CIA_C19.qxd 10/03/2008 19 CONTENTS OBJECTIVES 16:49 Page 427 Segment reporting Clare B. Roberts1 19.1 What is segment reporting? 19.2 The need for segment information 19.3 Disclosure regulations 19.3.1 Introduction 19.3.2 Requirements in the United States 19.3.3 IAS 14 19.3.4 IFRS 8 19.4 Evidence on the benefits of segment reporting 19.4.1 Introduction 19.4.2 Studies of user decision making 19.4.3 Studies using researchers’ forecasts 19.4.4 Stock market reactions to segment disclosures Summary
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ACCOUNTING FOR AIRLINE FREQUENT FLYER PROGRAMS: MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES AND FINANCIAL REPORTING IMPACTS May 2012 Brian J. Franklin‚ BBA Accounting ‘12‚ College of Business and Public Policy‚ University of Alaska Anchorage‚ 3211 Providence Drive‚ Anchorage‚ AK 99508‚ 907-268-4233 Ext. 401‚ bfranklin@frontiertutoring.com ABSTRACT The obligation to provide free or reduced-fare travel to passengers who redeem their accrued frequent flyer program (FFP) benefits represents a significant liability on
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259-273 259 The pros and cons of regulating corporate reporting: a critical review of the arguments Robert Bushman and Wayne R. Landsman* Abstract — In this paper‚ we distil essential insights about the regulation of financial reporting from the academic literature. The key objective is to synthesise extant theory to provide a basis for evaluating implications of pressures on the regulation of financial accounting following the recent financial crisis. We succinctly lay out arguments put forth both
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A Comprehensive Business Reporting Model Financial Reporting for Investors July 2007 CFA Institute Centre Comprehensive Business Reporting Model Staff Kurt Schacht‚ CFA Managing Director Rebecca McEnally‚ CFA Capital Markets Policy Group Georgene Palacky‚ CPA Director Financial Reporting Group Members of the Comprehensive Business Reporting Model Subcommittee and the Corporate Disclosure Policy Council Gerald I. White‚ CFA‚ Chair Grace & White Inc. New York‚ NY United States
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“A sound financial reporting system‚ supported by high quality accounting standards and backed by a solid regulatory‚ governance and ethical framework‚ is a pre-requisite for economic development”. Accounting has been around since the beginning of civilization and played an important role in the development of cities‚ trade and the concepts of wealth. Nowadays‚ business is very complex and therefore there is an increased need for providing accurate and reliable financial information. Moreover
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Harmonisation of accounting standards International accounting harmonisation can be defined as "the process of bringing international Accounting Standards into some sort of agreement so that the financial statements from different countries are prepared according to a common set of principles of measurement and disclosure". Harmonisation means that deviating rules‚ which do not exclude themselves‚ can continue to exist next to each other. That means harmonisation does not focus on the elimination
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Abstract Discussion on harmonization is started quite long time ago. Its impact on the countries economy is good or bad is the central idea of this essay. This essay is written specifically on the accounting standard used in Australia. This essay starts with introduction on various topics such as conceptual framework‚ IASB‚ Sacs then it discussed the issue of harmonization. Harmonization will have positive impact on the economy because it attracts overseas investors to invest in Australia. This
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Reporting Practices and Ethics Paper By Lawrence D. Williams HCS/405 Health Care Financial Accounting Financial management is a very complex process across the business organizations. The increasing competition‚ complexity of business‚ rising expectations of investors etc can lure any organization to use unethical financial management tactics to make their books look better. But this can be extremely chaotic In future. Healthcare organizations are especially prone to such practices because
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Corporate Reporting Paper P2 (International) Course Notes ACP2CN07 (INT) P2 Corporate Reporting (International) Study Programme 1 2 3 4 5 6 Page Introduction to the paper and the course............................................................................................................... (ii) The financial reporting framework .............................................................................................................. 1.1 Professional and ethical duty of the accountant
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Contents The introduction 1 Summary 1 The advantages and disadvantages of UK adopting IFRS 2 1.The benefits of UK adopting the IFRS 2 1.1 Consistently and transparency 2 1.2 Flexible and Understandable 3 1.3 Global comparability 3 1.4 Decision making 4 1.5 Multinational corporation and cost 4 1.6 Impact the structure of company 5 2. The potential negative impacts that UK may face. 5 2.1 The high costs of converting to IFRS 5 2.2 Lack of comparability and inconsistency 6 2.3 The impact of investors
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