Basic Concepts of Accounting OBJECTIVE: Use the tools available to University of Phoenix graduate students. Resource: University of Phoenix student Web site: https://ecampus.phoenix.edu Content University Library Center for Writing Excellence Student Web site OBJECTIVE: Identify the hierarchy of sources for generally accepted accounting principles. Resource: Ch. 1 of Intermediate Accounting Content Financial accounting standards board (FASB) standard categorizes the major
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The International Accounting Standards Committee was formed in 1973. This committee was the first international standard-setting body. In early 2001‚ this Committee was reorganized and became the the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to independently develop and establish a single set of accounting procedures for international business. Since the reorganization of the IASB‚ the use of these international financial reporting standards (IFRSs) have been required or permitted in over 100
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of cash flows? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the direct and indirect methods and which does the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) favor and why? DQ 2: Why‚ and to whom‚ is the statement of cash flow useful? What is the most important section of the statement of cash flows for investors? Why? DQ3: What are some common ratios that are used to analyze financial information? Which two ratios do you think should be of greatest interest to: (a) A pension fund considering the
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From: Team A Date: September 13‚ 2010 Subject: Share-based payment reporting and special purpose entities reporting December 16‚ 2004 the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement 123‚ Shared- Based Statement‚ which took the place of Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation and replaced Accounting Principal Board Opinion No. 25 Accounting for Stock issued to Employees. Share-based payment is “a transaction in which the entity receives or acquires goods or services either as consideration
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and FASB Convergence With the growth of international business there is a need to standardize financial statements globally. Presently there are “approximately 120 foreign private issuers currently that report to the Commission using IFRS financial statements.” By standardizing accounting practices investors will be able to make informed decisions based on comparability and accuracy of financial statements. The SEC released this statement in 2008‚ “We believe that IFRS has the potential to
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the Financial Accounting Standards Board that pulls together many of the authoritative resources about accounting standards into a single‚ searchable system. The purpose of this system is to better organize accounting principles and laws to simplify user access. The nine content areas located in the system include Presentation‚ Assets‚ Liabilities‚ Equity‚ Revenue‚ Expenses‚ Broad Transactions‚ and Industry. Presentations offers guidance on income statement preparation‚ notes to financial statements
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Financial Accounting Standards Board ORIGINAL PRONOUNCEMENTS AS AMENDED Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 19 Financial Accounting and Reporting by Oil and Gas Producing Companies Copyright © 2008 by Financial Accounting Standards Board. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted‚ in any form or by any means‚ electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording‚ or otherwise‚ without the prior written permission
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institutions whose accounting standards are used for financial reporting‚ Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The IFRS‚ whose rules are established and maintained by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)‚ is the most widely used of the two institutions but the primary choice for the United States continues to be GAAP‚ whose standards are established and maintained by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Although
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International Accounting Gyung Paik Brigham Young University‚ Provo‚ Utah‚ USA [Abstract] The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the U.S. has recently proposed that all U.S. firms be required to issue financial statements in accordance with IFRS by 2014. Under IFRS‚ the rules for measurement of fixed assets are presented in IAS 16‚ which allows firms to choose either the cost model or the revaluation model. In this study‚ I investigate the effect of adopting the IFRS standard for fixed
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What is a conceptual framework for financial accounting and why is it needed? The purpose of this essay is to address the definition of a conceptual framework (CF) for financial accounting and why it is needed. The CF can be described as a “coherent system of inter-related objectives and fundamentals that should lead to consistent standards that prescribe the nature‚ function and limits of financial accounting and financial statements” (FASB‚ 1976). This suggests that the CF has a very important
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