Comparing IFRS to GAAP Craig Ronquillo ACC/291 8 December‚ 2014 Joseph Bailey Comparing IFRS to GAAP I will be comparing IFRS to GAAP‚ and be discussing many ways these two get along with each other and see what they do differently as well‚ they both have their ways of doing things which are easier but sometime even harder. IFRS 8-1: What are some steps taken by both the FASB and IASB to move to fair value measurement for financial instruments? In what ways have some of the approaches differed
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JUVENILE JURISDICTION “VS” ADULT JURISDICTION A. Banks Introduction to Criminal Justice –CRN 21737 December 12‚ 2012 Juvenile Jurisdiction v. Adult Jurisdiction This paper explores the different views that have been in debate among society and the juvenile justice system. Since the inception of juvenile court more than a hundred years ago‚ the underlying debate has been that juvenile offenders shouldn’t go through the adult criminal courts. Juvenile court was originally created to handle
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Week 8 Assignment 1 IFRS and GAAP Convergence Janet Rivera Cruz Prof. Basil Jackson Accounting 304 December 2‚ 2012 Cruz 2 The purpose of this paper is to describe what accounting convergence means and assess the likelihood of the convergence being completed and implemented in the next five (5) years. IFRS is the principle based set of standards that establish standards and dictate specific treatments. IFRS has become a global standard for companies when preparing
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GAAP – This is the General Accepted Accounting Principles‚ it is the basic principles of accounting - http://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gaap.asp Basic Accounting Formula- means that all balances and ledgers must match at all times. If it does not then something was entered wrong in a ledger -http://www.accountingtools.com/basic-accounting-formula Transaction T account – A term used for double entry book keeping‚ a ledger with 2 separate lines separating debits and credits -http://www.investopedia
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standard‚ US GAAPs (United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) with IFRSs (International Financial Reporting Standards). This report is about the evaluation of the convergence project to form a global standardized financial statement. IFRS is a set of international accounting standards stated how particular types of transactions should be reported in financial statements. However‚ U.S GAAP is a common set of accounting principles‚ standards and procedures that companies use to compile
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July 2013 New income tax forms for companies As a result of recent changes in tax legislation‚ the South African Revenue Service (SARS) have recently revised and updated the corporate income tax returns. * As such‚ it is now compulsory to submit an electronic copy of the signed annual financial statements‚ on which the tax return is based‚ together with the income tax return to SARS. * Furthermore‚ SARS now requires additional information to be presented and disclosed in the corporate
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JAPANSE GAAP Japan in the year 2010 had a GDP of 4.31 trillion dollars making them the 4th largest in the world 1. With this being said it is important that other countries doing business in the nation have a strong knowledge of their accounting practices. Japanese accounting practices have been going through some major changes over the past 10 years. In 2001 Financial Accounting Standards Foundation (FASF) was formed as well as the Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ) was created under the
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Federal Jurisdiction Abstract In this paper I will discuss a case involving Henry‚ a resident of Nevada‚ who sued Adam‚ a resident of Utah in the Federal Court in California. Henry sought $60‚000 damages for personal injuries arising from an automobile accident that occurred in Los Angeles‚ California. I will answer the following questions about this case. Does the Federal Court have jurisdiction? What rules of procedure will
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Jurisdiction: Is There an Issue? Does our court system in the United States have jurisdiction issues? Yes‚ they do. Jurisdiction is defined as “the authority of the court to hear certain cases” (Fuller 287). There are specific types of jurisdictions that deal in different cases. Subject-matter jurisdiction deals with the “nature of a case” (287). Geographic jurisdiction deals with the “location of the offense” and hierarchical jurisdiction deals with “where the case is located in the system” (287-288)
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Outline Part 1 Background and Overview Part 2 US GAAP and IFRS Part 3 China GAAP and IFRS Part 4 Summary of Convergence Process Part 5 Pros & Cons of Convergence Part 6 The reasons for differences in accounting practice ww.ifrs.org + The International Accounting Standards Board + The International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) Foundation + Objective – a single set of global financial reporting standards + Aim – convergence between national standards and international
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