Scientific Journal of KubSAU

For national financial accounting, fair value is really a problem. The reasons for that are various. First, there is an opinion that assessment procedure is not accounting "case", we have appraisers for that. The entities do not hurry to estimate fair value independently not to violate the law on assessment. They do not do it for the reason that transition from estimates on original cost to estimates is at fair value quite reasonable and we accept from the point of view of improvement of quality characteristics of the reporting, and here the return transition is rather complicated, even, one may say, is impracticable. Often, estimates at fair value are considered as the instrument of a fraud, a manipulation financial results and the financial reporting in general. Besides, use of estimates at fair value increases expenses on creation of the financial reporting that not every entity is able to afford in the conditions of national business. Use of fair value can significantly influence indicators of activities of the entities, and not always positively. In addition, certainly, assessment at fair value is a professional judgment for which in most cases nobody wants to bear responsibility. Nevertheless, as we are headed for IFRS, we shall promote overcoming difficulties of use of fair value for the purpose of creation of IFRS reporting. There is a popular belief that the IFRS reporting are constructed on fair value. To some extent, this is true, but fair value is a multidimensional concept. For example, historical cost value of the asset purchased for money for date of transaction can be "fair" cost. The "fair" cost of the current receivables corresponding to recognition criteria an asset is the amount of its settlement. The "fair" cost of the obtained bank loan is the current (amortized) liability size for date of the financial reporting. However, this view of fair value is represented narrow-minded and can be sufficient unless for general idea about IFRS - the reporting, but cannot be used in the professional environment