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''Financial reporting - tangible fixed assets.''
(PCBS).


Accounting depreciation spreads the cost of a long-term tangible asset over its total life.


The accounting ''depreciation expense'' reflects:
The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards was established by the UK Parliament in 2012 to:
* the estimated periodic cost to a business
* of a physical capital asset
* spread over its estimated useful economic life.


'''A.'''


Also known as ''depreciation charge.''
Consider and report on:


1. Professional standards and culture in the UK banking sector, taking account of regulatory and competition investigations into the LIBOR rate-setting scandal.


== See also ==
2. Lessons to be learned about:
* [[Accruals accounting]]
* [[Accumulated depreciation]]
* [[Amortisation]]
* [[Appreciation]]
* [[Assets]]
* [[Capital allowances]]
* [[Capitalisation]]
* [[Cost]]
* [[Depreciation]]
* [[EBITDA]]
* [[Expenditure]]
* [[Expense]]
* [[Net book value]]
* [[Property, plant and equipment]]
* [[Provision for depreciation]]
* [[Reducing balance]]
* [[Straight line]]
* [[Sum of the digits]]
* [[Tangible asset]]
* [[Tax depreciation]]
* [[Writing down allowance]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
2.1. Corporate governance.
[[Category:The_business_context]]
 
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
2.2. Transparency.
[[Category:Investment]]
 
2.3. Conflicts of interest.
 
2.4. Their implications for regulation and for UK Government policy.
 
 
'''B.'''
 
Make recommendations for legislative and other action.
 
The Commission's 2013 report proposes:
 
(1) Making the individual responsibility of senior bankers a reality.
 
(2) Reinforcing each bank's own responsibility for its own soundness and the maintenance of its standards.
 
(3) Creating better functioning and more diverse banking markets.
 
(4) Reinforcing regulators's responsibility to exercise judgement in deploying their powers.
 
(5) Specifying the responsibilities of the UK Government.
 
 
The Commission's report setting out its conclusions and recommendations can be downloaded below:
 
[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201314/jtselect/jtpcbs/27/27.pdf: PCBS final report June 2013]
 
 
==External link==
*[http://www.parliament.uk/bankingstandards UK Parliament: PCBS]
 
[[Category:Regulation_and_Law]]
[[Category:Control_and_Reporting]]
[[Category:Policy_and_Objectives]]
[[Category:The_Treasury_Professional]]

Revision as of 12:16, 28 June 2013

(PCBS).


The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards was established by the UK Parliament in 2012 to:

A.

Consider and report on:

1. Professional standards and culture in the UK banking sector, taking account of regulatory and competition investigations into the LIBOR rate-setting scandal.

2. Lessons to be learned about:

2.1. Corporate governance.

2.2. Transparency.

2.3. Conflicts of interest.

2.4. Their implications for regulation and for UK Government policy.


B.

Make recommendations for legislative and other action.

The Commission's 2013 report proposes:

(1) Making the individual responsibility of senior bankers a reality.

(2) Reinforcing each bank's own responsibility for its own soundness and the maintenance of its standards.

(3) Creating better functioning and more diverse banking markets.

(4) Reinforcing regulators's responsibility to exercise judgement in deploying their powers.

(5) Specifying the responsibilities of the UK Government.


The Commission's report setting out its conclusions and recommendations can be downloaded below:

PCBS final report June 2013


External link

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