differences between the two sets of accounting Standards, the GAAP and the IFRS. In other words, the main purpose of the project is to make the accounting standards of both the IASB and the FASB comparable so that there will be a global used accounting standard. (Deegan 2010, p49) This project will make international financial reports more comparable and more helpful for information users. The development of Conceptual Framework is a basic requirement for the changes of accounting standards. With the international
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CHAPTER 2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK UNDERLYING FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Show Me the Earnings! The growth of new-economy business on the Internet has led to the development of new measures of performance. When Priceline.com splashed onto the dot-com scene, it touted steady growth in a measure called “unique offers by users” to explain its heady stock price. To draw investors to its stock, Drugstore.com focused on the number of “unique customers” at its website. After all, new businesses call for new performance
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CHAPTER 21 Accounting for Leases ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE (BY TOPIC) | | |Brief Exercises | | | Concepts for | |Topics |Questions | |Exercises |Problems |Analysis | |*1. Rationale for leasing. |1, 2, 4 | |
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Investments in Marketable Equity and Debt Securities (SFAS #115, for fiscal years beginning after 12/5/1993) |Reporting Category |Classification Criteria | |Held to Maturity |Debt securities the investor has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity | |Trading Securities |
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BAC 3684: ACCOUNTING THEORY LECTURER’S NAME: PROF PREM LAL JOSHI GROUP MEMBER’S STUDENT | STUDENT ID | DARREN TEH WE LOON | 1102702654 | CHEE YEN MUN | 1102700429 | CHANDRAPRIYA D/O GOPALACHANDRAN | 1101110492 | GAYATHIRY ULAKANATHAN | 1101110649 | a) In your opinion, why do standard setters require measurement methods other than traditional historical cost accounting? Accounting should be the most straightforward of topics
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Samantha Kozar Chapter 21 Summary ACCT 305-001 Spring 2013 The Leasing Environment Most companies and businesses today lease several different types of things especially businesses in the agriculture and construction sectors. A lease is a contractual agreement between two people; a lessor and a lessee. A lessor is one who owns the property, while a lessee is given rights to use their property for a time period. Lessors come in different types of categories such as banks, captive leasing
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Table of Content: Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Principles of Consolidation Description of the Company New Accounting Pronouncements Cash and Cash Equivalent Inventories Investments Property, Plant and Equipment and Depreciation Earnings per Share Revenue Recognition Research and Development Use of Estimates Income Taxes Annual Closing Date 2. Cash, Cash Equivalents and Current Marketable Securities 3. Inventories 4. Property, Plant and
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PART 7: ACCOUNTING FOR EQUITY INTERESTS IN OTHER ENTITIES Chapter 24 Accounting for group structures 1. The consolidated financial statements provide an aggregation of the financial statements of a group of separate legal entities to provide financial statements drawn up to reflect a perspective of the group as a single economic entity. Therefore, the purpose of providing consolidated financial statements is to show the results and financial position of a group as if it were operating as a single
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Jose Vargas Phoenix Accounting 211 Dr. Freeman GAAP vs. IFRS Different accounting standards for business transactions are a problem in comparing financial results of different entities from different countries. As a solution, by our country accepting one standard, an international standard it would allow them to be assessed in a more comparable manner across the board. The United State of America with just a handful of other countries have in the past have used accounting guidelines based off
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CHAPTER 11 Depreciation, Impairments, and Depletion ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE (BY TOPIC) | | |Brief Exercises | | | Concepts for | |Topics |Questions | |Exercises |Problems |Analysis | |1. |Depreciation methods; meaning of |1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, |
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