Abstract. Although agriculture is an important part of the world
economy, accounting in agriculture still has many shortcomings. The
adoption of IAS 41 „Agricuture” has tried to improve this situation and
increase the comparability of financial statements of entities in the
agricultural sector. Although controversial, IAS 41 is the first step of a
consistent transition to fair value assessment in the agricultural sector.
The objective of our work is the analysis of IAS 41 and current
accounting agricultural situation in Romania. Accounting regulations in
Romania are in accordance with European directives and, in many
respects, converged with IFRS referential. Provisions of IAS 41, however,
are not reflected directly in Romanian regulations. With the increase of
forest land transactions and foreign investments in animal farms, it is
expected that recognition and measurement of biological assets under
IAS 41 to become a necessity.