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Comparative International
Financial Accounting I
GDPPer
Capita
Populatio
n(in
millions)
Unemplo
yment
Inflation
Areapersq
km
(in
thousands)
Imports
(in
billions)
Exports
(in
billions)
U.S
$10,990.0
$37,800
293.0
6.0%
2.3%
9,631.4
$,1260.0
$714.5
U.K.
$1,666.0
$27,700
60.3
5.0%
1.4%
244.8
$363.6
$304.5
Australia
$571.4
$29,000
19.9
6.0%
2.8%
7,686.9
$82.9
$68.7
Netherlands
$461.4
$28,600
16.3
5.3%
2.1%
41.5
$217.7
$253.2
Sweden
$238.3
$26,800
9.0
4.9%
1.9%
450.0
$83.3
$102.8
Germany
$2,271.0
$27,600
82.4
10.5%
1.1%
357.0
$585.0
$696.9
$239.3
$32,700
7.4
3.7%
0.6%
41.3
$102.2
$110.0
France
$1,661.0
$27,600
60.4
9.7%
2.1%
547.0
$339.9
$346.5
Italy
$1,550.0
$26,700
58.1
8.6%
2.7%
301.2
$271.1
$278.1
Spain
$885.5
$22,000
40.3
11.3%
3.0%
504.8
$197.1
$159.4
Japan
$3,582.0
$28,200
127.3
5.3%
0.3%
337.8
$346.6
$447.1
Switzerland
Anglo-American Accounting
Anglo-American Accounting
United
Kingdom
Focus on investors
Company law has a much wider remit
Accounting requirements are for all LLCs and
corporations
Accounts present a true and fair view of
company results
Accounting Standards Board (ASB) will
incorporate International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) by 2005
Anglo-American Accounting
Australia
English influence
Focus on investors rather than tax needs
Australian Securities & Investments Commission
The Netherlands
Nordic Accounting
Germanic Accounting
Germany
Germanic Accounting
Switzerland
Latin Accounting
France
Latin Accounting
Italy
Asian Accounting
Asian Accounting
Japan continued