US GAAP versus IFRS The basics December 2011 !@# Table of contents Introduction .....................................................................2 Financial statement presentation......................................4 Interim financial reporting ................................................6 Consolidation, joint venture accounting and equity method investees .............................................................7 Business combinations ...................................
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Check Figures to accompany INTEMEDIATE ACCOUNTING Fifth Edition Spiceland, Sepe, Nelson, and Tomassini Chapter 1 BE 1-1 Net income, $208,000 BE 1-2 b. AICPA BE 1-3 2. Assets BE 1-4 4. Matching principle BE 1-5 3. Economic entity assumption BE 1-6 3. Disagree, Matching principle E1-1 Req. 1, Net operating cash flow, Yr. 2, $50,000 Req. 2, Net income, Year 1, $25,000 E1-2 Req. 1, Net income, Year 2, $190,000 E1-3 2. a, d, and g E1-4 3.f E1-5
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Chapter 07 Accounting for the Business-type Activities of State and Local Governments True / False Questions 1. | For proprietary funds, governments generally present a statement of net position in a format that displays assets, plus deferred outflows of resources, less liabilities, less deferred inflows of resources, equals net position. True False | 2. | Internal service funds of one government may not provide goods or services, on a cost-reimbursement basis, to other
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TB EXAM QUESTIONS Chapter 1 True False 1.Napoleon found the Italian system of accounting to be inefficient. 2.Venice’s commerce was driven by sea traffic. 3.The Genoese system was the first to imply that unlike items could be compared in terms of a common monetary unit. 4.Double entry bookkeeping quickly had world-wide acceptance, as the British accepted it in the 1400s. 5.When hyperinflation exists, alternative systems to historical cost become necessary. 6. The International
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efforts due to the many aspects related to the changes. Adjustments also need to be done by corporations or organizations, particularly those with international transactions and interactions. Full adoption also means the changing of accounting principles that has been applied as accounting standards worldwide. This might not be achieved in a short period, due to a number of reasons: (1) accounting standards are highly related with the tax systems. Adoption to IFRS internationally may change the
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understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. From a Declaration of Principles Jointly Adopted by a
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© 2000 American Accounting Association Accounting Horizons Vol. 14 No. 2 June 2000 pp. 235-250 Earnings Management: Reconciling the Views of Accounting Academics, Practitioners, and Regulators Patricia M. Dechow and Douglas J. Skinner Patricia M. Dechow is an Associate Professor and Douglas J. Skinner is a Professor, both at the University of Michigan. SYNOPSIS: We address the fact that accounting academics often have very different perceptions of earnings management than do practitioners
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Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities A Roadmap to Applying the Variable Interest Entities Consolidation Model March 2010 FASB material, copyright © by the Financial Accounting Foundation, 401 Merritt 7, PO Box 5116, Norwalk, CT 06856-5116, is reproduced with permission. This publication is provided as an information service by the Accounting Standards and Communications Group of Deloitte & Touche LLP. It does not address all possible fact patterns and the guidance is subject to change
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[pic] Financial Statement Analysis For Small Businesses A Resource Guide Provided By Virginia Small Business Development Center Network (Revised for the VSBDC by Henry Reeves 3/22/2011) Contents |Topic |Page | |Introduction |3
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BU Basic M.B.A. International Master of Business Administration |Index | Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Business Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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