The objectives of this research are related to the analysis of: the theoretical and legal basis
regarding contingent assets and liabilities, the convergences resulted from the process of adapting
the Romanian private and public sectors to international norms, the discrepancies between theory
and practice, possibility also generated by the discrepancies between the views of accounting theoreticians and practitioners; as well as the interferences between the international accounting
rules that approach contingencies (IAS 37 and IPSAS 19), the national rules that regulate the
organization and management of accounting for economic agents and public institutions (O.M.P.F.
3055/2009 and O.M.P.F. 1917/2005 with subsequent amendments and completions), the structure
and content of financial statements prepared by these two categories of entities, the qualitative
features of the accounting information, etc.