Statement of Standard Accounting Practice

Statement of Standard Accounting Practice
= SSAP
Any of the accounting standards prepared by the Accounting Standards Committee (ASC) and issued by the six members of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies. Starting in 1971, a total of 25 SSAPs were issued up to 1990, when the ASC was replaced by the Accounting Standards Board. Before a SSAP was issued a discussion document known as an exposure draft was circulated for comment. The SSAPs issued are given in the box SOMEWHERE, although some of these were withdrawn by the ASC, amended, or superseded by the later Financial Reporting Standards.
1. Accounting for the Results of Associated Companies
2. Disclosure of Accounting Policies
3. Earnings per Share
4. The Accounting Treatment of Government Grants
5. Accounting for Value Added Tax
6. Extraordinary Items and Prior Year Adjustments
7. Accounting for the Changes in the Purchasing Power of Money (provisional)
8. The Treatment of Taxation under the Imputation System
9. Stocks and Work in Progress
10. Statement of Sources and Application of Funds
11. Accounting for Deferred Taxation
12. Accounting for Depreciation
13. Accounting for Research and Development
14. Group Accounts
15. Accounting for Deferred Taxation
16. Current Cost Accounting
17. Accounting for Post Balance Sheet Events
18. Accounting for Contingencies
19. Accounting for Investment Properties
20. Foreign Currency Translation
21. Accounting for Leases and Hire Purchase Contracts
22. Accounting for Goodwill
23. Accounting for Acquisitions and Mergers
24. Accounting for Pension Costs
25. Segmental Reporting

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