the fair value of assets and liabilities when required by other Standards. This project will not change when fair value measurement is required by IFRSs. Discussion at the September 2005 IASB Meeting At the September 2005 meeting, the IASB added the Fair Value Measurements topic to its agenda. The aim of the project is to provide guidance to entities on how they should measure the fair value of assets and liabilities when required by other Standards. This project will not change when fair value
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issues (2.5) * Limitation of historical cost accounting Historical cost accounting: assets are recorded at the amounts paid/ received at acquisition Problem: +) inflation, +) increase in asset values are not reflected in financial statements (wearing out of assets, increase in market value) Advantage: +) objective method: documentary evidence to prove the purchase price of an asset, or amounts paid as expense. +) costs can easily be verified. * Alternative method of accounting
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Case analysis: Classification of instruments in fair value hierarchy Instrumental 1 In the case, there was a significant decrease in the volume and activity for the instrument because of (1) significant widening of the bid-ask spreads in the markets and the widening continued throughout Q4 2012 (2) a significant decrease in the volume of trades comparing with historical level in Q4 (3) no recent transactions. According to 820-10-35-54-c, it was reasonable to determine that market is not active
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3. Trade off between fair value accounting and historical cost accounting a) Relevance: Financial information is relevant when it influences the economic decisions of users, Fair value reporting is more relevant as it will allow users of financial statements to obtain a truer and fairer view of the company's real financial situation since it reflects the prevailing economic conditions and the changes in them. In contrast, historical cost accounting shows the conditions that existed when the transaction
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With the rapid development of economy in our country, the fair value measurement model will play a more and more important role in the accounting application. At the same time, along with a conceptual change in investment, the investment real estate also becomes a new economic growth point in China. Therefore, exploring the accounting application status of fair value in the investment real estate, finding existing problems and putting forward suggestions for improvement, both in academic and practice，is
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61) Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing, ISSN 1548-6583, USA Fair value accounting under financial crisis HE Cai-xia1, ZHANG Chi2 (1. School of Accounting, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China; 2. School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430073, China) Abstract: The recent financial crisis has led to a vigorous debate about the pros and cons of fair-value accounting (FVA). This debate presents a major challenge for FVA going
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重庆大学本科学生毕业设计（论文） 公允价值计量有助于预测商业银行的盈余信息吗 学 生：蔡林凌 学 号：20100321 指导教师：陆静 专 业：金融学 重庆大学经济与工商管理学院 二O一四年六月 Graduation Design(Thesis) of Chongqing University The Fair Value and Its Predictability on earnings in Banking Industry in China Undergraduate: Cai Linling Supervisor: Prof. Lu Jing Major: Finance School of Economic and Business Administration Chongqing University June 2014 摘 要 早在1970年会计原则委员会（APB）报告书中就出现了公允价值这一概念，96年FASB（美国财务会计准则）对公允价值概念重新界定，美国也一直在推进公
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ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL ASSETS VALUATION WITH FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING AND HISTORICAL COST ACCOUNTING METHOD IN PLANTATION SUBSECTOR OF INDONESIAN AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY IN THE PERIOD OF 2007-2012 Karina Putri Ramadhani1 and Indra Pratama2 1 Thesis Writer, Swiss German University 2 Thesis Advisor, Swiss German University Abstract The analysis of biological assets valuation with fair value accounting and historical cost accounting method in plantation subsector of Indonesian agricultural industry,
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Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 8 September 2010 Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting Chapter 1, The Objective of General Purpose Financial Reporting, and Chapter 3, Qualitative Characteristics of Useful Financial Information a replacement of FASB Concepts Statements No. 1 and No. 2 Copyright © 2010 by Financial Accounting Foundation. All rights reserved. Content copyrighted by Financial Accounting Foundation may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
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Probability of retention is important because it will have a huge impact on customer value and goodwill impairment. The following table will illustrate how different retention rates can affect goodwill impairment. For the next step, we will ask management for historical customer attrition data or other support to confirm the accuracy of the 75% retention rate assumed. Retention Rate | Customer Relationship value | Goodwill | Goodwill Impairment | 65% | 21 | 27 | 130 | 70% | 24 | 24 | 133 |
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