during an accounting period in monetary terms. These business activities vary from one enterprise to other. To compare the financial statements of various reporting enterprises poses some difficulties because of the divergence in the methods and principles adopted by these enterprises in preparing their financial statements. In order to make these methods and principles uniform and comparable to the extent possible – standards are evolved.What are Accounting Standards? Accounting Standards are the
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Intermediate Accounting Paper The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a private‚ not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to develop generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) within the United States in the public ’s interest. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) designated the FASB as the organization responsible for setting accounting standards for public companies in the U.S. It was created in 1973‚ replacing the Accounting Principles Board and the Committee
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Accounting Standards Boards Paper In recent years there has been significant changes made in our understanding of the relationship between the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). At present both the IASB and FASB are working on a joint venture referred to as the convergence project in hopes of eliminating a variety of differences between International Financial Reporting Standards and U.S. GAAP. Another area covered in this paper besides
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Institution Introduction Observation of standard accounting practices is a requirement for publicly traded companies. The companies are obligated to follow strict accounting rules in the presentation of their financial statements to enable the readers of such statements to compare performances by different companies easily. Financial institution and shareholders of various private companies may also require private companies to comply with certain accounting standard. Local governments being the form of
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Presentation of Financial Statements Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) 1 Presentation of Financial Statements Contents Paragraphs OBJECTIVE SCOPE DEFINITIONS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Purpose of financial statements Complete set of financial statements General features Presentation of True and Fair View and compliance with Ind ASs Going Concern Accrual Basis of Accounting Materiality and Aggregation Offsetting Frequency of reporting Comparative Information Consistency of Presentation STRUCTURE
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FASB Accounting Standards Codification: 410 Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to summarize research on codification topic 410 based on the information found in different academic databases. The first part of the paper will focus on the FASB Codification database. The second part of the paper will compare and contrast three other databases on the same codification 410 within the RIA Checkpoint databases: AICPA: Auditing
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Introduction IN1 International Accounting Standard 16 Property‚ Plant and Equipment (IAS 16) replaces IAS 16 Property‚ Plant and Equipment (revised in 1998)‚ and should be applied for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005. Earlier application is encouraged. The Standard also replaces the following Interpretations: • SIC-6 Costs of Modifying Existing Software • SIC-14 Property‚ Plant and Equipment—Compensation for the Impairment or Loss of Items • SIC-23 Property‚ Plant and
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.......................... TUTORIAL DAY & TIME........………................... TUTOR’S FULL NAME......................................... Test 1 – Version 2 Session 2‚ 2012 Course Code: ACCG 224 Course Name: INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Time allowed: 55 minutes plus 5 minutes reading time Total No. of questions: Three Questions Instructions 1. You must answer ALL questions in the test booklet. No separate booklet will be provided to answer the questions. 2. This is
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Different Film Industries in Different Countries There is one kind of product which needs multi-million investments but can see a return in only 15 to 30 days. It is based on innovation and represents a country’s culture. Depending on its collection of audio and visual experiences‚ it can earn praises or criticism from thousands of people. Films are enchanting products for the world. AMERICAN FILM INDUSTRY [pic] It is quiet impossible to think about the American film industry without the name of
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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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