external users 4. FASB – responsible for GAAP (accounting principles) 5. Accounting Equation 6. Know the 3 activities that business engage in and give examples of each activity. (These 4 questions also relate to Chapter 12‚ The Statement of Cash Flows) 7. The International Accounting Standards Board is responsible for developing a single set of worldwide accountings standards (IFRS). 8. These standards will help companies to reduce accounting costs‚ make it easier to acquire foreign companies
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INDIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS - A PERSPECTIVE The paradigm shift in the economic environment in India during last few years has led to increasing attention being devoted to accounting standards as a means towards ensuring potent and transparent financial reporting by corporate. Further‚ cross-border raising of huge amount of capital has also generated considerable interest in the generally accepted accounting principles in advanced countries such as USA. Initiatives taken by International Organisation
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Harmonization of International Accounting Standards Need for Harmonization of International Accounting Standards Introduction As there has been a tremendous growth in the market place with the existing accounting practices‚ this leads us to question why do we need harmonization of International accounting standards‚ what are its advantages and what are the barriers that hinder harmonization? Although accounting may be the "language of business‚" a common language has never been necessary
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for Higher Education UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX THE ESSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL 10/09/10-04:05:28 The Effect of Applying Fair Value on the Financial Statements of UK Leading Companies By Bassam Kazmouz 0948799 Supervisor Dr Robert Wearing September 2010 Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE (MSC) www.abahe.co.uk Arab British Academy for Higher Education TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ..............
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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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Financial Accounting vs Management Accounting Management accounting is a field of accounting that analyzes and provides cost information to the internal management for the purposes of planning‚ controlling and decision making. Management accounting refers to accounting information developed for managers within an organization. CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) defines Management accounting as “Management Accounting is the process of identification‚ measurement‚ accumulation
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2.1 Accounting standard-setters have an expectation that the readers of general purpose financial reports have a ‘reasonable knowledge’ of accounting. Specifically‚ the IASB Framework states that ‘users are expected to have a reasonable knowledge of business and economic activities and accounting and a willingness to study the information with reasonable diligence’. Hence‚ there is an expectation that financial statements are not tailored to meet the needs of people who have not‚ in some way‚ studied
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• Case 1-3 Politicalization of Accounting Standards Some accountants have said that politicalization in the development and acceptance of generally accepted accounting principles (i.e.‚ standard setting) is taking place. Some use the term politicalization in a narrow sense to mean the infl uence by governmental agencies‚ particularly the SEC‚ on the development of generally accepted accounting principles. Others use it more broadly to mean the compromising that takes place in bodies responsible
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Accounting Importance of Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) Miriam Manjarres November 18‚ 2012 Abstract The Generally Accepted Auditing Standards are standards that were developed through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as a foundation in conducting an audit in its reasonable accuracy. There is a need for auditors to follow the standards provided to be able to render a report of the financial statements audited stating that it is free from any misstatement
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globally accepted accounting standard has become a need to the globalised capital markets nowadays‚ however the international differences in financial reporting practices between countries still exists mainly due to the setting of national accounting standards in different countries by their own respective government. Looking at this issue in a world-wide view‚ we can notice that every country in the world regardless of whether it is a developed or developing country‚ the standard setting is always
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