingdom
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French term (edited):
arr�t�s comptables et financiers
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two possible meanings
No context, soooo here goes : Arrete=decree.In that sense it is acounting and financial ( government) decrees/regulations.
Arrete= also final statement of accounts as in "les comptes arretes en date du 31 Decembre 2004". In this case, the translation is " the final( audited) accounting and finacial accounts
Arrete= also final statement of accounts as in "les comptes arretes en date du 31 Decembre 2004". In this case, the translation is " the final( audited) accounting and finacial accounts
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Comment: "Thanks again. I had the same two takes on the phrase and looking at the context, the way the company was organising the "arrêtés" tended to preclude the former."
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Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
New Caledonia
New Caledonia
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New Caledonia
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French term (edited):
arr�t�s comptables et financiers
accounting and financial settlements
accounting and financial settlements - for general accounting operations
or
statement of account - if talking about a fiscal year-end statement
it would seem that in this particular instance it is the first term that applies.
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statement of account - if talking about a fiscal year-end statement
it would seem that in this particular instance it is the first term that applies.
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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Martine Brault
Canada
Canada
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Canada
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French term (edited):
arr�t�s comptables et financiers
Accounting and financial standards
Accounting standards are necessary so that users /readers of Financial statements do not have to learn the rules of each company in order to understand the Statements.
Those are usualled referred to as GAAP: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
As there are more and more multi-national companies, the GAAP tend to get similiar between countried as well.
http://www.quickmba.com/accounting/fin/standards/
Those are usualled referred to as GAAP: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
As there are more and more multi-national companies, the GAAP tend to get similiar between countried as well.
http://www.quickmba.com/accounting/fin/standards/
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