Coréia também muda

A Coréia do Sul também irá mudar sua contabilidade, informou o Financial Times (S Korea to change shipbuilder accounts rules, Song Jung-a & Jennifer Hughes, 23/10/2008) . As regras que serão afetadas modificarão os resultados dos construtores de navios e outros exportadores.

Advinhe qual a finalidade? Impedir que as demonstrações financeiras sejam questionadas quanto as perdas em razão das flutuações cambiais:

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said the new rules would allow shipbuilders to offset losses from the plunging value of the Korean won by including expected currency gains from contracts that had not yet been executed - which are not normally reported - as well as foreign exchange losses from derivatives contracts linked to the overseas orders.

(…) Under previous rules, exporters were only allowed to book earnings from overseas orders when the cash was received - but they had to report each quarter the fair value of any derivative contracts they used to hedge these overseas cash flows. The won's slump would have led to huge reported losses on the derivative hedges without any recognition of the fact that these losses could be offset by the higher earnings from overseas orders that would result from the won's fall.