have collaborated for the past 10 years. This collaboration was a goal toward convergence of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The convergence project began with the two organizations conducting a joint meeting in Norwalk, Connecticut, on September 18, 2002. The goal for creating the convergence project was for the “development of high-quality compatible accounting standards that can be used for both domestic and cross-border financial reporting. They also promised to use their
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Accounting Consultant Company | To: | Supervisor | From: | Accountant | CC: | Regional Trucking Company | Date: | 12/18/2011 | Re: | Lease and Lease Structures | According to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), “the Boards defined a lease as a contract in which the right to use a specified asset (the underlying asset) is conveyed, for a period of time, in exchange for consideration.” There are a few different types of leases to look at, sales-type, direct financing, and
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------------------------------------------------- ENRON SCANDAL Enron’s Accounting Methods April 30, 2015 Acct 301-d02 LUO [Company address] April 30, 2015 Acct 301-d02 LUO [Company address] Melissa Vest Liberty University I. Introduction: Enron used many legal accounting practices to commit fraudulent accounting activities II. The genius, or ingenious, accounting methods Enron used: 1. Special purpose entities a. Synthetic leases b. FAS 140’s 2. Hedges 3. Share trust transactions
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BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2011 (WITH COMPARATIVE TOTALS FOR 2010) Armanino McKenna Certified Public Accountants & Consultants LLP TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. Independent Auditors' Report 1 Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 2 Consolidated Statement of Activities 3 Consolidated Statement of Functional Expenses 4 Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 5 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc.—Leases EXCERPTED WITH PERMISSION FROM CASES IN FINANCIAL REPORTING SEVENTH EDITION ISBN: 978-1-934319-79-6 ELLEN ENGEL D. ERIC HIRST MARY LEA MCANALLY © Copyright 2012 by Cambridge Business Publishers, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form for any purpose without the written permission of the publisher. This document is authorized for use by Barbara Grein, from 9/19/2011 to 12/10/2011, in the course:
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The road to international reporting The Convergence of GAAP and IFRS | Leroy Meadows Advanced Accounting | The road to international reporting The Convergence of GAAP and IFRS | Leroy Meadows Advanced Accounting | The Road to International Reporting The convergence of a rules-based approach and a principles-based approach in relation to accounting and the dissemination of financial information is not something to be taken lightly. With the need for convergence increasing due to globalization
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alongside the banking sector. The major business of most NBFIs in Bangladesh is leasing, though some are also diversifying into other lines of business like term lending, housing finance, merchant banking, equity financing, venture capital financing etc. Lease financing, term lending and housing finance constituted 94 percent of the total financing activities of all NBFIs up to June 2006. Industrial Promotion and Development Company (IPDC) was the first private sector NBFI in Bangladesh, which started its
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the toolkit contains sample financial statements intended to illustrate financial statements prepared under the FRF for SMEsTM accounting framework. Also included are sample financial statements based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). During the AICPA staff’s outreach efforts related to the FRF for SMEsTM accounting framework, users of financial statements and other stakeholders asked for comparisons of financial statements prepared under the
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debt restructuring is imperative. The manager of this company has requested an explanation of the above regarding bonds payable, notes payable, and capital leases. This paper should satisfy any questions about these topics. Long-Term Liabilities Included are several types of long-term liabilities; bonds payable, notes payable, and capital leases. Each of these types of debts have some similarities and some differences regarding the reporting and disclosure requirements, so to better understand those
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“Current Issues in Accounting” SEC Charges Terex Corporation with Accounting Fraud Table of Contents Introduction ----------------------------------------------------- 3 Discussion ---------------------------------------------------- 4 Conclusion ------------------------------------------------------ 5 References ------------------------------------------------------ 6 Introduction Terex Corporation (Terex) is a global manufacturer of a broad range of machinery equipment for
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