International Financial Reporting: A Practical Guide, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (29 September 2025) © 2025

  • Alan Melville
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Title overview

A focused, user-friendly introduction to international financial reporting.

Well-suited for undergraduates, postgraduates and those preparing for professional accounting examinations, International Financial Reporting, 9th edition takes a practical, applied approach in exploring and explaining the key financial standards.

With more than 140 countries in the world now using international financial reporting standards (IFRS® Standards), having a clear understanding of these is vital to your success in financial accounting. This textbook explains each standard as clearly and concisely as possible, and helps you take learning further with worked examples and exercises from past exam papers.

Table of contents

Part 1 Introduction to Financial Reporting

  1. The regulatory framework
  2. The IASB conceptual framework
  3. Presentation of financial statements
  4. Accounting policies, estimates and errors

Part 2 Financial Reporting in Practice

  1. Property, plant and equipment
  2. Intangible assets
  3. Impairment of assets
  4. Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations
  5. Leases
  6. Inventories
  7. Financial instruments
  8. Provisions and events after the reporting period
  9. Revenue from contracts with customers
  10. Employee benefits
  11. Taxation in financial statements
  12. Statement of cash flows
  13. Financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies

Part 3 Consolidated Financial Statements

  1. Groups of companies (1)
  2. Groups of companies (2)
  3. Associates and joint arrangements
  4. Related parties and changes in foreign exchange rates

Part 4 Analysis of Financial Statements

  1. Ratio analysis
  2. Earnings per share
  3. Segmental analysis

Part 5 Small and Medium-sized Entities

  1. The IFRS for SMEs® Standard

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