IFRS vs. GAAP Introduction The U.S. GAAP is accounting principles adopted by the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Over time SEC has been talking about moving these principles over to the IFRS, The International Financial Reporting Standard. “IFRS is an accounting standard that was developed by a not-for-profit group called the International Accounting Standard Board. (www.Ifrs.com)” This summary will give you a subject by subject look of some differences and similarities both the
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opinion on our findings of the audit. I believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our focus was on the Shiny Teeth coupon drop. The accounting issue is determining redemption rate offered on September 1 and drop on October 1, 2012. According to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 605-50-05-1a a vendor's accounting for consideration given by a vendor to a customer (including both a reseller of the vendor’s products and an entity that purchases the vendor’s products from
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represents the fair value of the cost Runway would pay to earn a new customer from an unrelated third party or marketing firm. Runway Discount should record the $25 Referral Credit as a marketing expense. According to 605-50-45-2 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, the referral credit should be considered as a cost incurred because it meets both of the following conditions: a. Runway Discount receives an identifiable benefit in exchange for the $25 credit. In addition, the $25
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QuickMBA / Accounting / Standards Financial Accounting Standards Accounting standards are needed so that financial statements will fairly and consistently describe financial performance. Without standards, users of financial statements would need to learn the accounting rules of each company, and comparisons between companies would be difficult. Accounting standards used today are referred to as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). These principles are "generally accepted" because
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CHAPTER 1 THE CANADIAN FINANCIAL REPORTING ENVIRONMENT Multiple Choice—Conceptual Answer No. Description d 1. Accounting characteristics. a 2. Nature of financial accounting. c 3. Definition of financial accounting. a 4. Financial reporting entity. d 5. Efficient use of resources. d 6. Capital allocation process. c 7. Assessing management stewardship. c 8. Objectives of financial reporting. a 9. Role of AcSB. c 10. Body responsible for setting GAAP. b 11
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and GAAP are two major accounting instruments that play a huge role in the accounting industry. IFRS stands for International Financial Reporting Standards. IFRS defines the accounting standards that are developed and approved by an independent, not-for-profit organization called the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The IASB is a private sector that was established in the year of 2011 and currently has 16 members. While GAAP, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, is a combination
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HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND EXTENDED LEARNING INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I Semester: Fall 2014 August 27, 2014 – December 17, 2014 Course: ACCT 307 Intermediate Accounting I Credits: (3) Credit Hours Prerequisites: ACCT 206 Location: Woodhaven, Room 4 Days/Times T/TH (8:00am–9:30am) Instructor: Stephen B. Bates MBA, CPA, CGMA Office: Aquinas Hall, Rm
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one set of international accounting standards. I will compare the international standard known as IFRS to the U.S. standard known as GAAP. IFRS The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) was developed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Currently, there are 115 countries using the IFRS. GAAP The United States uses the General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), which was created by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), and officially
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Recognition: Where it Will Take Us By Robert Bloom and Jacob Kamm Financial Executive • SUMMER 2014 FINANCIAL REPORTING Since 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have collaborated on a converged revenue recognition standard. Current U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) standards related to revenue recognition are essentially rules-based, containing over 200 specific requirements related to revenue recognition
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particular standard in practice, preparers (and auditors) are required to focus the accounting (and attestation) decisions on fulfilling the accounting objective of that standard. This minimizes the opportunities for financial engineering designed to evade the intent of the standard. Second, each standard is drafted in accordance with objectives set by an overarching, coherent conceptual framework meant to unify the accounting system as a whole. Third, this approach eschews exceptions, which by their
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