Country Differences in Accounting Standards There are five main influences on a country’s accounting system. Having a different system of accounting is like having a different culture for countries. There are many different things that dictate how an accounting differs. The relationship between business and providers of capital‚ political and economic ties with other countries‚ inflation accounting‚ level of development‚ and the national culture are the five influences on accounting systems. Relationship
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FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Section 958-605-25 requires that not-for-profits wait to recognize a contribution until they are satisfied that the likelihood is remote that the conditions that accompany the contribution will not be met (Tysiac‚ 2017). According to FASB ASC 958-605-8‚ pursuant to paragraph 958-605-25-2‚ an unconditional promise to give shall be recognized when it is received. There must be satisfactory confirmation that a promise was made and received in the form
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1.0 Introduction Standard Soap Corp. (SSC) is a $ 30-35 million company producing 5‚000 different varieties of bar soap. SSC has four broad production processes– transformation of raw materials‚ drying of bulk soap‚ production of soap batches and packaging. However‚ there are underlying complexities involving up to 5000 different paths during these production processes. This poses a potential challenge for the management to efficiently handle the underlying information base. In addition
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AS-19 “LEASES” PRE AS-19 ERA Prior to 1.04.2001 the “Guidance Note on Accounting for Leases” was applicable on leasing industries. This Guidance Note was based on the matching principle i.e. the periodic costs comprising of depreciation and lease equalization charges were recommended to be matched with lease rentals so that the net income from a finance lease will show a true and fair view
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world has differed widely. The International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation (IASCF) is committed to developing‚ in the public interest‚ a single set of high quality‚ understandable and enforceable global accounting standards that require transparent and comparable information in general purpose financial statements. The various pronouncements of the IASCF are sometimes collectively referred to as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) GAAP. Required: (a) Describe the
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delegates the decision-making authority to the manager. The costs of divergent behaviour that arises as a result of the agency relationship are referred to as agency costs. Furthermore‚ Watts and Zimmerman (1978) developed the theory of positive accounting which is focused on the assumption that ‘all individual action is driven by self-interest and that individuals will act in an opportunistic manner to increase their wealth’. Based on Watts and Zimmerman’s theory‚ Deegan suggests that owners would
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Chapter 10 Standard Costs and the Balanced Scorecard Solutions to Questions 10-1 A quantity standard indicates how much of an input should be used to make a unit of output. A price standard indicates how much the input should cost. 10-2 Ideal standards assume perfection and do not allow for any inefficiency. Thus‚ ideal standards are rarely‚ if ever‚ attained. Practical standards can be attained by employees working at a reasonable‚ though efficient pace and allow for normal breaks
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FASB ASC CITATION: Adjustments to Lower of Cost or Market 330-10-35-1 A departure from the cost basis of pricing the inventory is required when the utility of the goods is no longer as great as their cost. Where there is evidence that the utility of goods‚ in their disposal in the ordinary course of business‚ will be less than cost The inventory has a financial importance as it is purchased and recorded at its historical cost or original cost. With respect to a perpetual inventory system
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Introduction Schipper (2003) who is a member of FASB conducted a study on the rules-based and principles-based accounting standards. The aim of this article is to discuss the attributes and potential effects of transferring from rules-based standards to principles-based standards. To some extent this article is critical‚ but several limitations need to be discussed‚ such as implementation guidance. Summary Schipper (2003) demonstrated that there was a long-running debate on whether U.S. GAAP
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21. General-purpose financial statements are the product of a. financial accounting. b. managerial accounting. c. both financial and managerial accounting. d. neither financial nor managerial accounting. 22. Users of financial reports include all of the following except a. creditors. b. government agencies. c. unions. d. All of these are users. 23. The financial statements most frequently provided include all of the following
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