idea of globalized change. The convergence of accounting standards is changing the attitudes of CPAs and CFOs as far as internal accounting is concerned and how the quality of the International Accounting Standards will affect it and the efforts made toward converging IFRS and the GAAP standards. Create an argument for or against the IFRS and GAAP convergence process versus a pure adoption of IFRS in the context of impact to the public accounting profession. With Business and finance globalization
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Effectively Communicating with Clients By J. David Strother, CFP®, AIFA®, financial advisor at DSF Wealth Management, LLC Of all the elements a CPA or financial advisor needs to consider in order to operate a successful wealth management practice, an effective client communication strategy ranks at the top of the list. Regular communication is critical to the long-term success of your firm, but it has to be done right. The fact is that the vast majority of advisors want to sell, but very few
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the law suit. According to the standards of financial accounting and reporting states “An estimated loss from a loss contingency shall be accrued by a charge to income if both of the following conditions are met: The amount of loss can be reasonably estimated and it is implicit in this condition that it must be probable that one or more future events will occur confirming the fact of the loss.” If no accrual is recorded for the contingency the financial statements could be very well misleading. A
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Accounting Standards Codification Previously, the documents that detailed the rules and regulations of the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) varied in structure, format, and completeness. These variations led to confusion among users and it became more difficult to determine if they were using GAAP correctly. In response to this problem, the FASB developed the Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) whose main purpose is to provide users access to all of the generally accepted accounting
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Cookie Jar Reserves and Conservative Accounting ACCT 495 Professor Jastrzebski Fall 2013 Cookie Jar Reserves and Conservative Accounting SUMMARY O'Brian Software, a multimillion dollar software company, provides custom software systems, maintenance, support and training. Nick, a recent college graduate, just began working for the family run software company. After being hired to the firm's accounting department, Nick began to suspect unintentional
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Name of Student: Name of Instructor: Course: Date: Accounting Standards Codification The FASB Accounting Standard Codification is the source of authoritative Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) documented by the FASB to be applied to nongovernmental entities. The Codification is the result of a major five-year project involving more than two hundred people from multiple entities. The Codification is effective for provisional and annual periods ending after September
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Accounting Standards Board Paper Joy L. Stigall ACC/541 Accounting Theory and Research September 8, 2013 Heber Howard Accounting Standards Board Paper The accounting profession has been around for thousands of years. According to records, accounting can be seen as early as 1915 B.C. It wasn’t until 1494 that an Italian monk, Fra Luca Pacioli, wrote a book that included a description of double-entry bookkeeping system that enabled business organizations to keep complete records of transactions
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Running head: THE IASB AND FASB The IASB and FASB Amber Lynch ACC/541 Week 1 Paper March 10, 2014 The IASB and FASB Although the concept of the convergence of accounting standards is a new concept to some the idea has existed since the 1950’s. This idea came about as a solution for economic integration and the uptick in international business operations. When the project was first constructed it focused mainly on harmonizing the differences in principles that existed across many different
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Paper #2: Rules-based vs. Principles-based Accounting Standards Convergence efforts in international accounting and the prevalence of globalization in the world markets has continued to indicate that worldwide financial statement comparability will continue to become more necessary. In light of this, it’s important to determine whether a principles-based or rules-based system would be more appropriate for harmonization. Although most current accounting systems can be primarily defined as rules-based
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