Pension Plans and Operating Segments Pension Plans and Operating Segments Memorandum To: CEO From: Controller Re: Pension plans and operating segments for newly acquired company The intent of this memo is to answer questions regarding the pension plans and operating segments of the company we recently acquired with 100% ownership. This company has two operating segments‚ each with its own pension plan. Reporting requirements for these issues are explained below. Pension
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staff training of AASA 8 Operating Segment! AASB 8 applies to annual reporting period beginning on/after 1 Jan 2009 and supersedes AASB 114 Segment Reporting when adopted. Operating Segments specifies the use of a ‘through the eyes of the management’ approach to an entity’s reporting of information relating to its operating segments in annual financial reports‚ and also requires an entity to report financial and descriptive information about its reportable segments. AASB 8 is applicable
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Explain the purpose of an operating system Process Management A multitasking operating system may give the appearance that a lot of processes are running concurrently/simultaneously‚ this is not true as only one process can be executing at any one time on a single-core CPU‚ unless on a multi-core or similar technology. Processes are often called tasks in embedded operating systems. The function of the task or process is something that takes up time‚ as opposed to memory‚ which is ’something that
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(AS) 17 Segment Reporting Contents OBJECTIVE SCOPE DEFINITIONS IDENTIFYING REPORTABLE SEGMENTS Primary and Secondary Segment Reporting Formats Business and Geographical Segments Reportable Segments SEGMENT ACCOUNTING POLICIES DISCLOSURE Primary Reporting Format Secondary Segment Information Illustrative Segment Disclosures Other Disclosures ILLUSTRATIONS Paragraphs 1-4 5-18 19-32 19-23 24-26 27-32 33-37 38-59 39-46 47-51 52 53-59 214 AS 17 (issued 2000) Accounting Standard (AS) 17 Segment Reporting
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A practical guide to segment reporting September 2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers’ IFRS and corporate governance publications and tools 2008 IFRS technical publications IFRS Manual of Accounting 2008 Provides expert practical guidance on how groups should prepare their consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS. Comprehensive publication including hundreds of worked examples‚ extracts from company reports and model financial statements. IFRS Pocket Guide 2008 Provides a summary
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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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CONTRIBUTE TO SEGMENT REPORTING TRANSPARENCY? Advanced Accounting ACC 610 January 4TH‚ 2010 1. INTRODUCTION: An operating Segment is a component of an entity that may earn revenues or incur expenses‚ whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker (COMD) and for which discrete financial information is available. Generally‚ financial information is required to be reported on the basis that it is used internally for evaluating segment performance and
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What Is a Reportable Segment? A reportable segment is a phrase that relates to international accounting procedures. An exploitable segment is a portion of a business that generates its own revenues and expenses and has its own assets and liabilities. A reportable segment is an exploitable segment that makes up at least 10 percent of the overall business’s revenues or assets. In effect‚ a reportable segment is like a business within a business. International accounting standards require that public
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brand c. Selection of individual segments for market development d. Development of a unique marketing strategy for each segment 12. What is target marketing? a. Selection of production components for a brand which provide the right amount of benefits b. Selection of a name designed to project a defined image‚ purpose‚ or benefit of a brand c. Selection of individual segments for market development d. Development of a unique marketing strategy for each segment 13. In the customer needs
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GROWING AND CREATING A NEW MARKETThe Irish Dairy Market The Danone Way The origin of yogurt Did you know that yogurt was first sold in pharmacies as an aid to digestion? In 1919‚ the sight of so many children in Barcelona suffering from intestinal disorders surprised the entrepreneur Isaac Carasso.At the time he was very interested in the research of Metchnikoff‚ the 1909 Nobel Prize winner‚ on yogurt lactic acid bacteria. Carasso brought some bacterial ‘cultures’‚ from the Pasteur Institute in
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