shifted towards a uniform accounting standards or the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The main motive behind this movement is to come up with a global language for accounting which will be comparable and understandable beyond the borders of a nation. As of today about 120 countries require IFRS for domestically listed companies‚ although only about 90 countries have fully conformed to IFRS . While some argue that it is necessary to have a system of accounting that is clear and transparent
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Universal Accounting Standards Issue The internationalization of business activities has increased exponentially over the past 3 decades. Because the accounting standards and practices of different countries have developed in response to diverse environments‚ accounting has developed with strong national accents . As a result‚ multinationals with branches and investments in a wide array of countries find it difficult to achieve a consolidated financial report. Further‚ investors in these multinationals
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The International Accounting Standard Committee (IASC) came into existence on June 29 1973 when sixteen accounting bodies from nine nations (designated as founder members) signed the agreement and constitution for its formation with headquarters at London. The objective of the committee is "to formulate and publish in the public interest standards to be observed in the presentation of audited financial statements and to promote their worldwide acceptance and observance". This would
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Case 1-3 Politicalization of Accounting Standards A. These groups are put in place to help regulate the economy and to help form accounting principles that should be followed to promote and ensure accuracy and efficiency in companies across America. There was much policitalization which led to the abolishment of the APB and the formation of FASB. This was due to reasons such as the investment of tax credit in 1961 which made the APB responsible for deciding how it was to be reported. Due to the
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RESEARCH: Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) 1. FASB had four primary goals in developing the codification. List these four goals: 1. Simplify user access to all authoritative U.S. GAAP by putting them all in one place with codification 2. Assist FASB with the research and international convergence efforts required during the standard-setting process 3. Become the authoritative source of literature for the completed extensible business reporting language (XBRL) taxonomy 4. Clarify that
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ACC4001: ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE DISSERTATION FORMAT REQUIREMENTS Final Dissertation Submission Hand in one electronic copy through TURNITIN and one printed copy through the SAO. Follow the layout as provided in your disse‚ and abstract) that precede the main text with lower case Roman numerals beginning with i. Put page numbers in the right-hand corner. • Number the main text consecutively beginning with Arabic numeral 1 in the right-hand corner. Check your dissertation to ensure that
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Research Methods in Accounting and Finance ACC4003 The Project Dr. Tambudzai Mangezi (Tambu) Tambudzai.mangezi@northampton.ac.uk What is required? • A 6‚000 word document on an industry of your choice • You will be expected to choose an industry that has at least 3 companies quoted on the UK stock exchange • Examples of “good” projects are available on NILE • You will not be able to chose companies from the Airline and Financial Services Industries • You do not need to register your project
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Accounting & Finance Research Why a business needs finance: Finance: the management of large amounts of money‚ especially by governments or large companies. can be a real benefit when it comes to business success as well. your own personal finance helps you to understand how to manage not only business finances‚ but set goals and create fundamentals skills in planning and decision-making Internal sources: Internal financing is the name for a firm using its profits as a source of capital for new investment
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198 Accounting Standard (AS) 14 (issued 1994) Accounting for Amalgamations Contents INTRODUCTION Definitions EXPLANATION Types of Amalgamations Methods of Accounting for Amalgamations The Pooling of Interests Method The Purchase Method Consideration Treatment of Reserves on Amalgamation Treatment of Goodwill Arising on Amalgamation Balance of Profit and Loss Account Treatment of Reserves Specified in A Scheme of Amalgamation Disclosure Amalgamation after the Balance Sheet Date ACCOUNTING STANDARD
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body (10 marks) b) What is meant by dividend stability? Explain about the types of dividends and the factors which influence the dividend policy of a firm (15 marks) Total (25 marks) QUESTION THREE a) In managing cash‚ the Finance Manager faces the problem of compromising the conflicting goals of “liquidity and profitability”. Comment on this statement. How would you determine the optimum cash balance in a business organization? (13 marks) b) Discuss the major nontraditional
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