statement of assets and liabilities, detailed information on loans and deposits, and various
financial ratios. The Bank of Lao PDR PDR prescribes the chart of accounts and formats
for banks in order to prepare their financial statements. This chart of accounts was
introduced in 1997. There is no statutory requirement for banks to use IFRS. The Chart of
Accounts for Banks is being revised at the present time in line with a recent version of
the IFRS. However, there is no mechanism in place for updating the Bank Chart of
Accounts to reflect up-to-date changes in the IFRS. The IFRS include standards that
have been developed to help banks prepare financial statements showing a true and fair
representation of income and expenditure and assets and liabilities. For example, IAS 32,
Financial Instruments: Disclosure and Presentation, and IAS 39, Financial Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement, were set to enable banks to account for financial
instruments. However, the 1997 Lao Accounting System for Banks does not enable banks
to properly account for such complex activity. Also, the current Lao Accounting System
is not comprehensive enough to handle all types of accounting issues encountered in bank
financial reporting.
16. The Insurance Law sets out the various compositions of technical provisions
relating to an insurance contract but not the measurement principles and disclosure
requirements with respect to financial reporting. The Insurance Law, Article 35,
requires insurance companies to submit annual financial statements to the Department of
State Owned Enterprises (SOE) Financial Management, no later than June 30 of each
calendar year. Article 33 requires all insurance companies to be audited. There is
however no system in place to enforce this requirement and no capacity within the
Department of SOE Financial Management to review the quality of financial statements
submitted by any of the 4 insurance companies in Lao PDR. Given that insurance
companies are required to prepare financial statements in accordance with the Lao
Accounting System and that IFRS is not legally required, the quality of financial
reporting is questionable. Standards such as IFRS 4, Insurance Contracts, are of critical
importance when measuring insurance company liabilities.
17. The Audit Law covers provisions relating to both the audit of public and
private sector entities. Article 6 requires that the detailed contents of state audit
standards are decided by the National Assembly upon proposal of the President of the
National Audit Agency.
B. The Profession
18. Due to lack of resources, the LICPA is unable to operate effectively. If held to
comparison with IFAC Statements of Membership Obligations, the LICPA falls short of
public expectations for a modern professional accountancy body. The LICPA has a 6
person Council, of which 3 are from academia. There are 3 administrative staff members.
With only 150 subscribed members and limited income, the LICPA must make
strengthening its capacity the highest priority.
statement of assets and liabilities, detailed information on loans and deposits, and various
financial ratios. The Bank of Lao PDR PDR prescribes the chart of accounts and formats
for banks in order to prepare their financial statements. This chart of accounts was
introduced in 1997. There is no statutory requirement for banks to use IFRS. The Chart of
Accounts for Banks is being revised at the present time in line with a recent version of
the IFRS. However, there is no mechanism in place for updating the Bank Chart of
Accounts to reflect up-to-date changes in the IFRS. The IFRS include standards that
have been developed to help banks prepare financial statements showing a true and fair
representation of income and expenditure and assets and liabilities. For example, IAS 32,
Financial Instruments: Disclosure and Presentation, and IAS 39, Financial Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement, were set to enable banks to account for financial
instruments. However, the 1997 Lao Accounting System for Banks does not enable banks
to properly account for such complex activity. Also, the current Lao Accounting System
is not comprehensive enough to handle all types of accounting issues encountered in bank
financial reporting.
16. The Insurance Law sets out the various compositions of technical provisions
relating to an insurance contract but not the measurement principles and disclosure
requirements with respect to financial reporting. The Insurance Law, Article 35,
requires insurance companies to submit annual financial statements to the Department of
State Owned Enterprises (SOE) Financial Management, no later than June 30 of each
calendar year. Article 33 requires all insurance companies to be audited. There is
however no system in place to enforce this requirement and no capacity within the
Department of SOE Financial Management to review the quality of financial statements
submitted by any of the 4 insurance companies in Lao PDR. Given that insurance
companies are required to prepare financial statements in accordance with the Lao
Accounting System and that IFRS is not legally required, the quality of financial
reporting is questionable. Standards such as IFRS 4, Insurance Contracts, are of critical
importance when measuring insurance company liabilities.
17. The Audit Law covers provisions relating to both the audit of public and
private sector entities. Article 6 requires that the detailed contents of state audit
standards are decided by the National Assembly upon proposal of the President of the
National Audit Agency.
B. The Profession
18. Due to lack of resources, the LICPA is unable to operate effectively. If held to
comparison with IFAC Statements of Membership Obligations, the LICPA falls short of
public expectations for a modern professional accountancy body. The LICPA has a 6
person Council, of which 3 are from academia. There are 3 administrative staff members.
With only 150 subscribed members and limited income, the LICPA must make
strengthening its capacity the highest priority.
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