The Influence on Financial Accounting and Reporting in France

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 64, University of Westminster (Westminster Business School), course: MSc Finance and Accounting, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the influences on French financial accounting and reporting, especially by analyzing the annual report for the year ended 2009 of the French listed company named LVMH Group SA (LVMH). The reader can find a brief introduction to the development and landscape of French accounting and its role in a comparative global financial reporting and accounting framework, where international standards (IAS/IFRS) put pressure in national and regional accounting systems. Furthermore, the classification and the influences on French accounting are briefly examined. Moreover this paper includes a ratio analysis of the LVMH Group SA for the year ended 2009. Finally, a more in-depth analysis of how specific features, such as asset valuation, consolidation and non-financial disclosures, are treated is done.