Economics
Accounting and Auditing
Aldabergen Nazerke
2nd year undergraduate Kazakh
National University. Al-Farabi, Almaty, Kazakhstan
FEATURES OF ACCOUNTING INTRODUCTION IN
INSURANCE COMPANIES IN KAZAKHSTAN AND THEIR IMPROVEMENT
In recent years, insurance has become one of the fastest - growing areas
of economic activity in Kazakhstan. To date, insurance affects to many areas of
life. Insurance is very different from other types of business. Insurance activities aimed at
protecting the property interests of individuals and legal entities upon the
occurrence of certain events through cash funds generated by insurers premiums.
Thus, the insurer's financial activities affect the interests of a significant
number of persons. That is why knowledge of the characteristics of accounting
of insurance companies, on the actual date.
In the framework of regulation of insurance companies by the National
Bank developed: standard chart of accounts, as well as manual accounting
operations in the insurance and reinsurance industries "general
insurance" and "life insurance".
Chart of Accounts for the Republic of Kazakhstan was developed in
accordance with the Law "On Accounting and Financial Reporting" and
is designed to reflect the current groups and elements of financial statements
in terms of value insurance (reinsurance ) companies, pension funds,
institutions engaged in investment management of pension assets, organizations
engaged in certain types of banking operations, insurance brokers, special
financial companies and professional participants of the securities market of
the Republic of Kazakhstan, the accounts for the compilation financial
statements.
The instructions shall disclose information solely for the main
insurance companies, including accounting for insurance reserves, assets,
reinsurance, insurance claims recourse, reinsurance contracts, mandatory
contributions and contingent liabilities on the Fund guarantee insurance
payments, insurance broker services, contracts of life insurance, loans granted
and annuity insurance contracts. The financial statements of insurance
companies is also regulated by normative legal acts of the National Bank, which
determine the form, manner and timing of its submission to the FSA, and the
timing of the publication in mass media. Currently, insurance companies in
accounting and financial reporting standards are used, issued by the IASB.
Responsibility for accounting, compliance with legislation in the
insurance operations shall be the head of an insurance company. The main task
of accounting - contribute to high positive business results. The main
functions performed by the accounting department of the insurance company the
following: accounting insurance operations (direct insurance and reinsurance);
the payments of wages; accounting reserves; accounting of operations; Accounting
of the main activity, other income and expenses; records of financial results;
preparation of financial statements.
Accounting system based on the following internationally accepted
methods: continuous documentation; inventory; generalizations of information in
the accounts; double entry; Balance Sheet and reporting. The insurance company
is implementing the accounting organization, can independently set: accounting
policies; organizational form of the accounting work; form and methods of
accounting, accounting information technology processing; internal (management)
accounting, reporting and control .
In accordance with these documents under the accounting policies
selected insurance company understood its totality accounting methods - primary
observation of cost measurement, the current grouping and summarizing the
outcome of economic activity.
As part of accounting policies must be approved by:
- Working chart of accounts containing synthetic and analytical accounts
required for accounting in accordance with the timeliness and completeness of
accounting and reporting.
- Forms of primary accounting documents used to process business
transactions, which are not provided standard forms of primary accounting
documents and forms of documents for internal reporting;
- Procedures for inventory and assessment methods types of assets and
liabilities;
- Rules of document processing technology and accounting information;
- Process for monitoring business transactions, as well as other
decisions necessary for the organization of accounting.
Thus, the accounting policies of the insurance company must contain two
main groups of questions: Organizational and technical; Methodical .
When the accounting policy of the insurance company on the specific
issue of reference and organization of accounting is used to select one of
several methods of accounting permitted by the laws and regulations.The
financial statements of insurance companies and regulated by normative legal
acts of the NBK, which determine the form, manner and timing of its submission
to the Committee of Financial Supervision and the timing of its publication in
mass media. Primary income account of the insurance company premiums, which are
both the foundation for further circulation of its facilities, as well as sources
of investment financing.
Insurance premium is the price of the sale of insurance services. The
basis of calculation of premiums is the insurance rate. The volume of insurance
premiums determines the magnitude of the insurance fund, and the structure of
the tariff rate - uses of the fund. Thus, insurance payments received by an
insurance separately taken distributed in strict accordance with the structure
of the tariff rate.
Accounting tasks premiums and indemnity payments:
- Timely and proper documentation of transactions to receive premiums and
pay the insurance indemnity;
- Control over the distribution of the amount of contributions in
accordance with the structure of the insurance rate for the correctness of the
payment and reimbursement.
Accounting entries made at the time when the right to
receive from the insurer of the insured the premium arising from the specific
conditions of the insurance contract or otherwise confirmed.
If the terms of the contract of insurance relating to life insurance
premiums are paid periodically, accounting entry is made at the time when the
right of the insurer to receive the next installment.
If in fact the insured event produced a result, the document is
available on the outcome of the investigation. These documents must be signed
and sealed.
The main task of accounting - contribute to positive business results.
In connection with the development of the financial sector for insurance
companies open up new markets, such as the securities market, derivatives,
hedging transactions in foreign currencies and so on. In this regard,
accounting for investment activities of insurance companies provided
instruction on accounting transactions on placement of money in deposits,
loans, securities, derivatives, refined precious metals, foreign currency
hedging transactions, as well as repo and reverse repo.
It should be noted that the National Bank are working on further
improvement of accounting and insurance organizations to conduct seminars and
trainings on IFRS for employees of the insurance sector of the country.
Despite, some progress in the development of accounting and reporting have
serious problems. For example, some regulations on accounting for insurance
operations (position on accounting for insurance operations) don’t sufficiently
address the issues of formation of the financial statements of the insurance
organization, and some regulations on accounting are contradictions.
The second problem is that the Russian accounting statements is mainly
focused on the needs of the state (and to oversee the formation of the tax base)
and do not reflect to objective of business information users do not see it in the insurance business
reporting companies. Investors, before you invest your money, need to
understand what is behind the calculation of reserves and assets of insurers.
If the economy and the financial statements will not be clear to them, the
Kazakh insurance market can’t develop.
Currently there are favorable conditions for further development of
accounting and reporting in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Enacted legal acts are covering
the majority of the objects of accounting and reporting. In the professional
community has accumulated certain skills and experience of accounting and
reporting in market conditions.
The purpose of the development of accounting in insurance companies is
to create acceptable conditions and prerequisites for the successful
implementation of a consistent and system of accounting and reporting functions
inherent in the economy of Kazakhstan. In particular, the generating function
of information about the activities of organizations useful for economic
decision-making stakeholders internal and external users.
Further development of the accounting and reporting necessary to carry
out the following main areas:
- Improving the quality of information generated in the accounting and
reporting;
- Creation of an infrastructure of IFRS;
- Change in the system of accounting and reporting;
- Essential skills development, employment and organization accounting
and reporting.
Accounting for insurance should be developed as part of a unified system
of accounting and reporting in the Republic of Kazakhstan, which also includes
statistical and operational-technical account. The most important factor in
ensuring the unity of this system is the primary account as a source of data
for subsequent storing, organizing and summarizing them in accordance with the
objectives, requirements and methodology for each type of accounting.
So, in order to increase the effectiveness of accounting in insurance
organizations, especially, should pay attention to the regulations, accounting
control system , qualifications of employees, development of training programs
and study accounting standards IFRS as the basis for further development of
accounting and reporting review, reassessment and reform the current system of
accounting and reporting in the insurance industry, as well as accounting
methodology insurance operations and the underlying (recognition) in the
accounting records of specific objects of insurance activity. This will revise
the order of construction and formation of indicators of financial, statistical
reporting of insurance companies, change the assessment of their performance,
refocusing on international practice.
Literature:
1. The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Accounting and
Financial Reporting" from February 28, 2007
2 . Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 18, 2000 ¹ 126 -II
on insurance activities (with alterations and amendments as of 21.06.2013g . )
4 . The Law "On insurance activity" from December 18, 2000 , ¹
126 - II SAM .
5 . Conceptual framework of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of
Kazakhstan dated 29 October 2002. Number 542 , " Framework for the
preparation and presentation of financial statements "
6. Resolution of the National Bank of Kazakhstan dated November 28, 2008
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