...International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has one main role; this main role is to promote the use of accounting standards and to bring convergence of international financial reporting standards and national accounting standards. Other roles IASB consist of develop drafts of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and to carry out tasks alongside with the International Financial Reporting Committee (IFRIC), where the IASB role is to approve the interpretations by the IFRIC. Australia has joined the revolution of accounting integration by the intention to adopt IFRS in 2003, with implementation required for reporting periods on or after 1 January 2005 (Nobes & Zeff, 2008). Intention of adopting IFRS is to embrace international harmonisation by having a single universal set of accounting rules and to optimize accounting quality reducing diversity in accounting practices and information asymmetries. Concurrently, many scholars has raised doubts and speculation of this ideology of accounting standardisation stirred up by the adoption of the controversial International Accounting Standards (IAS) 39 or in Australia, the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) 139: Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement which has been subject to much criticism (Armstrong, Barth, Jagalinzer, & Riedl, 2008; Barth, Landsman, & Lang, 2006). Due to this uproar, the IASB has decided to review the standards for financial instruments formulating a new financial instrument...
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...Critical Analysis of a Research Paper Towards an integrated contingency framework for MAS sophistication Case studies on the scope of accounting instruments in Dutch power and gas companies By Sandra Tillema Title The title suggests that the article will give guidance towards a contingency framework for MAS sophistication. The Contingency framework states that there is no one right way to manage an organisation, so the part “towards integrated [...] framework” with the word “contingency” seems like a paradox. We feel that we might not have chosen this article if we were looking at the title only because it seemingly contradicts itself. The group agreed that the title is quite long. We have analysed it by defining the main words of which we used the Macmillan Dictionary (2002) (See appendix B). After understanding the words and theory explanation, the title became quite easy to understand. Abstract and Introduction We feel that the abstract provides concise and simple information. It is a good explanation and expansion of the title. We have chosen this article because it can be easily understood. The abstract states that many companies are being convinced to implement newly developed management accounting systems and also comments on its inappropriateness. The author states the reason for this is due to the contingency theory perspective. She also highlights that this article is based on the cases of two power and gas companies. The introduction...
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...1.Background introduction International accounting standards advance with the times. Here, changes in accounting standards again: The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) first issued IFRS 9 Financial Instruments in November 2009, which dealt with the classification of financial assets and aspects of their measurement (Anna-Maija Lantto, Petri Sahlstrom, 2009). Consequently, the AASB first issued AASB 9 Financial Instruments in December 2009. After that, the IASB re-issued IFRS 9 in October 2010, setting out requirements for the classification, and aspects of measurement, recognition and derecognition of both financial assets and financial liabilities. Most of the requirements for financial liabilities were carried forward unchanged from IAS 39. However, some changes were made to the fair value option for financial liabilities to address the issue of own credit risk. The AASB re-issued AASB 9 Financial Instruments, which incorporates IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, in December 2010.本文由优质文化有限责任公司整理提供。阅读更多原创的文章，请点击www.youzhiwenhua.com专业的毕业论文代写论文代写代写论文留学生论文代写代写留学生论文代写法语论文代写日语论文代写韩语论文文化网站QQ527510459 TEL15982106398 The requirements in AASB 9 (as issued in December 2010) arise from the completion of the first phase of the IASB’s project to replace IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement, which is incorporated in AASB 139 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (Houston, R.W. Peters, M.F. and Pratt, J.H., 1999).The objective of this whole...
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...Salient differences between IAS 39 and IFRS 9 | Accounting For Investments Accounting For Investments Web site resources for the book 'Accounting for Investments' by R. Venkata Subramani Home Accounting Standards I F R S Indian Standards (AS) US GAAP BookVolume1 00 – Introduction Chapter Arrangement Foreword Preface Reviews 01 – Financial Instruments 02 – Trading – FVPL 03 – Available for Sale 04 – Transfer of Categories 05 – Derivatives Theory 06 – Index Futures 07 – Stock Futures 08 – Call Options 09 – Put Options 10 – Hedge Accounting 11 – Contract for Difference 12 – Short Selling 13 – ADR/GDR 14 – Disclosures BookVolume2 02 – Fixed Income Securities – FVPL News Americas Hedge Funds India Private Equity Subprime crisis Online Courses Accounting Standards Courses Financial Products Related Books Tutorials Credit Default Swaps Equity Shares Indian Income Tax Options Videos Subscribe http://accountingforinvestments.com/salientdifferencesbetweenias39andifrs9/ 1/5 5/6/2015 Salient differences between IAS 39 and IFRS 9 | Accounting For Investments Salient differences between IAS 39 and IFRS 9 by R. Venkata Subramani On 12 November 2009, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued IFRS 9 Financial Instruments. Salient differences between IAS 39 and IFRS 9 Parameter IAS 39 IFRS 9 Name Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement Financial Instruments Applicability Currently effective ...
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...Fair Value Accounting: The Road to Be Most Travelled By Rock Lefebvre, Elena Simonova and Mihaela Scarlat Fair Value Accounting: The Road to Be Most Travelled By Rock Lefebvre, Elena Simonova and Mihaela Scarlat December 2009 Sponsored by the Certified General Accountants Association of Ontario Introduction ................................................................................................................................ Fair Value Accounting – An Overview....................................................................................... 4 5 Critique of Fair Value Accounting ............................................................................................. 14 Arguments in Support of Fair Value Accounting ....................................................................... 17 Concluding Remarks.................................................................................................................. 20 2 Issue in Focus Executive Summary The use of fair value accounting has gained momentum and has proven to attract a level of attention rarely witnessed in the annals of accounting practice. One of the driving forces is the belief endorsed by some that fair value accounting initiated and aggravated the recent credit crisis. In light of these circumstances, it is considered timely to advance awareness in relation to fair value accounting and to clarify the competing arguments in favour of, and against, the use of...
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...complexity during the global financial crisis. There were many critisms about the IAS -39 like: 1. Fair Value accounting was said to have created cycles of accounting write downs and distressed selling of assets during the financial Crisis. 2. The application of IAS-39 impairment model for loan loss provisions results in delayed recognition of losses. 3. The over complexity of IAS-39 such as mined valuation models, multiple impairment approaches, complicated transfer rules and hedge accounting requirement. Due to the above mentioned criticisms the IASB received calls to reduce the complexity of the accounting standards from G-20, European Union and regulators and other stakeholders from around the world. Thus, the new IFRS 9 comes to light to replace IAS 39. What is IFRS 9? IFRS 9 replaces the multiple classification and measurement models in IAS 39 with a single model that has only two classification categories: a) Amortized cost b) Fair value. Classification under IFRS 9 is driven by the entity’s business model for managing the financial assets and the contractual characteristics of the financial assets. A financial asset is measured at amortized cost if two criteria are met: a) The objective of the business model is to hold the financial asset for the collection of the contractual cash flows, and b) The contractual cash flows under the instrument solely represent payments...
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...Case #1 Texas Instruments Chris Healey Chris Healey Intermediate Accounting Professor Henry 10/19/2014 This case study is inspired by the SEC issued Proposed Rule 33-8098, “Disclosure in Managements’ Discussion and Analysis about the Application of Critical Accounting Policies” and how current companies live up to the objectives of this rule. For this case, I selected Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN), one of the leading designers and manufacturers of semiconductors. This case will evaluate the degree to which Texas Instrument’s financial reports give the investor relevant information and faithfully represent the company’s true financial standing. This is the primary objective of Proposed Rule 33-8098. In addition, I will address the importance of the disclosure of critical accounting policies, the critical accounting policies that TXN discussed, why they are critical, how these policies align or contradict with the conceptual framework of financial reporting and if I believe that TXN may have left out some critical accounting policies. It is important for a company to disclose its critical accounting policies because investors use financial reports in investing decisions. The purpose of financial reporting is to provide investors with relevant information that faithfully represents the company’s financial standing. Unfortunately, this purpose is difficult to deliver. Accounting is by nature influenced by the inexact science of estimation, the ever-changing business...
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...Financial Crisis Advisory Group July 28, 2009 To the Members of the International Accounting Standards Board and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board: On behalf of the members of the Financial Crisis Advisory Group (FCAG), we are pleased to present our report to the Boards about the standard-setting implications of the global financial crisis. We believe that confidence in the transparency and integrity of financial reporting is critically important to global financial stability and sound economic growth. We hope that our conclusions and recommendations will be helpful to the Boards as they work together to simplify and improve accounting standards on financial instruments and other key areas highlighted by the crisis. The FCAG will be meeting in December to review the progress that has been made. In the meantime, we are available to assist the Boards in their efforts. Sincerely, Harvey J. Goldschmid Co-chair Hans Hoogervorst Co-chair cc: Gerrit Zalm, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation John J. Brennan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Financial Accounting Foundation Report of the Financial Crisis Advisory Group – July 28, 2009 Table of Contents Page I. INTRODUCTION _________________________________________________________________________ 1 II. PRINCIPLE 1: Effective Financial Reporting____________________________________________________ 3 Intersection of Prudential Regulation...
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...References Allen, F., &Carletti, E. (2008). Should financial institutions mark-to-market? Financial Stability Review, 12, 1-6. Retrieved from http://www.banque- france.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/banque_de_france/publications/Revue_d _la_stabilite_financiere/etud1_1008.pdf Australian United Investment Company Limited. (2009). Annual report. Retrieved from http://www.aui.com.au/resources/30%20June%202009%20- %20Final%20Docs%20-%20AUI/AUI%20- %20Annual%20Report%202009%20-%20Final.pdf Australian Accounting Standards Board. (2004). AASB 139 „Financial Instruments: Recognition and measurement‟. Vic., Australia: AASB Australian Accounting Standards Board. (2009). AASB 9 „Financial Instruments. Vic., Australia: AASB Bentley, P. A., Franklin, M. A. (2013). Which international cultures favor disclosure of risk. International Journal of Business, Accounting, & Finance. 7(2), 62-76. Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia. (2012). AASB 9 Financial instruments. Retrieved from http://www.charteredaccountants.com.au/Industry- Topics/Reporting/Australian-accounting-standards/Analysis-of-AASB- standards/AASB-9--Financial-instruments Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia. (2012). AASB 139 Financial 7 instruments: recognition and measurement. Retrieved from http://www.charteredaccountants.com.au/Industry- Topics/Reporting/Australian-accounting-standards/Analysis-of-AASB- standards/AASB-139--Financial-instruments AASB 139 (IAS 39) in Australia – The main...
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...In 2002 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) met and issued the Norwalk Agreement where they both agreed to develop of high quality accounting standards. Since that time the FASB and the IASB have been working on joint projects a.k.a convergence projects designed to improve both US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), eliminate differences between them, and ultimately make the standards fully compatible. In 2010, to increase efficiency the boards decided to focus on the priority projects. Two of those projects, fair value measurement and statement of other comprehensive income, are poised for release. Now, the “big three” remain—financial instruments, revenue recognition, and leases. The IASB is also working to its monster project on insurance contracts, with the FASB closely engaged in the discussion. Therefore, bellow is the list of the active joint FASB/IASB projects according to current technical plan on the fasb.org website: - Accounting for Financial Instruments (Updated November 10, 2011): • Classification and Measurement (Updated November 10, 2011); • Impairment (Updated November10, 2011); • Hedging (Updated November 10, 2011). - Revenue Recognition (Exposure Draft issued November 14, 2011); - Leases (Updated November 15, 2011); - Balance Sheet – Offsetting (Updated August 15, 2011); - Consolidation: Policy and Procedures (Exposure...
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...Philippine Accounting Standards PAS | Title | Effective Date | PAS 1 | Presentation of Financial Statements [superseded by PAS 1 (Revised)] | 01/01/05 | | Amendment to PAS 1: Capital Disclosures | 01/01/07 | PAS 1 (Revised) | Presentation of Financial Statements | 01/01/09 | | Amendments to PAS 32 and PAS 1: Puttable Financial Instruments and Obligations Arising on Liquidation | 01/01/09 | | Amendments to PAS 1: Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income | 07/01/12* | PAS 2 | Inventories | 01/01/05 | PAS 7 | Cash Flow Statements | 01/01/05 | PAS 8 | Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors | 01/01/05 | PAS 10 | Events after the Balance Sheet Date | 01/01/05 | PAS 11 | Construction Contracts | 01/01/05 | PAS 12 | Income Taxes | 01/01/05 | | Amendments to PAS 12 – Deferred Tax: Recovery of Underlying Assets | 01/01/12 | PAS 14 | Segment Reporting [superseded by PFRS 8] | 01/01/05 | PAS 16 | Property, Plant and Equipment | 01/01/05 | PAS 17 | Leases | 01/01/05 | PAS 18 | Revenue | 01/01/05 | PAS 19 | Employee Benefits | 01/01/05 | | Amendments to PAS 19: Actuarial Gains and Losses, Group Plans and Disclosures | 01/01/06 | PAS 19 (Amended) | Employee Benefits | 01/01/13* | PAS 20 | Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance | 01/01/05 | PAS 21 | The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates | 01/01/05 | | Amendment: Net Investment in a Foreign Operation | 01/01/06...
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...1.Background introduction International accounting standards advance with the times. Here, changes in accounting standards again: The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) first issued IFRS 9 Financial Instruments in November 2009, which dealt with the classification of financial assets and aspects of their measurement (Anna-Maija Lantto, Petri Sahlstrom, 2009). Consequently, the AASB first issued AASB 9 Financial Instruments in December 2009. After that, the IASB re-issued IFRS 9 in October 2010, setting out requirements for the classification, and aspects of measurement, recognition and derecognition of both financial assets and financial liabilities. Most of the requirements for financial liabilities were carried forward unchanged from IAS 39. However, some changes were made to the fair value option for financial liabilities to address the issue of own credit risk. The AASB re-issued AASB 9 Financial Instruments, which incorporates IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, in December 2010.本文由优质文化有限责任公司整理提供。阅读更多原创的文章，请点击www.youzhiwenhua.com专业的毕业论文代写论文代写代写论文留学生论文代写代写留学生论文代写法语论文代写日语论文代写韩语论文文化网站QQ527510459 TEL15982106398 The requirements in AASB 9 (as issued in December 2010) arise from the completion of the first phase of the IASB’s project to replace IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement, which is incorporated in AASB 139 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (Houston, R.W. Peters, M.F. and Pratt, J.H., 1999).The objective of this whole...
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...TR i-4 LEMBAGA PIAWAIAN PERAKAUNAN MALAYSIA MALAYSIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD Technical Release i-4 Shariah Compliant Sale Contracts © Malaysian Accounting Standards Board 2010 1 TR i-4 This Technical Release (TR) contains material in which the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation (IASCF) holds copyright and which has been reproduced in this Statement with the permission of IASCF. Copyright in the International Financial Reporting Standards (including Interpretations), International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) Exposure Drafts, and other IASB publications belong to IASCF. All rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission in writing to MASB or as may be expressly permitted by law or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organisation. No part of the materials incorporated in this publication, the copyright of which is held by IASCF, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission in writing to IASCF or as may be expressly permitted by law or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organisation. TR i-4 Shariah Compliant Sale Contracts is issued by the MASB in respect of its application in Malaysia. 2 TR i-4 CONTENTS paragraphs INTRODUCTION IN1–IN6 MASB TECHNICAL RELEASE i-4 SHARIAH COMPLIANT...
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...| 1.06 | Globalisation of financial markets | 1.06 | Financial markets, Globalisation of | 1.06 | Technological Innovation | 1.06 | Financial Innovation | 1.07 | Reduction of Barriers to Capital Flows | 1.07 | Convergence of GAAP | 1.07 | GAAP, Convergence of | 1.07 | Role of a framework of accounting | 1.07 | Framework of Accounting, Role of a | 1.07 | Positive Theories | 1.07 | Descriptive Theories | 1.07 | Normative Theories | 1.08 | Prescriptive Theories | 1.08 | Developing Fin Reporting Standards | 1.09 | Regulatory Capture | 1.09 | Private Interest Theory | 1.09 | Deductive Approach | 1.09 | Principles Based Approach | 1.09 | Impairment of Assets | 1.09 | Limitations of a framework | 1.10 | O'Connell (2007) | 1.10 | Walker (2003) | 1.10 | Miller (1985) | 1.10 | Miller & Redding (1986) | 1.10 | Social Constraints | 1.11 | Political Constraints | 1.11 | Constraints, Social & Political | 1.11 | Hines (1991) | 1.11 | Chatov (1975) | 1.12 | Clarke et al. (2003) | 1.12 | Dean & Clarke (2003) | 1.12 | Human Resource Constraints | 1.12 | Professional Judgement | 1.12 | Booth (2003) | 1.13 | Development of IFRS | 1.14 | Standard Setting Arrangements | 1.14 | Domestic Adoption of IFRS | 1.14 | Adoption of IFRS | 1.14 | IFRS, Domestic Development of | 1.14 | IFRS for SME's | 1.15 | Bradbury (2003) | 1.16 | Objective of financial reporting | 1.16 | Financial reporting, objective of | 1...
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...requirements even in the short term. The US standard setter, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, is also undertaking a concurrent project on financial instruments and the IASB has acknowledged that this will see further changes to IFRS 9 before its mandatory application date. The treatment of financial liabilities also remains a contentious area and was dropped from IFRS 9 very late in the process. “The IASB has grappled with the concept of how an entity’s own credit risk should impact the measurement of liabilities. The idea that an entity should make a gain from a decline in its own credit worthiness has been the source of much debate.” The IASB is concurrently considering other issues in financial instrument accounting, particularly hedging and impairment. Ms Hankey noted: “The unfinished business in financial instrument accounting is likely to meet significant resistance from preparers – again the challenge for the IASB is to develop a principle-based accounting framework reflecting commercial realities.” So what does this mean for global accounting standard setting? “The current uncertainty in global accounting standard setting is very unhelpful to preparers trying to plan for the future and take advantage of the promise of a single set of high quality accounting standards,” said Ms Hankey. “The IASB should survive this current challenge, but it may be wounded and the push towards global accounting standard setting may well suffer. Our clients are looking for simplicity...
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