Contabilidad y Fiscalidad ( 2.ª edición - 2016)


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Este libro desarrolla los contenidos del módulo profesional de Contabilidad y Fiscalidad que cursan los alumnos del segundo curso del Ciclo Formativo de grado superior de Administración y Finanzas, perteneciente a la familia profesional de Administración y Gestión, establecidos y regulados por el Real Decreto 1584/2011, de 4 de noviembre, de acuerdo con la Ley Orgánica 2/2006, de 3 de mayo, de Educación. Esta segunda edición recoge las modificaciones introducidas en el Código de Comercio y en la Ley de Sociedades de Capital para adaptarse a la Directiva 2013/34/UE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 26 de junio de 2013. También se ha actualizado la Unidad 15 para adaptarla a la nueva Ley de Auditoría de Cuentas que recoge los cambios introducidos por la Directiva 2014/56/UE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 16 de abril de 2014. La obra cubre las siguientes áreas: contabilización en soporte informático de los hechos contables de acuerdo con los criterios del Plan General de Contabilidad (PGC); tramitación de las obligaciones fiscales y contables relativas al Impuesto sobre Sociedades (IS) y al Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas (IRPF), con la aplicación de la normativa mercantil y fiscal vigente; registro contable de las operaciones derivadas del fi n del ejercicio económico a partir de la información de un ciclo económico completo, con la aplicación de los criterios del PGC y de la legislación vigente; confección de las cuentas anuales y su depósito en el Registro Mercantil; análisis de la situación económico-financiera y patrimonial de una empresa a través de los estados contables; y caracterización del proceso de auditoría dentro del marco normativo español. Partiendo de lo ya aprendido anteriormente, los alumnos podrán ampliar sus conocimientos contables y adquirir otros como la depreciación del inmovilizado, los deterioros de valor y las provisiones, los distintos tipos de instrumentos financieros, el análisis de los estados contables o el proceso de auditoría. Asimismo, la obra analiza de forma práctica los distintos hechos contables que se producen en la actividad empresarial, para lo que evitan las explicaciones teóricas innecesariamente largas y se apoyan de manera constante en ejemplos resueltos con el objetivo de lograr una mejor comprensión de los conceptos. El libro también realiza un estudio práctico del IS, el IRPF, el Impuesto sobre Actividades Económicas (IAE) y el Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles (IBI), entre otros, para que el estudiante sea capaz de registrar los hechos contables derivados de las operaciones de trascendencia económico-financiera y gestionar las obligaciones fiscales de la empresa de acuerdo con la legislación vigente y por medio de aplicaciones informáticas de gestión contable y fiscal. Finalmente, este libro permite realizar un estudio práctico e integrado de los contenidos expresados anteriormente a través de numerosos ejemplos resueltos. Con el mismo objetivo se proponen gran cantidad de ejercicios prácticos cuya realización es básica para el aprendizaje de esta materia. En definitiva, todas estas características hacen de esta obra una perfecta herramienta para la formación de los futuros Técnicos Superiores en Administración y Finanzas.




Accounting Principles


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Accounting is about so much more than crunching numbers. Accounting impacts the lives of everyone, from the average person who does a budget every month to CEOs looking for the best way to invest in their business. It is a truly useful skill that benefits anyone who learns it. But, why is accounting so important?Established accounting principles make it possible for financial entities to communicate information. Homeowners and taxpayers can also use it when budgeting for the year, either to determine their own personal net worth or for financial planning. It is important that people in many job positions be familiar with reading and understanding financial reports. From business owners to CEOs to marketing managers and banking officials, there are many people whose jobs can benefit from learning accounting.Many people lead busy lives once they start their career and you may not have time to go back to college or hundreds (or thousands) of dollars to spend on an accounting class. This book is designed for those people, as well as for students that may need a little more help to understand their accounting class.One of the biggest obstacles to overcome in accounting is understanding the terminology. This book will break down important terms and principles in a way that is easy for the average person to understand. As you read about the principles of accounting, you'll find clear examples that will help you apply the principles to accounting work, whether preparing statements or interpreting. Finally, we'll discuss how you can use the principles you've learned about to prepare financial statements, complete the accounting cycle and determine ratios that will tell you more about what is going on with a business. Though we'll focus heavily on the principles, this book is the perfect starter's guide to learning everything you need to enter the field of accounting. Complete with detailed examples and information, you'll be an expert in no time.Thank you for downloading and happy reading!




Combating Tax Avoidance in the EU


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Following each Member State's need to rebuild a strong and stable economy after the 2007 financial crisis, the European Union (EU) has developed a robust new transparency framework with binding anti-abuse measures and stronger instruments to challenge external threats of base erosion. This is the first and only book to provide a complete detailed analysis of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Package and other recent and ongoing European actions taken in direct taxation. With contributions from both prominent tax academics and Spain's delegates to the European meetings where these rules are debated and promulgated, the book covers such issues and topics as the following: – the development of the EU Strategy towards Aggressive Tax Planning; – recent tax-related jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice; – the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive; – tax treaties and non-tax treaties with tax consequences both between Member States and between Member States and third countries; – code of conduct for business taxation; – automatic exchange of information; – country-by-country reporting; – arbitration in tax matters; – external strategy for effective taxation regarding non-EU countries; – competition and state aid developments in direct taxation; – the Common Consolidated Tax Base; and – digital significant presence and permanent establishment. As the EU pursues its ambitious tax agenda, taxation's contribution to EU growth and competitiveness and its part in relations with the rest of the world will come into ever clearer focus. In addition to its insights into these trends, the book's unparalleled practical information and analysis will be of great value to tax practitioners dealing with investment analysis, tax planning schemes, and other features of the current international tax landscape.




The Spanish Fiscal Transition


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This book provides an analysis of the process and outcomes of the tax reform, with a focus on progressivity, redistribution, and inequality. Between 1977 and 1986, Spain underwent a comprehensive tax reform which shaped its fiscal system until today. It was made in connection with the transition to democracy and indeed was understood as a fundamental part of the political change. The book situates the reform both within Spanish history and international trends in tax systems and connects it to the expansion of the welfare state and regional decentralization in Spain. The analysis reveals that the tax system failed to attain progressivity, and significant levels of fraud had a noticeable impact on inequality. Because of this, fiscal redistribution remained limited. In the new political economy of the second globalization, late democratic and fiscal transitioners were unable to emulate the path of the welfare state forerunners.




Corporate Tax Base in the Light of the IAS/IFRS and EU Directive 2013/34: A Comparative Approach


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The recent relaunch of the European Commission’s Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) project promises a sorely needed leap forward in the harmonization of the rules by which companies calculate their taxable profits. In particular, the initiative hopes to remedy the severe barrier to cross-border business caused by the ‘the accounting Tower of Babel’ by which companies’ tax bases are determined under national law. This thorough analysis and commentary covers the influence of accounting rules on tax, considering both generally accepted standards – international accounting standards (IAS) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS) – and EU Directive 2013/34. Three introductory chapters usher in detailed comparative overviews of the effect of these rules on taxation in nine EU Member States as well as in two other major EU trading partners, the United States and Brazil. Fully explaining the remarkable recent improvement in the comparability of accounts that represent favourable preconditions for creating a single market for financial services within the EU, this book covers every relevant detail, including the following and much more: – criterion of evaluation of alternative fixed assets based on revaluated amounts; – criterion based on fair value; – provisions applicable to income statements, notes, reports, and financial statements; – rules applicable to the publication of documents; – transparency in payments to governments; – dispositions on exemptions; – hierarchy of general provisions and principles; – balance sheet and profit and loss account; – simplifications for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); – system of creditors’ protection; and – protection of investors’ interests. This book is a peerless explication of the taxation choices granted to Member States under IAS/IFRS and EU Directive 2013/34 and how they will be affected by ongoing Commission initiatives. Because relevant, timely, reliable, and comparable information assumes a leading role in protecting the interests of investors, creditors, and other stakeholders, as well as in ensuring that all operators act on a level playing field under equal conditions, the analysis presented here is of immeasurable value to lawyers, business persons, and officials concerned with taxation, not only in Europe but anywhere within the reach of international trade.




Accounts and Accountability in Late Medieval Europe


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This volume stems from a conference organised in November 2018 at theUniversity of Bucharest in the frame of the European Research Councilproject CASTELLANY ACCOUNTS, "Record-keeping, fiscal reform, andthe rise of institutional accountability in late-medieval Savoy: A source-orientedapproach". Both the conference and the volume have received fundingfrom the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 638436).The volume traces the momentous transformation of institutions and administration under the impact of accounting records and procedures, c. 1250-1500. The focus on the materiality and organising logic of a range of accounts is complemented by close attention to the socio-political contexts in which they functioned and the agency of central and local officials.




Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2017/2018


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The Global Investment Competitiveness report presents new insights and evidence on drivers of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries, and FDI’s role in development. The report’s survey of 750 executives of multinational corporations finds that a business-friendly legal and regulatory environment is a key driver of investment decisions in developing countries, along with political stability, security, and macroeconomic conditions. The report’s topic-specific chapters explore the potential of FDI to create new growth opportunities for local firms, assess the power of tax holidays and other fiscal incentives to attract FDI, analyze characteristics of FDI originating in developing countries, and examine the experience of foreign investors in countries affected by conflict and fragility. Three key features of this Global Investment Competitiveness report distinguish it from other publications on FDI. First, its insights are based on a combination of first-hand perspectives of investors, extensive analysis of available data and evidence, and international good practices in investment policy design and implementation. Secondly, rather than exploring broad FDI trends, the report provides detailed and unique analysis of FDI depending on its motivation, sector, geographic origin and destination, and phase of investment. Thirdly, the report offers practical and actionable recommendations to policymakers in developing countries wishing to reform their business climates for increased investment competitiveness. As such, the report is meant to complement other knowledge products of the World Bank Group focused even more explicitly on country-level data, detailed reform diagnostics, and presentation of best practices. We are confident this report will bring value and fresh perspectives to a variety of audiences. To governments and policymakers, including investment promotion professionals, the report offers direct insights into the role of government policies and actions in investors’ decision-making. To foreign investors and site location consultants, the report provides information on FDI trends and drivers across sectors and geographies. For academic audiences, the new datasets on investment incentives and FDI motivations enables opportunities for additional research and analysis. Lastly, for development assistance providers and other stakeholders, the report highlights key approaches for maximizing FDI’s benefits for development.










Social and Solidarity Economy


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As economic crises, growing inequality and climate change prompt a global debate on the meaning and trajectory of development, increasing attention is focusing on 'social and solidarity economy' as a distinctive approach to sustainable and rights-based development. While we are beginning to understand what social and solidarity economy is, what it promises and how it differs from 'business as usual', we know far less about whether it can really move beyond its fringe status in many countries and regions. Under what conditions can social and solidarity economy scale up and scale out - that is, expand in terms of the growth of social and solidarity economy organizations and enterprises, or spread horizontally within given territories? Bringing together leading researchers, blending theoretical and empirical analysis, and drawing on experiences and case studies from multiple countries and regions, this volume addresses these questions. In so doing, it aims to inform a broad constituency of development actors, including scholars, practitioners, activists and policy makers.