Case 1-4 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles At the completion of the Darby Department Store audit‚ the president asks about the meaning of the phrase “in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles‚” which appears in your audit report on the management’s financial statements. He observes that the meaning of the phrase must include more than what he thinks of as “principles.” Required: a. Explain the meaning of the term accounting principles as used in the audit report. (Do
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21. General-purpose financial statements are the product of a. financial accounting. b. managerial accounting. c. both financial and managerial accounting. d. neither financial nor managerial accounting. 22. Users of financial reports include all of the following except a. creditors. b. government agencies. c. unions. d. All of these are users. 23. The financial statements most frequently provided include all of the following
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Chapter 1 Financial Accounting and Accounting Standards Intermediate Accounting‚ 15th Edition Kieso‚ Weygandt‚ and Warfield 1 Financial Statements and Financial Reporting • Goals or purpose of (financial) accounting – Identification‚ measurement‚ and communication of financial information about – An economic entity to – Interested Parties (internal and external) • Creditors‚ managers‚ unions‚ government agencies Financial reports (statements) & notes 2 Financial Statements
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Accountants follow professional guidelines for measurement and disclosure of financial information. These are called generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). In the United States‚ the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) formulates GAAP. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) sets global or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ the two basic types of external providers of capital include investors (who exchange cash for stock) and creditors (who loan cash)
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Accounting Principles i Running head: GENERAL ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES General Accepted Accounting Principles Accounting Principles ii Abstract My paper is about the GAAP (General Acceptance of Accounting Principles) which were created by the Accounting Principles Board (APB). The board was created by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) in 1959. APB issued 31 Opinions from 1959 to 1973 and those Opinions created GAAP. I think GAAP is interesting
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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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term “IFRS” is international financial reporting standard (IFRS). IFRS has been developed by International accounting standard board (IASB). As per IASB “IFRS refers to a set of international accounting standard stating how particular type of transactions and other events should be reported in financial statement” or‚ in other words IFRS refers to guidelines and rules that companies and organizations are required to follow in preparing and presenting their financial statements. Thus‚ IFRS are the
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of International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) in standard setting. The IASC was issuing International Accounting Standards (IAS). So far there were forty one IAS which had been issue before IASB replaced IASC in 2001. As one of the major weaknesses of IASC was that the standards it was issuing contained many objectives thereby defeating the purpose of consistency in recognition‚ measurement and presentation of transactions. IASB intends to limit such choice of accounting treatments 1.)
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| directors | | auditors | | | 6. The main functions of the Financial Reporting Council include: I. overseeing the process for the setting of accounting standards of the AASB II. determining the AASB’s broad strategic direction III. monitoring and reviewing the level of funding for the AASB IV. directing the AASB in relation to the development or making of a particular standard V. the power to veto a standard recommended by the AASB. | I‚ II‚ III and V only | | I‚ II‚ and
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Financial Accounting Theory (BBAC502) Group Assignment (Group of Four) 25% (Due Session 5.2) “Australia has long recognised that its accounting standards need to be harmonised with standards elsewhere in the world. To ensure consistent application of IFRSs‚ CLERP No. 9 recommended that Australia adopt‚ from January 2005‚ official interpretations of IFRSs issued by the IASB’s International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC). As noted by CLERP No. 9‚ the comparability
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