organization to create standards for financial accounting. The fourth body is the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). This body was created by our previous body, the FAF, and they set up standards for nongovernment financial accounting and reporting. Our fifth body to discuss is called Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and they are the counterpart of FASB for the state and local levels. The next regulatory body is called the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB)
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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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Globalization of Accounting Standards ACC 201 This year, the Securities and Exchange Committee is looking to make a decision on international rules regarding accounting standards. The United States has expressed support of accounting harmonization rather than accounting convergence. Accounting harmonization is the goal to adjust the consistencies among the different methods, procedures, or systems of other countries in order to make them more compatible with each other uniformly
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Standards Board ("IASB") rather than generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("U.S. GAAP"). IFRS is a set of principles-based accounting standards published by the London-based IASB. The SEC has encouraged the development of IFRS as a uniform accounting framework to facilitate cross-border offerings. It has also encouraged the convergence of U.S. GAAP and IFRS standards. Since 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") has been working with the IASB to harmonize U
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entity to another, regardless of the entity’s country of origin. IFRS was developed by the International Accounting Standards Board, IASB, a London based organization established in 2001. The AICPA was a founder member of this board, and, while not in direct affiliation thereof, has established a website to educate individuals and businesses on IFRS (AICPA, “What is the IASB”). The cost of the United States converting to IFRS is under scrutiny, many believe the benefits would be less than the actual
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risk of not raising enough investment capital because they are not providing investors and creditors with enough information. The IASB (International Accounting Standards Board) is the independent standard-setting body of the IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) Foundation. According to a Deloitte sponsored website called IASPlus, the IASB develops and pursues its technical agenda, prepares and issues IFRSs (other than Interpretations) and exposure drafts by following the due
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differences, how does it affect net income reporting and what difficulties may exist in mandating IFRS in the U.S. Introduction I propose to write a paper on some of the major differences which still remain between IFRS and US GAAP. Although the FASB and IASB along with the SEC have been working to converge the two accounting systems, many differences still exist. In particular I plan to show the effects on the reported net income of companies and highlight the difficulties of mandating the use of
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ACCOUNTING 404 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING FALL 2012 Instructor: Dr. Meihua Koo Office: Building 164, Room 2086 Email: mkoo@csupomona.edu Vmail: (909) 869-4531 Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday: 5:00 – 5:45 p.m. Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Examination and discussion of accounting theories, techniques, procedures, accounting standards and regulations used in other nations. Examination of contemporary practices prevailing in different parts of the world. Emphasis on multi-national
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International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) requiring the preparation and presentation of a Statement of Cash Flows, providing through it the historical changes in cash and cash equivalents of an entity. The standard was first issued in 1977 as IAS 7 – Statement of Changes in Financial Position by the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC); subsequently, it was reissued in 1992 as IAS 7 – Cash Flow Statements. The updated standard was adopted by the IASB in 2001. Its name was changed to
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These standards are set by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Consisting of 16 members from various countries, the IASB structure is similar to that of the FASB in that they have a parent organization entitled the IFRS Foundation (Accounting Textbook, 1-17). The phrase “International Convergence of Accounting Standards” refers to both a goal and the path that is necessary to achieve it. Ultimately, the FASB would to like to be able to provide a unified set of superior quality,
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