FASB Accounting Standards Codification: 410 Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to summarize research on codification topic 410 based on the information found in different academic databases. The first part of the paper will focus on the FASB Codification database. The second part of the paper will compare and contrast three other databases on the same codification 410 within the RIA Checkpoint databases: AICPA: Auditing
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PhD Course Name: ACCT 3001 v1.0 (Section 3) Module 1: Financial Accounting & Accounting Standards 1. Differentiate broadly between financial accounting and managerial accounting. -Financial accounting measures‚ classifies‚ and summarizes in report from those activities and that information which relate to the enterprise as a whole for use by parties both internal and external to a business enterprise. Managerial accounting also measures‚ classifies‚ and summarizes in report form enterprise
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of International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) in standard setting. The IASC was issuing International Accounting Standards (IAS). So far there were forty one IAS which had been issue before IASB replaced IASC in 2001. As one of the major weaknesses of IASC was that the standards it was issuing contained many objectives thereby defeating the purpose of consistency in recognition‚ measurement and presentation of transactions. IASB intends to limit such choice of accounting treatments 1.)
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Institution Introduction Observation of standard accounting practices is a requirement for publicly traded companies. The companies are obligated to follow strict accounting rules in the presentation of their financial statements to enable the readers of such statements to compare performances by different companies easily. Financial institution and shareholders of various private companies may also require private companies to comply with certain accounting standard. Local governments being the form of
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.......................... TUTORIAL DAY & TIME........………................... TUTOR’S FULL NAME......................................... Test 1 – Version 2 Session 2‚ 2012 Course Code: ACCG 224 Course Name: INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Time allowed: 55 minutes plus 5 minutes reading time Total No. of questions: Three Questions Instructions 1. You must answer ALL questions in the test booklet. No separate booklet will be provided to answer the questions. 2. This is
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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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INTRODUCTION Through history and the many years of accounting practice‚ a lot of accounting theories have been developed. Interestingly‚ many of those theories are grounded on the basis of prescribing and proposing how accounting processes should be performed. These are known as normative theories of accounting as they are not built on observation‚ but rather upon the theorist’s deductive judgement‚ and subjective opinion (Goble 2009). Accounting conceptual frameworks are good examples of normative
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country’s accounting standards one must explore such environmental factors as the history‚ demographics‚ economy and the legal system of a country. South Africa is a dynamic country full of diversity. It is hard to understand the structure of the accounting profession without first learning how South Africa developed into the country it is today. The history of South Africa is one of change and adversity. It is important to understand that South Africa is a democracy but it did not become
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2011‚ the Accounting Standards Review Board (ASRB) ceases to exist in New Zealand. 1. What is the ASRB to be replaced with‚ and what will be the statutory authority of this new organisation? The current authoritative accounting board is Accounting Standard Reporting Board (ASRB). This board reviews and approves financial reporting standards and their amendments‚ give directions as to authoritative support of accounting policies and encourage development of financial reporting standards. This
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The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) are undertaking the Conceptual Framework project jointly in order to create a sound foundation for the new accounting standard by revising the existing conceptual framework. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is the dependent standard-setting body of the IFRS foundation. The IASB adopted the FASB in its framework as guidelines for the preparation IFRS that it published in 1989
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