A Lei 11.638/2007 e a Harmonização de Práticas Contábeis em Empresas Multinacionais: Um Estudo de Caso sobre a Vale

Abstract

The world is in constant change, as well as all the thinks within. The evolution of economy has enabled a better integration of the business market, making the business environment single and global. It is more and more usual the income of foreign resources at the national capital markets as well as the fusion and acquisitions between companies from different countries and with its own characteristics. These companies, by their own initiative, try to adopt rules to attend their stakeholders demands, without missing the demands to present the financial statements in accordance with the demands of the countries where they are based. With the unification the European countries in a single economical organization, was identified the possibility to develop rules which could be interpreted and understood by all the countries of the financial statements anywhere in the globe. As a consequence, the IFRS International Financial Reporting Standards where created aiming the reduction of the differences of among the methodologies and the way the financial statements are issued on every country, allowing the comparability and evidence of the information among the markets. The IFRS is adopted on more of 100 countries of the world. On the 28th of December, 2008, Brazil has published the Law 11.638 eliminating the regulation barriers stopping brazilian companies to participate on the International process of account convergence and adapting the country s legislation and rules to the account globalized world. The objective of the present study is to present the main changes resulting from the adoption of the IRFS and the impacts on Brazilian companies account, having the mining company Vale as an example. Vale is a Brazilian multinational company with high value of negotiation on stock marketing, in majority by foreigners funds. Besides the controversy generated, the definitions and agreements predicted for 2010, are an evidence of the lack of time for discussion and preparation of companies, government treasury department, general professionals, accountant and auditors as well as regulating agencies. Apart from all the difficulties, Brazil has given a large step to increase the quality of the financial information published and is closer to the large global enterprises, facilitating the income of resources to enable the internal economic growth and it world scenario relevance.