The introduction of IAS/IFRS has consequences for tax accounting, disclosure and corporate law accounting concepts in individual Member States. The Book focuses on differences between the Anglo-American view on accounting and various continental disclosure, tax and corporate accounting concepts. The first chapter describes the historical development of IAS/IFRS, the relationship with national accounting concepts and the possible future of IFRS. In the second chapter the authors analyse the different ways in which financial accounting in general and IAS/IFRS in particular influence tax accounting. In the third chapter the authors analyse the role of the accounts as disclosure document.