Spanish National Chart of Accounts and Consolidation Rules in your Pocket
Septiembre 2011
Contact information
Audit
Germán de la Fuente Partner gedelafuente@deloitte.es
Professional Practice Manuel Arranz Partner maarranz@deloitte.es
Accounting Cleber Custodio Partner
clcustodio@deloitte.es
Industries
Products and Services Juan José Roque Partner jroque@deloitte.es
FSI
Francisco Celma Partner fcelma@deloitte.es
EU&TMT
Jesús Navarro Partner jenavarro@deloitte.es
Andalusia and Extremadura Leopoldo Parias
Partner lparias@deloitte.es
Aragon and La Rioja Pedro Rodrigo Peña Partner prodrigopena@deloitte.es
Canary Islands Ignacio Ramírez Partner igramirez@deloitte.es
Castilla y León Bernardo Rescalvo Partner brescalvo@deloitte.es
Catalonia and the Balearic Islands Jaume Buxó
Partner jbuxo@deloitte.es
Galicia
Jaime del Olmo Partner jdelolmo@deloitte.es
Eastern Spain Jesús Tejel Partner jtejel@deloitte.es
Basque Country, Navarre and Asturias Alberto Uribe-Echevarria
Partner auribeechevarria@deloitte.es
Foreword
In recent years we have witnessed a series of highly significant changes relating to the Spanish accounting system. These changes have been a faithful reflection of the evolution and convergence of accounting standards at international level as well as the verification, by the users of financial statements, of the growing importance of accounting with respect to economic decision-taking in the highly complex environment in which we currently live:
In the first phase, in 2005 it became obligatory for listed consolidated groups to issue their financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs).
In the second phase, in 2007 the new Spanish National Chart of Accounts was approved, applicable not only to listed companies (separate financial statements) but also to most other Spanish companies which, in general, had not previously had significant contact with the international standards.
Lastly, the most recent phase saw in 2010 the approval of Rules for the Preparation of Consolidated Financial statements (NOFCAC) as well as certain amendments that affected four recognition and measurement standards in the Chart of Accounts, certain of which of such importance as Standard 19 on Business Combinations and Standard 21 on Transactions between Group Companies.
There is no doubt that the implementation of all these changes to standards has presented a challenge and called for a significant effort, not only for the companies themselves but also for the various users of financial information, auditors, regulators, analysts and banks.
However, experience has shown us that cooperation among the parties involved has without doubt been of unparalleled assistance, so much so that today we can say that the difficulties have been overcome and that as a result of the endeavours made to implement the new standards, the results achieved have been highly satisfactory.
The aforementioned initial implementation and subsequent practical application have not been without difficulties which arose, among other factors, from the high degree of complexity of the new standards compared with the former Spanish National Chart of Accounts of 1990. This circumstance has frequently given rise to the need to interpret and compare the accounting standards; a process that, in any case, requires a joint effort from all the parties involved in order to achieve the desired outcome.
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We hope that this updated edition of The Spanish National Chart of Accounts and Consolidation Rules in your Pocket will be of use and provide assistance during this period of changes in which we are immersed.
October 2011
Audit
Professional Practice Director Deloitte Spain
Contents
Foreword 3
Historical context of the change in accounting legislation 11
Which chart of accounts can I apply? 19
Spanish National Chart of Accounts 23
Conceptual framework 24
Property, plant and equipment 27
Investment property 31
Intangible assets 32
Non-current assets and disposal groups classified
as held for sale 36
Leases and other transactions of a similar nature 38
Financial instruments 41
Inventories 49
Foreign currency 51
Income tax 53
Revenue from sales and services 56
Provisions and contingencies 57
Liabilities for long-term employee benefits 58
Share-based payment 60
Grants, donations and legacies received 62
Joint ventures 64
Transactions between Group companies 65
Changes in accounting policies, errors
and accounting estimates 67
Events after the reporting period 68
General rules for the preparation
of financial statements 69
Statement of changes in equity 74
Statement of cash flows 75
Group companies, jointly controlled entities
and associates 79
Related parties 81
Business combinations and Rules for the Preparation
of Consolidated Financial Statements (NOFCAC) 85
Business combinations 86
Rules for the Preparation of
Consolidated Financial Statements 91
Industry adaptations 105
Spanish National Chart of Accounts for
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) 109
Quick guide to most significant differences
with respect to IFRSs 115
Deloitte in Spain 128
Offices 130
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