attributes of a high quality accounting standard? Globalization is a fact of life in today’s worldwide economy. They are many barriers to achieving a true global market; one of these barriers has to do with accounting standards or the presentation of accounting information. Various users have diverse needs for financial information. Companies in different parts of the world had their own methods in preparing their financial statements. Trying to compare the accounting rules of these different companies
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Running Header: THE FASB FASB and the Standard-Setting process Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Abstract Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a seven member board that consists of accounting professionals who establishes and communicates financial accounting and reporting standards known as generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in United States. The standards’ quest is to govern the preparation of the corporate financial reports and hence ensuring
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According to google.com (web definitions) Accounting Standards can be defined as a set of rules governing how accounts are drawn up. Would there be more positive effects than negative if a country develops its own accounting standards? I totally disagree with this statement‚ instead should be read‚ ‘A country should ‘NOT’ develop its own accounting standards’. To support my statement I will substantiate on five points stating why there is one accounting standards for everyone to follow; these include:
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Accounting Standards issued by the ICAI Page 1 of 2 Accounting Standards issued by the ICAI Withdrawal of the Announcement issued by the Council on ‘Treatment of exchange differences under Accounting Standard (AS) 11 (revised 2003)‚ The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates vis-à-vis Schedule VI to the Companies Act‚ 1956’ Accounting Standards (ASs) AS 1 Disclosure of Accounting Policies AS 2 Valuation of Inventories AS 3 Cash Flow Statements AS 4 Contingencies and Events Occuring
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Accounting Standards-18 (AS-18): AS-18 deals with disclosure requirements in the Financial Statements in respect of the transaction with Related Party. As per AS-18‚ “Parties are considered to be related if at any time during the reporting period one party has the ability to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and/or operating decisions” and Related Party transaction means “a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties
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Accounting Standard 10: Accounting for Fixed Assets • Fixed asset is an asset held for producing or providing goods and/or services and is not held for sale in the normal course of the business. • Cost to include purchase price and attributable costs of bringing asset to its working condition for the intended use. It includes financing cost for period up to the date of readiness for use. • Self-constructed assets are to be capitalised at costs that are specifically related to the asset and those
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act created the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) to assume the responsibility of overseeing the auditors of public companies. The PCAOB is a private-sector‚ non-profit corporation. It was established to "protect the interests of investors and further the public interests in the preparation of informative‚ fair‚ and independent audit reports". (The PCAOB) Although the PCAOB is a private sector organization‚ it has many government-like regulatory functions. The PCAOB
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Introduction * Meaning of Standard Costing: Standard costing is simply the name given to a technique whereby standard costs are computed and subsequently compared with the actual costs to find out the differences between the two. These differences are then analyzed to know the causes thereof so as to provide a basis of control. * Standard Costing: According to BROWN and HOWARD “Standard costing is a technique of cost accounting which compares the standard cost of each product or service
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Vol. 2‚ No. 2 International Business Research Harmonization of Accounting Standards through Internationalization Nikhil Chandra Shil‚ ACMA (Corresponding Author) Department of Business Administration East West University 43‚ Mohakhali C/A‚ Dhaka – 1212‚ Bangladesh Tel: 9887989(Off.) ext 253‚ 01819289589 (M) Dr. Bhagaban Das P.G. Department of Business Management‚ Fakir Mohan University P. O.: Balasore‚ Pin.: 756019‚ Orissa‚ India E-mail: bhagaban_fm@yahoo.com Alok Kumar Pramanik Department
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Loans from banks and financial Institution The above borrowing involves borrowing and other cost such as a) Interest and commitment charges b) Amortisation of premium or discount on issue of debentures or bonds etc c) Amortisation of ancillary cost i.e stamp duty‚ registration charges‚ issue expenses etc AS -16 deals with how accounting of borrowing cost should be carried out. Applicability: Applicable to all levels of Enterprises Objective: Prescribe accounting treatment for borrowing
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