...Over the past decade, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have been working together to form a set of global standards. They are trying to make the International Financial Reporting Standards the globally accepted financial reporting principles. 1. As an international manager or investor, what benefits do you see from the growing adoption of IFRS across countries? Growing the adoption of IFRS across countries will allow for more comparable financial statements and disclosures globally. Investors and other financial statement users will be able to see how international companies compare to one another. Currently, U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) varies from IFRS in many ways, some causing significant differences in accounting for certain topics. Growing the adoption will also allow companies and all its subsidiaries to use the same set of standards. 2. In your mind, what are the three most substantial challenges to the growth and development of IFRS in the coming years? Why? The three most substantial challenges to the growth and development of IFRS in the coming years are “convergence” or full adoption of IFRS, large costs of adopting IFRS, and the disagreement with the EU. Convincing all nations to adopt IFRS as is, with no specific national standards stepping in, is going to be a difficult process. “Convergence is an impossible dream. You will always find issues where you basically...
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...Financial Reporting Research In many cases, a business is not successful without a well-organized financial branch of their company. Whether it is a small business and reporting is done by the owner or if it is a large business that has a financial department, a company needs to know if it is making a profit. Modern accounting is believed to have begun around 1494 A.D. Book keeping entered into the Unites States in late 19th century. The first accounting exam was held by and organization in 1896. Today, accounting is used throughout the world and business to communicate, buy, sell and barter with each other very frequently and therefore, International accounting principles have been developed for the entire globe (Csebfalvi, 2012). In today’s highly competitive business world the environment requires companies to create a business strategy that includes accounting. This portion of their business strategy will help them achieve their strategic goals for the organization. In 1973, the International Accounting Standings Committee came in to existence in order to establish new international standards. The International Accounting Standards Board is the committee responsible for developing International Financial Reporting Standards (Knowledge guide to international accounting standards). This firm ensures that businesses are applying these standards to their financial reports. The first recorded account of international accounting was an article by Lord Benson called The...
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...Sarbanes-Oxley In Week 1 we studied the general importance of the "rules of the game" (property rights and the rule of law) to a well-functioning economy. This week, we focused in more closely on the "rules of the game" regarding corporate governance and financial reporting. The Week 6 topic of fraudulent financial reporting relates to corporate top management that enriches itself and abandons its obligations to shareholders, employees, creditors, government, and the general public. The Agency Problem Economists call this failure of duty the problem of "agency." Top management is supposed to be the fiduciary (faithful agent) of the shareholders that own the enterprise. But a corrupt agent neglects fiduciary duty to the principal in favor of his/her own selfish interest. Lawyers refer to this same problem as a failure to perform “fiduciary duty” and a "conflict of interest." Ethicists see the problem as deviation from moral conduct. But, whatever terminology is used, the problem remains the same: how can the management agency be kept faithful to its fiduciary duty to the owners, and to the other stakeholders (employees, creditors, government, and the general public)? This is a fundamental and difficult problem. The founders of the United States confronted it in attempting to create a federal government that would be powerful enough to perform its functions, but not so powerful that it would become as oppressive to Americans as the English government the American Revolution...
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...Executive summary This report has three main parts. Firstly, I describe the different users (Stakeholders) of Finance statements and their needs and assess the implications for users of financial statement. Then, I explain the legal and regulatory influences on financial statements preparation like Companies Acts. After that, I describe how different policies are dealt with by accunting and reporting standard including FRS, IASB, SSAP, GAAP and ASB). Furthermore, I calculate accounting ratio consisting of Solvency, Profitability, Capital Gearing, Dividend Yield, Assets to assess the performance and position of Vinamilk and then prepare a report incorporating and interpreting accounting ratio, compare against the previous year, regional and also local competitors. This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current and prospective profitability, liquidity and financial stability of Vinamilk Corp. Methods of analysis include ratios such as Debt, Current and Quick ratios, etc. Results of data analysed show that all ratios are below industry averages. In particular, comparative performance is a little bit downfalls in the areas of profit margins, liquidity, credit control, and inventory management. The report finds the prospects of the company in its current position are not positive. The major areas of weakness require further investigation and remedial action by management. Recommendations include: • improving the average collection period...
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...NiCE Working Paper 09-108 April 2009 Quality of Financial Reporting: measuring qualitative characteristics Ferdy van Beest Geert Braam Suzanne Boelens Nijmegen Center for Economics (NiCE) Institute for Management Research Radboud University Nijmegen P.O. Box 9108, 6500 HK Nijmegen, The Netherlands http://www.ru.nl/nice/workingpapers 1 Abstract We construct a compound measurement tool to comprehensively assess the quality of financial reporting in terms of the underlying fundamental qualitative characteristics (i.e. relevance and faithful representation) and the enhancing qualitative characteristics (i.e. understandability, comparability, verifiability and timeliness) as defined in ‘An improved Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting’ of the FASB and the IASB (2008). The operationalization of these qualitative characteristics results in a 21-item index. Using 231 annual reports from companies listed at US, UK, and Dutch stock markets in 2005 and 2007, we test our compound measurement tool on internal validity, inter-rater reliability (Krippendorff’s alpha) and internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha). Our findings suggest that the measurement tool used in this study is a valid and reliable approach to assess the quality of financial reports. The measurement tool contributes to improving the quality assessment of financial reporting information, fulfilling a request from both the FASB and the IASB (2008) to make the qualitative characteristics operationally...
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...Report on Disclosure of BASs & BFRSs By Golden Harvest Agro Industries Ltd. & Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills United International University QUEST FOR EXCELLENCE acade Report On: Golden Harvest Agro Industries Ltd. & Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills Limited Topic: Disclosure of BASs & BFRSs Course Title: Corporate Financial Reporting Course Code: AIS 4303 Submitted To: James Bakul Sarkar Assistant Professor & Deputy Director, BBA Program United International University Submitted By: Name | ID | Section | Fyaz Mahbub Rohan | 114 121 025 | A | Md. Ariful Islam | 114 121 045 | | Md. Hasan Alif | 114 121 091 | | Safayet Mustafa | 114 121 107 | | Ahmed Zubaier | 114 121 020 | | Anik Kumar Das | 114 121 064 | | Moniruzzaman Khan | 114 131 048 | | Date of Submission: 20th April 2016 Fyaz Mahbub Rohan (114 121 025): a. Front Page DesignContribution of Group Members b. Introduction c. Summary of BAS s & BFRSs d. Company Overview e. Disclosure of BAS s & BFRSs f. Conclusion g. Data Collection Md. Ariful Islam (114 121 045) a. Letter of Transmittal b. Executive Summary c. Introduction d. Summary of BAS s & BFRSs e. Disclosure of BAS s & BFRSs Md. Hasan Alif(114 121 091) a. Summary of BAS s & BFRSs b. Disclosure of BAS s & BFRSs c...
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...Financial Accounting and Reporting March 2015 Maldives Business School Cover Page ASSIGNMENT BRIEF BTEC HND/Associate Degree in Business (Management/HR/Marketing) The student must fill the relevant parts of the following table. Student Date Student First Name Student Last Name ID Task No. submitted Date issued Mohamed 1 8th March 2015 Statement of authenticity I, the above named student, hereby confirm that this assignment is my own work and not copied or plagiarized. It has not previously been submitted as part of any assessment. All the sources, from which information has been obtained for this assignment, have been referenced in the Harvard format. I further confirm that I have read and understood the Maldives Business School rules and regulations about plagiarism and copying and agree to be bound by them. Assignment summary information Unit 10 Financial Accounting & Reporting Unit Assignment reference 1 Assignment type This is an individual assignment. Task Submit on Do on Task 1: LO1, LO3, LO4, M1, M2, D1, D2, D3: Report 11 April 2015 NA Task 2: LO2, M3: Class assessment NA 23 March 2015 An extension must be applied for in writing by individual students and will only be granted Extensions for valid reasons. Late submissions Late submissions will be marked for all grades but will incur a fine of MVR 500. Assessor(s): Internal verifier: Assessor(s) please fill the table below AFTER the evaluation. Assessment Feedback ...
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...FAC3703/101/3/2015 Tutorial letter 101/3/2015 Specific Financial Reporting FAC3703 Semesters 1 and 2 Department of Financial Accounting IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Please activate your myUnisa profile and myLife email address and ensure you have regular access to the myUnisa module site FAC3703 as well as to your group site. Note: This is an online module, and therefore your module is available on myUnisa. CONTENTS Page 1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4 2 FORMAT OF FAC3703 ................................................................................................................4 2.1 Fully online ...................................................................................................................................4 2.2 Printed materials...........................................................................................................................5 3 PURPOSE OF AND OUTCOMES FOR FAC3703........................................................................5 3.1 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................5 3.2 Outcomes .....................................................................................................................................6 4 LECTURERS AND CONTACT DETAILS .......
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...Keeping things simple Annual report and financial statements 2010 Contents and introduction ConTenTs The DIreCTors’ reporT AnD busIness reVIeW 1 Highlights 2 Chairman’s statement 4 Strategic review 4 Business review 5 Market overview 6 Our strategy 8 Key Performance Indicators 10 Our business model 12 Risks and uncertainties 14 CSR/Today 16 Our people – Values in action 18 Performance review 18 Operating review 23 Financial review 26 Governance 26 Board of Directors 28 Corporate governance report 32 Directors’ remuneration report 41 General information FInAnCIAL sTATemenTs 43 Group financial statements 43 Directors’ statements of responsibilities 44 Independent auditors’ report 45 Consolidated financial statements 45 Group accounting policies 50 Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 51 Consolidated balance sheet 52 Consolidated cash flow statement 53 Consolidated statement of changes in equity 54 Notes to the Group financial statements 75 Company financial statements 75 Company accounting policies 77 Company balance sheet 78 Notes to the Company financial statements InVesTor InFormATIon 86 Five year summary of results 87 Supplementary information 88 Investor relations and financial calendar Our business We are the UK’s fourth largest food retailer by sales with an annual turnover in excess of £15bn. We have 425 stores across Britain, ranging in size from 10,000 to 40,000 square feet. Over 10m customers visit our stores each week served by over 134,000 employees...
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...FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING & REPORTING LECTURE 1: Link Between Business and Accounting Dr. Namasivayam Lecture 1 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Define accounting & explain why accounting information is important. 2. Identify users of accounting information. 3. Explain the contents of the 3 basic financial statements. 3. Explain the relationship between accounting equation and the balance sheet. 5. Analyse business transactions using the accounting equation. Lecture 1 2 WHAT IS ACCOUNTING? It is the way business people set goals, measure results, evaluate performance, and communicate results to various users. Lecture 1 3 ACCOUNTING LINKS … Lecture 1 4 USERS OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION • Managers • Potential buyers • Trade creditors • Employees • Customers • Tax inspectors • Business owners • Potential partners • Bank institutions • Competitors • Auditors • Society Lecture 1 5 SHORT EXERCISES You as user of accounting information: i. Identify several ways in which you currently use accounting information in your life as a student or individual. ii. Identify several situations in which you might be required to supply financial information about yourself to others. Lecture 1 6 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS A quantitative report which describes the financial health of a business. This includes: An Income Statement; A Balance Sheet; A Cash Flow Statement. Lecture 1 7 THE...
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...current financial reporting environment in Sri Lanka and its impact on the companies listed on the Colombo stock exchange. Hotel SIGIRIYA PLC has been chosen to study the financial reporting requirements, cultural impacts and the political influences on the Sri Lankan listed companies. 1. Financial Reporting Environment in Sri Lanka 2.1. Current financial reporting requirements for publically listed companies in Sri Lanka. In August 2007, two stages were adopted by Sri Lankan accounting standards regulators to form the international Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). They traversed from Stage I of IFRS Adoption to Stage III, due to the result of a “gap” between the international and national sets of standards in Sri Lanka. However, on 1 January 2012, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) successfully adopted IFRS. (eStandards Forum, 2008, p. 5). According to the Colombo Stock Exchange (2014) a requirement for a listed entity is that it must “ensure that the annual report is issued to the Entity’s shareholders and shall not exceed five (05) months from the close of the financial year of the Listed Entity when given to the Exchange”. Furthermore, publishing of the Audited Financial Statements must be in accordance with the Sri Lanka Accounting Standards. (Colombo Stock Exchange 2014 -Listing Rules s.7.5 pg4) The Colombo Stock Exchange (2014) also requires an Interim Financial Statement prepared by the listed entity. The Financial Statement...
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...Financial Reporting Timeline The creation of: 1. Committee on Accounting Procedures Role - With the recent increase in members, the SEC delegated the responsibility of issuing pronouncements on accounting principles to the Committee. The SEC worked with the Committee on Accounting Procedures to develop standards for accounting and financial reporting and issued 51 Accounting Research Bulletins (ARBs) over its lifetime. In 1949, they updated 42 of their original ARBs and codified them. a. History - In 1933, the Special Committee on Development of Accounting Principles was formed by the AICPA. Quite simply, this committee did not get much done and was replaced by the Committee on Account Procedures in 1936. For the first two years, this committee also made very little progress. In 1938, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Accounting Series Release No. 4 which asserted that any financial statements prepared in accordance with principles that had no substantial authoritative support would be considered inaccurate. This prompted the CAP to expand from 7 members to 21 members and increased its activity. b. Structure – The Committee on Accounting Procedures was committee formed by the American Institute of Accountants after the SEC delegated to it the responsibility of issuing pronouncements on accounting principles without government council. Initially, the CAP wanted to create guidance for solving accounting problems, but did not believe they had enough...
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...this essay is to discuss financial reporting is both a reflection and creator of our perception of social reality and is consistently evolving. By means of research of these source collections, relevant evidence is selected, evaluated and organized into three key areas: the Carbon tax legislation represents a creation of a new social reality and the impact on sustainability in business. The carbon tax would be represented in the financial reports. To introduce the particular company and legislation impacts on that company. The Framework shows that the financial reporting is present relevant and reliable information. Some experts considered that the insufficient information on financial reporting impact on social reality. Thus, the Sustainability reporting occurs to fix up the fanatical reporting gaps. Introduction Financial reporting is both a reflection and creator of our perception of social reality and consistently evolving. Currently, accounting system is not only focus on the data of how much company earns, it also shift towards to social responsibility. As the dramatic of pollutions, especially that of the developing nations is extremely harmful not only to the surrounding environment, but also to the inhabitants of that country as well. Thus, financial reporting take concern on such problems and create out Sustainability reporting which help to reduce the pollutions. This essay is to discuss the both reflection and creator of financial reporting in reality social and...
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...Running Head: GLOBAL FINANCIAL REPORTING: Global Financial Reporting: Why Move Toward Global Financial Reporting Connie Cerruto Student ID 3247960261 Accounting Capstone: Senior Seminar in Accounting ACC 499 005016 Winter Semester 2008 Submitted to Professor Tee Thein March 16, 2008 Dedication and Acknowledgement I would like to take this time to thank my husband, George, for all his support over this last ten weeks. For graciously doing the laundry, vacuuming, dusting, grocery shopping, meal preparing, and dishes so I had time complete the needed research for my paper. I appreciate the sacrifices you made to support me in my efforts of obtaining a Bachelors Degree in Accounting. Table of Contents Page Abstract 5 Chapter 1: Introduction 6 1.1 Background 6 1.2 Problem 7 1.3 Purpose 7 1.4 Scope 8 Chapter 2: Review of Literature 9 Chapter 3: Methodologies 12 3.1 Perspective 12 3.2 Research Procedure 12 Chapter 4: Development of Accounting Principles 17 4.1 History of Accounting Differences 17 4.1.1 Ancient Recordkeeping 17 4.1.2 Double-Entry Accounting 19 ...
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...Assessment Task 1 – Issues in Financial Reporting Question 1 There are many potential benefits associated with the international standardisation of accounting standards. Firstly, the standardisation of accounting standards makes it easier for international investors to better understand, compare, and interpret the financial performance and position of companies from different countries that are in competition with each other or are operating within a similar industry. Greater comparability and analysis of information helps these international investors to make more efficient, educated and intelligent investment decisions, particularly when it comes to deciding between the alternative investments on offer, and helps them to take advantage of the risk reduction that is possible through international diversification. Secondly, the harmonisation of international accounting standards reduces barriers to capital inflows by helping companies raise capital in domestic as well as international markets. This is useful particularly for those companies that find it difficult to obtain the funding necessary for their long-term growth and expansion projects in their local economy due to a scarcity of resources. To overcome this problem, companies can have their securities listed on foreign stock exchanges and in doing so, be able to significantly expand their base of capital funding. Harmonisation makes this possible because investors as a result are better able to understand the status...
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