Who Sets “GAAP” Internationally? A brief history: • In the past‚ each country or jurisdiction generally had its own national standard setter. • Beginning in 1973‚ the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) began issuing guidance that was largely voluntary. – Goal: To harmonize global accounting standards. – Took on a new momentum in 2000‚ when EU announced plans to adopt. – In 2001‚ the IASB replaced the IASC. • Today‚ nearly 120 countries require or permit the use of IFRS. – Notably
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2011. Pp.125 - 136 IFRS Implementation in India: Opportunities and Challenges Pawan Jain1 One of the foremost requirements to operate a Business successfully is to have a good financial reporting system in place. Keeping this in mind‚ Accounting Professionals and Accounting Bodies across the globe‚ during last decade‚ had tried to put a financial reporting system in place which is harmonized‚ robust and have extensive applicability. IASB (formerly IASC) came out with IFRS which were adopted
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an essay on the following topic: "Discuss cultural differences as they exist in American and Vietnamese culture and suggest some ways to overcome them." CONTENT The difference of culture impacts so much to the way to living‚ the way of thinking and the way of doing business. America and Vietnam have a big difference in culture‚ religion and business. However‚ we live in a world where it is called flat world‚ where there is no restriction between countries. It requires us to integrate in order to
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Charlotte Stevens 02/13/13 GAAP Cases A) The amount shouldn’t be included on the balance sheet of the business because there isn’t even half a chance that the debt will be paid. The generally accepted accounting principle that affects this situation is the going concern concept because there is a good chance that the debt won’t be paid. B) The amount that should be recognized under the accounts
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International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resource International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 6‚ The exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources‚ is defined as “The search for mineral resources including minerals‚ oil‚ natural gas and similar non-regenerative resources after the entity has obtained legal rights to explore in a specific area‚ as well as the determination of the technical feasibility and commercial viability of
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GAAP v. non-GAAP: Impacts on Financial Statements A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of past or future financial performance‚ financial position or cash flows that includes amounts that are excluded from the most directly comparable GAAP measure or excludes amounts that are included in the most directly comparable GAAP measure. Some common examples of non-GAAP earnings measures are cash earnings‚ operating earnings‚ EBITDA and FFO. The non-GAAP numbers impact revenue numbers without
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What are some of the key differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP? The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) - the accounting standard used in more than 110 countries - has some key differences from the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). At the conceptually level‚ IFRS is considered more of a "principles based" accounting standard in contrast to U.S. GAAP which is considered more "rules based." By being more "principles based"‚ IFRS‚ arguably‚ represents and captures
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International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS): Benefits‚ Obstacles And Intrigues For Implementation In Nigeria *IKPEFAN‚ OCHEI AILEMEN Ph.D (Banking &Finance)‚ ACA‚ACIB Department of Banking & Finance‚ Covenant University‚ Ota‚ Ogun State E-mail: ochei_ikpefan@yahoo.co.uk; Tel:234- 08053013418 **AKANDE‚ A.O B.Sc (Business Administration)‚ MBA; Department of Business Studies‚ Covenant University‚ Ota E-mail: Akandemeji@gmail.com Tel: 234-08035034209 Abstract IFRS is International Financial Reporting
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reporting period where listed companies presented their results according to UK generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). After that‚ they would be required to use international financial reporting standards (IFRS) to prepare their consolidated financial statements for accounting periods commencing on or after 1st January 2005 (http://search.ft.com‚ 2004). The requirement to adopt IFRS applies only to those companies that are active direct participants in the capital market (i.e. those that have securities
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