ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARDS PAPER Accounting Standards Boards Paper Lila Alemar ACC 541 Shauki Smith May 24‚ 2010 History of the relationship between IASB and FASB The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) began operations in 2001. It is an organization committed to developing‚ in the public interest‚ a single set of high quality‚ global accounting standards that require transparent and comparable information in general purpose financial statements
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Chapter 1: Overview—The Financial Statements Chapter 1 introduces the four financial statements--Income Statement‚ Statement of Retained Earnings‚ Balance Sheet‚ and Statement of Cash Flows. Accounting as the language of business is discussed along with an introduction of the various users of accounting information. Financial and Managerial accounting are compared. The four ways to organize a business – proprietorship‚ partnership‚ limited – liability company‚ and corporation‚ are discussed
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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE REPORTING IN NIGERIA AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Abstract; This paper presents a comparative analysis of corporate reporting in Nigeria vis-à-vis UK. It describes the key factors in the business environment which influenced accounting system development as well as the regulatory frameworks. It tabulates and compares significant accounting rules and methods prescribed by both UK and Nigerian GAAPs‚ using the Financials of Dangote Cement Plc‚ a hugely market capitalized
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solve inconveniences arising from it. In response of these inconveniences‚ the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) issued International Financial Reporting Standard 15 (IFRS 15) in August 2014‚ which provides guidance on accounting for revenue from contracts with customers and will be effective in 2017. The new standard removes the inconsistencies and weakness of the past standards‚ also increase the comparability and transparency of the revenue recognition practice with a simplified presentation
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Hoda Vasi Chowdhury & Co To Mr. Patrick Kull Head of Finance and Administration Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Embassy of Switzerland House # 31B‚ Road 18‚ Banani Dhaka-1213 Bangladesh 10 October 2012 Financial Review Report of "Community Based Sustainable Management of Tanguar Haor Project‚ Phase 2" For the period from 1 May 2011 to 30 June 2012 Draft A project funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Submitted by: Hoda Vasi Chowdhury & Co Chartered
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annual report and financial statements of the Patton-Fuller financial information. This paper will summarize the relationship between revenue sources and expenses and explain the effect of revenue sources on financial reporting and reviewing the annual reports of 2008-2009‚ and the differences between the audited and the unaudited statements‚ as well as determine how the hospital’s revenues and expenses are grouped for planning and control. How did the audited and unaudited financial statements differ
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Advantages and Disadvantages of switching from U.S.GAAP to IFRS Nara Yoon Charles Center Summer 2009 2 Advantages and Disadvantages of switching from U.S.GAAP to IFRS In today’s business‚ markets are demanding increasing conformity. Many countries have converted to and implemented the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)’s accounting standards. The United States‚ however‚ still maintains its own Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Both IASB and FASB have created International
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practice. The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are principles-based and is a conceptual framework that establishes broad rules‚ outlines standards‚ and dictates specific treatments (IFRS 2011). It is adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). This paper aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the accounting conceptual framework and the reasons for its existence. This paper will also explore accounting methods and standards that are adopted differently
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Introduction Financial accounting is branch of accountancy that deals with the financial statements which helps in informing public as well other concerned people who are not involved in day to day working of a company‚ about its current financial performance. Different stages involved in financial accounting are governed by certain standards set by organisations such as The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). The standards made by IASB
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How to Implement a Standard Chart of Accounts Effectively by Aziz Tayyebi Executive Summary A chart of accounts (COA)‚ representing a unique set of codes to record all an entity’s transactions consistently‚ is a well-recognised‚ fundamental accounting need. Whether it concerns a complex organisation with numerous divisions‚ or an individual applying basic cash accounting‚ it is essential to be able to collate financial information that is relevant‚ both for internal management and external parties
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