Accounting and accounting rules in Gabon
Accounting Rules
- Tax Year
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The tax year is the calendar year.
- Accounting Standards
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The Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) released a Uniform Act on Accounting and Financial Information (AUDCIF), which came into effect on January 1, 2018 for individual accounts and on January 1, 2019 for consolidated accounts, combined accounts, and financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS.
As of 1 January 2019, IFRS Standards are required for all listed companies and companies making a public call for capital.
- Accounting Regulation Bodies
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Ordre National des Experts-Comptables du Gabon (ONEC)
- Accounting Reports
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According to art. 8 of the Accounting Act of the Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa, companies must publish a balance sheet, a profit and loss account, a statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements.
All listed companies and companies making a public call for capital must use IFRS standards for their financial statements.
- Publication Requirements
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Public limited companies must submit audited financial statement every year. Limited liability companies must appoint an auditor in one of the following cases: capital of more than XOF 10 million; more than 50 employees; or a turnover of XOF 250 million or more.
- Professional Accountancy Bodies
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Ordre National des Experts-Comptables du Gabon (ONEC)
- Certification and Auditing
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According to art. 8 of the Uniform Act on Commercial Companies of the Organisation for the Harmonization of Corporate Law in Africa (OHADA), private limited companies that meet, at the end of the fiscal year, two of following conditions are required to appoint at least one auditor: the total amount of the balance sheet is greater than CFA Francs 125 million; the annual turnover is greater than CFA Francs 250 million; the number of permanent staff exceeds fifty people. For private limited companies that do not meet these criteria, the appointment of an auditor is optional. Nevertheless, such an appointment maybe requested in court by one or more members holding at least one-tenth of the stated capital.
In public limited companies, supervision is exercised by one or more auditors.
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