FASB/GASB Comparison For-profit business is driven by profit earnings. Financial statements provide information in relation to that performance. For-profit businesses will prepare reports based on the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Not-for-profit businesses are not driven by the same motivations and are hold to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). Three distinctions set GASB organizations apart. 1) Receipt of significant recourses that are not expecting proportionate
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86 Accounting 304 Carla LaMariana 11/28/2007 [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] In 1973 a new organization was founded‚ this organization was named The Financial Ac-counting Standards Board‚ or the FASB. The FASB creates and improves the standards of the reporting of financial accounting and
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report of financial restatements or negative earnings‚ regulators pay extra attention to review the financial statements in order to verify that that there are not any indications of financial fraud or that the organization overstepped their boundaries in the area of managed earnings. The reason that regulators have taken a special interest in financial accounting and potential fraud is due to the collapses of companies such as Enron‚ WorldCom and Tyco. Regulators and those in the accounting profession
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compose of the nature of accounting issues‚ historical background of accounting rules in U.S. and IFRS‚ recognition and measurement rules‚ presentation and disclosure rules‚ and development along with the harmonization efforts of FASB and IASB. Before we start all of these‚ we would like to give a brief description how U.S. GAAP differ from IFRS and why we need both of them. The International Financial Reporting Standards are destined to be the language of the accounting world. This means that
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Role in the Financial Crisis Introduction The accounting profession is responsible for delivering the information necessary to make correct decisions. To promote the dissemination of high quality information‚ accounting standard setters constantly struggle to keep standards up to date with the ever evolving markets. In light of the recent financial crisis‚ fair value accounting has come under scrutiny. Some critics go as far as to blame the whole crisis on fair value accounting. I assert
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Moffitt‚ PhD Course Name: ACCT 3001 v1.0 (Section 3) Module 1: Financial Accounting & Accounting Standards 1. Differentiate broadly between financial accounting and managerial accounting. -Financial accounting measures‚ classifies‚ and summarizes in report from those activities and that information which relate to the enterprise as a whole for use by parties both internal and external to a business enterprise. Managerial accounting also measures‚ classifies‚ and summarizes in report form enterprise
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Chapter One Questions 2. Financial Statements include balance sheet‚ income statement‚ statement of cash flow‚ statement of owners or stockholders equity. Financial Reporting includes corporate annual reports‚ prospectuses‚ reports filed with gov’t agencies‚ news releases‚ management forecasts‚ and social or environmental impact statements. 5. The objectives of financial reporting are to provide (1) information that is useful in investment and credit decisions‚ (2) information that is useful
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Who Signs Your Check Group Project Group 5 Marc Friedman Jefferson Kinnay Vincent Mayer Tesleem Subair – No posts yet?? Kent Williams ACCT 635 9040 Accounting Ethics Professor Larry Wolod February 19‚ 2015 Contents Facts 2 Procedural History 2 Issue 2 Rule 2-3 Application / Analysis 3-4 Conclusion 4 Bibliography 5 Work Accomplished…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 Facts Willie Lowman is the internal auditor
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Patent costs treatment and impairment testing on patents Ying Wampler Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University ACCT540 Dr. Racic Patent costs treatment and impairment testing on patents Patent costs treatment and impairment testing on patents Introduction XYZ Research Company was incorporated in 2010 and their business mainly focuses on developing new technology for interplanetary exploration. Due to the nature of their business‚ the majority of their business costs are
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FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM * Benzion Barlev‚ ‚ * Joshua Rene Haddad * Department of Accounting‚ School of Business Administration‚ Hebrew University of Jerusalem‚ Jerusalem‚ Israel Received 15 October 2001 Accepted 20 April 2002 Available online 26 September 2002 * http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1045-2354(02)00139-9‚ How to Cite or Link Using DOI * Permissions & Reprints Abstract The development of accounting standards reveals that the historical
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