EU Accounting Directive (Directive 2013/34/EU)
Chapter 2: General provisions and principles – EU Accounting Directive (Directive 2013/34/EU)

EU Accounting Directive (Directive 2013/34/EU) A4: Annual financial statements as a composite whole giving a true and fair view

What does A4 require?

An undertaking's annual financial statements must at least contain a balance sheet, a profit and loss account and notes, drawn up clearly and as a single whole. They must give a true and fair view of assets, liabilities, financial position and result; where following the Directive's rules would not achieve that, the notes must add whatever further information is needed, and in the exceptional case where a specific rule conflicts with the true and fair view that rule is set aside and the departure, its reasons and its effect are explained in the notes. Member States may demand more from undertakings other than small ones, and small undertakings may only be made to add tax-driven items gathered through a single filing system.

Maintained by Gerard Blokdyk

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 2 controls across 2 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • 15-17 Achieve fair presentation through compliance, and say so plainly
  • s295-297 ss 295 to 297 Financial report contents, accounting standards, true and fair view and directors' declaration

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in Chapter 2: General provisions and principles – EU Accounting Directive (Directive 2013/34/EU)

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The graph holds this control, the 2 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.