SHS Web of Conferences (Jan 2020)
Analysis of Reporting Period Flexibility
Abstract
Entities take advantage of the possibility of changing the reporting period (to other than the calendar year) because such a change has a rational basis, usually regarding the specific type of business of a particular entity. They are therefore entities that are seasonal in nature respective to their economic activities. As part of the analysis, of the use of the alternative reporting period by the Slovak accounting entities, we present in addition to the number of accounting entities also their area of business to substantiate the reasons why the entity lead to change in the reporting period.