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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SEGMENT REPORTING Many U.S. companies operate in several different industries or in different geographic area. When this occurs‚ the difficulties related to financial statement analysis are compounded. Investors who must evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of stock of a diversified company have a difficult task when analyzing such companies which report only the aggregate of their operations. Industry segments and geographic areas of operations can have different levels of
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Introduction When accounting standards change‚ the impact those changes have on debt contracts is influenced by virtue of the ’rolling ’ (floating) or ’frozen ’ generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) applied to the debt covenants within the contracts. Positive accounting theory (PAT) assumes managers will act in self interest once contracts are in place (Deegan 2009‚ p. 292) and this may or may not lead managers to lobby standard setters in support for or against draft changes to standards
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Australia’s foreign debt In recent years‚ Australia’s debt to the rest of the world has increased‚ and grew on average by 6.1% per year between June 1999 and June 2009‚ increasing from $15‚400 to $27‚900 in 2007-08. The growth in a country’s foreign debt can reflect several related influences. The value of its imports and other current payments to foreigners may exceed the value of its exports and other current receipts from foreigners‚ is this is the case then the nation experiences a deficit
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ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION SHEET Course Title: BSC (Hons) in Accounting and Finance Module Title: CORPORATE REPORTING Team Members: 1. LEE KEE TAR‚ UB: 11034518 2. JULIANA BTE ABDUL RAHMAN‚ UB: 11034517 3. VITHIA SUBRAMANIAM‚ UB: 11034521 4. ANG MING LIANG‚ UB: 12038344 Title: SEGMENT DISCLOSURE ARE WIDELY REGARDED AS SOME OF THE MOST USEFUL DISCLOSURE IN FINANCIAL REPORTS BECAUSE OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY DISAGGREGATE FINANCIAL IMFORMATION
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(C) BAD DEBTS‚ BAD DEBTS RECOVERED AND PROVISION FOR DOUBTFUL DEBTS. Bad debts Introduction Customers who buy goods on credit might fail to pay for them‚ perhaps: Out of dishonesty‚ They have gone bankrupt‚ They are incurring losses in their businesses‚ Because of unexpected introduction of foreign exchange control restrictions by their country’s government during the credit period (i.e. if they are trading internationally). They are dead. In these circumstances‚ a business might decide
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Reviews of Generation Debt Generation Debt argues that student loans‚ credit card debt‚ the changing job market‚ and fiscal irresponsibility imperil the future economic prospects of the current generation‚ which is the first American generation not to do better financially than their parents.[2] Some critics of Generation Debt have held that Kamenetz is not critical enough of her own perspective. A writer at Slate wrote‚ "it’s not that the author misdiagnose[s] ills that affect our society. It’s
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Example 2.1 Recognition of an asset Entity X enters into a legal arrangement to act as trustee for entity Y by holding listed shares on entity Y’s behalf. Entity Y makes all investment decisions and entity X will act according to entity Y’s instructions. Entity X will earn a trustee fee for holding the shares. Any dividends or profit/(loss) from the investments belong to entity Y. Elements of financial statementsThe elements of financial statements 53 Entity X should not recognise the listed shares
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Debt Policy at UST 1. How well is UST doing? * UST has been doing extremely well. Revenues and earnings are growing at 9% and 11% respectively. * Named by Forbes as one of the top companies in terms of profitability. ROC‚ ROE and GPM one of the industry highest. * Paying back generous dividends of $2.2b and repurchasing $2b from 1988 to 1998. * However‚ they seem to be losing market share in the premium market to competitors and have not been able to make an impact in the
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Reporting verbs When introducing references[->0] into the text (citing) you should choose suitable ’reporting’ verbs as these can: · strengthen the arguments you are presenting · help the reader understand why the source is relevant. Some verbs are neutral: · Smith describes... · Jones states... · Green defines... Some verbs draw attention to the author’s viewpoint: · Harris argues... · O’Neill disputed... · Jackson conceded... Some verbs give information about the author’s work: · Holmes
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