REGULATIONS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Regulation of accounting information is aimed at ensuring that users of financial statements receive a minimum amount of information that will enable them take meaningful decisions regarding their interest in a reporting entity. The bodies responsible for these regulations are often statutory agencies such as the Financial Reporting Council‚ Securities and Exchange Commission and the
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Regulation is defined as a set of rules that is designed to control and govern conduct by authority (Deegan 2009‚ p.59). On the basis of this definition‚ Deegan (2009‚ p.59) has defined regulations relating to financial accounting as rules that are developed by independent authoritative body to govern the preparation of financial statements which are accounting standards. Since decades ago‚ there have been arguments for and against the existence of accounting regulations. With a stance of pro-regulation
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infringed” (Murphy‚ p. 1656). Although we have a split opinion on whether or not guns should be regulated we can argue that gun regulation hasn’t had a steady increase or decline. Factors such as violence‚ lobbyist‚ and Constitutional rights have had both positive and negative impacts on gun regulation. While mass shootings continue to increase‚ the fight for gun regulation has seen an increase as well. Definitions for mass shootings have changed within the past 10 years; according
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The Regulation of Financial Reporting Contents Part 1 Financial Statement Analysis of JD Wetherspoon plc Executive summary.............................................................................4 1.1 Company profile................................................................................4 1.2 History and development...................................................................4 Introduction....................................
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What is financial reporting? The traditional function of financial reporting was to provide business owners with information about the companies that they owned and operated. Once the delegation of managerial responsibilities to hired personnel became a common practice‚ financial reporting began to focus on stewardship—that is‚ on the managers’ accountability to the owners. Its purpose then was to document how effectively the owners’ assets were managed‚ in terms of both capital preservation and
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limits as they can to avoid crisis. Yet‚ it cannot be denied that among the sectors “affected” by regulation‚ the area of banking is one of the most important. In an original speech pronounced in August 2012‚ Andrew Haldane‚ the director of the Bank of England denounced a too much complicated regulation in banking. If Haldane admits that the regulation is inevitable‚ it remains that a complex regulation is sometimes useless. Haldane’s speech entitled “The dog and the frisbee” has been discussed in
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revenue sources on financial reporting at the hospital? o How are the hospital’s revenues and expenses grouped for planning and control? (one section) dennis HOW IS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURED? Measuring hospital financial performance is commonly performed by analyzing margins (I.e.‚ the difference in revenue vs. expenses). Margins can be expressed by using financial ratios and as dollar amounts. OSHPD uses two financial ratios to measure a hospital’s financial performance. Both
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Financial Reporting in an International Approach (1) Answer: Conceptual Framework: The Conceptual Framework is a report of generally recognized theoretical values which is very important form the period of reference for business reporting. Moreover‚ it is a coherent structure of related purposes and a major idea which is recommends the environment‚ purpose and boundaries of business accounting that is predictable to lead to reliable guidance. Also‚ it is planned to assist the community interest
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Discuss the effect of the Statement of Principles for Financial Reporting on current UK financial reporting practice. The ASC was set up in the 1970’s‚ where at the time there was no clear statement of accounting principles‚ accept that the accounts should be prudent; consistent; follow the accrual accounting procedures and be based on the assumption that the entity would remain a going concern. Up until 1990 standards were set by the ASC; a body made up of six professional accounting bodies
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ACCOUNTING AND FINACIAL REPORTING Group Project FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Due January 30‚ 2013 1. Focused on parts: 2 Balance Sheet and 3 Income Statement 2. Focused on parts: 1 General Information 3. Focused on parts: 4 Evaluation of the Corporation’s Disclosures 4. Focused on parts: ……………… (Although each member may focus on some specific parts for report preparation
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