Análisis práctico de la aplicación de las normas internacionales de contabilidad “propiedad, planta y equipo" y “deterioro del valor de los activos” NIC 16 y NIC 36, en el año 2011 y su impacto tributario

La Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros, a través de la Resolución No. 06.Q.ICI-004 de 21 de agosto de 2006, adoptó las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera “NIIF” y dispuso su aplicación obligatoria por parte de las entidades sujetas a su control y vigilancia de la Superintendencia, en este sentido estableció un cronograma de implementación de dichas normas mediante Resolución 08.G.DSC.010 de 20 de noviembre de 2008, en la que se establecieron tres grupos de aplicación a partir del año 2010, 2011 y 2012. Con estas disposiciones, a partir del año 2012 absolutamente todas las compañías sujetas al control por parte de la Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros, debieron registrar sus estados financieros bajo las referidas normas contables, las cuales permiten obtener información financiera transparente y uniforme, que sirve para la toma de decisiones a los usuarios de esos estados financieros. Un rubro importante que se presenta en los estados financieros, sin duda son la propiedad, planta y equipo, cuyo tratamiento contable se encuentra en las NIC 16 y NIC 36, esta última en cuanto al reconocimiento del deterioro, mientras que tributariamente, la Ley Orgánica de Régimen Tributario Interno y el Reglamento para la Aplicación de la Ley Orgánica de Régimen Tributario Interno, establecen el cumplimiento de ciertas condiciones para que las depreciaciones de esa propiedad, planta y equipo, sea deducibles a efectos del Impuesto a la Renta. En este sentido tanto la norma contable (Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros) como la norma tributaria (Servicio de Rentas Internas), con el pasar del tiempo confluyen hacia tratamientos contables y tributarios que permiten a las compañías una mejor conciliación entre las mismas, como es el caso del Reglamento a la Ley orgánica de Incentivos a la Producción y Prevención de Fraude Fiscal, publicado en el R.O. No. 407 de 31 de diciembre de 2014, que permite el reconocimiento de activos y pasivos por impuestos diferidos en ciertos casos y condiciones, que de acuerdo a la norma contable deben registrarse.

EU Grand Strategy: Optimism is Mandatory. Egmont Security Policy Brief No. 36, July 2012

The Arab Spring, the American pivot, and the global crisis: these affect all of EU external action, but also present opportunities for EU action. A debate on grand strategy remains necessary.

Health-related quality of life in Huntington's disease: a comparison of two generic instruments, SF-36 and SIP

Whereas several clinical endpoints in monitoring the response to treatment in patients with Huntington's disease (HD) have been explored, there has been a paucity of research in the quality of life in such patients. The aim of this study was to validate the use of two generic health-related quality of life instruments (the Short Form 36 health survey questionnaire [SF-36] and the Sickness Impact Profile [SIP]) and to evaluate their psychometric properties. We found that both instruments demonstrated acceptable convergent validity and reliability for patients and carers. However, there was an advantage in using the SF-36 because of its more robust construct validity and test-retest reliability; furthermore, motor symptoms appeared to influence some strictly nonmotor dimensions of the SIP. On a pragmatic level, the SF-36 is shorter and quicker to administer and, therefore, easier for patients at various stages of the disease to complete. Thus, the SF-36 would appear to be the recommended instrument of choice for patients with HD and their carers, although further work needs to be done to investigate the sensitivity of this instrument longitudinally. (C) 2004 Movement Disorder Society.

Modelling of the natural chlorine cycling in a coniferous stand: implications for chlorine-36 behaviour in a contaminated forest environment

Considered as one of the most available radionuclide in soileplant system, 36Cl is of potential concern for long-term management of radioactive wastes, due to its high mobility and its long half-life. To evaluate the risk of dispersion and accumulation of 36Cl in the biosphere as a consequence of a potential contamination, there is a need for an appropriate understanding of the chlorine cycling dynamics in the ecosystems. To date, a small number of studies have investigated the chlorine transfer in the ecosystem including the transformation of chloride to organic chlorine but, to our knowledge, none have modelled this cycle. In this study, a model involving inorganic as well as organic pools in soils has been developed and parameterised to describe the biogeochemical fate of chlorine in a pine forest. The model has been evaluated for stable chlorine by performing a range of sensitivity analyses and by comparing the simulated to the observed values. Finally a range of contamination scenarios, which differ in terms of external supply, exposure time and source, has been simulated to estimate the possible accumulation of 36Cl within the different compartments of the coniferous stand. The sensitivity study supports the relevancy of the model and its compartments, and has highlighted the chlorine transfers affecting the most the residence time of chlorine in the stand. Compared to observations, the model simulates realistic values for the chlorine content within the different forest compartments. For both atmospheric and underground contamination scenarios most of the chlorine can be found in its organic form in the soil. However, in case of an underground source, about two times less chlorine accumulates in the system and proportionally more chlorine leaves the system through drainage than through volatilisation.