COMPARISON OF ACCOUNTING FOR GOVERMENT GRANTS PROVIDED TO TOURISM COMPANIES IN TERMS OF TAS-20 STANDARD AND UNIFORM ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

Journal Title: Muhasebe ve Vergi Uygulamaları Dergisi - Year 2018, Vol 11, Issue 1

Abstract

Tourism, which is an investment oriented sector, particularly after 1980s developed significantly in Turkey, with the support of government grants for the sector and it has an important role in the improvement of balance of payments, decrease in balance of payments deficit and unemployment rates via foreign exchange inflow to the country in financially distressed periods. The concept of grant and the government grants provided to the tourism sector in Turkey, TAS-20 Standard and the Uniform Accounting System are explained in detail within this study. It is attempted to identify similarities and differences by examining comparatively the accounting for government grants in terms of TAS-20 Standard and Uniform Accounting System, and in this context a hypothetical application is included. In the hypothetical application which includes the main types of grants provided to tourism enterprises, accounting for the government grants is applied in accordance with both TAS-20 and Uniform Accounting System. In the conclusion section, it is aimed to eliminate the differences by comparing the applications and then suggestions are presented.

Authors and Affiliations

Gülçin KARATAŞ, Nilüfer TETİK

Keywords

Related Articles

THE IMPACT OF FOOTBALL MATCH SCORES OF RIVALS ON STOCK PRICES

Traditional finance theory which assumes that all the individuals are rational, remains incapable of describing the preference of the investors between the risk and return. As a consequence of that, the concept of behavi...

THE LINK BETWEEN MANIPULATION WITH ACCOUNTING: LEARNING FROM THE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY COUPLED WITH THE SETTING OF FINANCIAL LEGISLATION

It is well known that the commitment of manipulation act which is one of the factors significantly worsening the impairment of the corporate financial (mis)reporting process through the impairment of the market efficienc...

CALCULATION OF ACTIVITY COSTS IN UNIVERSITIES THROUGH ACADEMIC TIME ACCOUNTING

The EUA-European University Association has launched an implementation project under the name "European Universities Implementing Their Modernization Agenda" (EUIMA-European Universities) under the framework of the 7th F...

A RESEARCH ON GRADUATE THESIS STUDIES PREPARED IN TURKEY FOR ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS: 1987-2017 PERIOD

Accounting and financial reporting standards, whose main objective is to best meet the information needs of interest groups with the accurate presentation, embody the principle of faithful representation in the transfer...

SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING IN TURKEY (2005-2017)

Sustainability reports are intermediaries that provide information to the public regarding the economic, environmental and social aspects of companies’ operations. The aim of this study is to analyze past and current s...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP260801
  • DOI 10.29067/muvu.372860
  • Views 87
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Gülçin KARATAŞ, Nilüfer TETİK (2018). COMPARISON OF ACCOUNTING FOR GOVERMENT GRANTS PROVIDED TO TOURISM COMPANIES IN TERMS OF TAS-20 STANDARD AND UNIFORM ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. Muhasebe ve Vergi Uygulamaları Dergisi, 11(1), 1-26. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-260801