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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302 Accounting Standard (AS) 16 (issued 2000) Borrowing Costs Contents OBJECTIVE SCOPE DEFINITIONS RECOGNITION Borrowing Costs Eligible for Capitalisation Excess of the Carrying Amount of the Qualifying Asset over Recoverable Amount Commencement of Capitalisation Suspension of Capitalisation Cessation of Capitalisation DISCLOSURE Paragraphs 1-2 3-5 6-22 8-12 13 14-16 17-18 19-22 23 The following Accounting Standards Interpretations (ASIs) relate to AS 16: ASI 1- Substantial Period
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2.1 Accounting standard-setters have an expectation that the readers of general purpose financial reports have a ‘reasonable knowledge’ of accounting. Specifically‚ the IASB Framework states that ‘users are expected to have a reasonable knowledge of business and economic activities and accounting and a willingness to study the information with reasonable diligence’. Hence‚ there is an expectation that financial statements are not tailored to meet the needs of people who have not‚ in some way‚ studied
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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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Exposure Draft Accounting Standard (AS) 9 (Revised 20XX) (Corresponding to IAS 18) Revenue (Last date for Comments: June 07‚ 2010) Issued by Accounting Standards Board The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 2 Exposure Draft Accounting Standard 9 (Revised 20XX) (Corresponding to IAS 18) Revenue Contents Objective Scope Definitions Measurement of revenue Identification of the transaction Sale of goods Rendering of services Interest‚ royalties and dividends Disclosure Effective
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According to google.com (web definitions) Accounting Standards can be defined as a set of rules governing how accounts are drawn up. Would there be more positive effects than negative if a country develops its own accounting standards? I totally disagree with this statement‚ instead should be read‚ ‘A country should ‘NOT’ develop its own accounting standards’. To support my statement I will substantiate on five points stating why there is one accounting standards for everyone to follow; these include:
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Advantages of International Harmonization Harmonization of accounting standards between nations is a very important current issue which has many possible benefits or consequences‚ as well as many obstacles to overcome for success. The international business community recognized the need for uniform accounting standards. This has been necessitated by of the spectacular growth in the number and size of multinational companies‚ foreign investments and cross-border listings on the stock exchanges
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International Accounting Standards Board Dawn Becker University of Phoenix- ACC440 Mike Raponi September 5‚ 2005 International Accounting Standards Board History "The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) was preceded by the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC)‚ which operated from 1973 until 2001." http://www.lasb.org/about/history.asp . The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) was founded on April 1‚ 2001. Its role is to encourage companies
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sentenced to 10 years. He had moved company cash into his personal bank account. Some of this was used to buy Polly Peck shares to keep the price up. In 2002 the accounting disciplinary body‚ the Joint Disciplinary Tribunal‚ fined Stoy Hayward £75‚000 for its role as group auditor to Polly Peck. Erdal & Co‚ the north Cypriot accounting firm was also fined for its audit of the north Cypriot subsidiaries of Polly Peck in 1988 and 1999. 2. Enron 2001 Massive fraud. AA helped to set up off balance
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