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''UK accounting standards.''
An investor's measure of the safety of their future income flow from an investment.


The Corporate Reporting Council is the part of the Financial Reporting Council that is responsible for making, issuing, amending and withdrawing accounting standards.
The cover ratio is calculated as:
#The investment's internal cash flow - or its accounting equivalent flow - available to pay the investor's income DIVIDED BY:
#The income flow expected by, or contractually payable to, the investor.


The Corporate Reporting Council was formerly known as the Accounting Council.
== See also ==
* [[Debt service ratio]]
* [[Dividend cover]]
* [[Interest cover]]
* [[Uncovered]]


 
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
''(Before the Accounting Council, this role was previously undertaken by the Accounting Standards Board.)''
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
 
[[Category:Treasury_operations_infrastructure]]
 
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
==See also ==
* [[Accounting standards]]
* [[Board for Actuarial Standards]]
* [[Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board]]
* [[Financial Accounting Standards Board]]
* [[Financial Reporting Council]]
* [[Financial Reporting Standard]]
* [[Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities]]
* [[Generally accepted accounting principles]]
* [[International Accounting Standards Board]]
* [[Statement of recommended practice]]
 
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]

Revision as of 22:42, 13 November 2013

An investor's measure of the safety of their future income flow from an investment.

The cover ratio is calculated as:

  1. The investment's internal cash flow - or its accounting equivalent flow - available to pay the investor's income DIVIDED BY:
  2. The income flow expected by, or contractually payable to, the investor.

See also