1. 1.1 EUROPEAN UNION (EU) The European Union is an exclusive economic and political affiliation between twenty-eight countries that cover almost the whole of Europe. The European Union came into existence after the 2nd world war. Its first main aim was to implement economic cooperation between countries. This was done so that the countries can carry out business with one another and become more economically free and at the same time‚ this would also avoid any type of conflict between them. Thus
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Intermediate Accounting Project Assignment #1 AIA2-1 (Financial Reporting Issues: The Procter & Gamble Company) a) Proctor and Gamble’s revenue recognition policies state that the customer recognizes revenue upon either date of shipment or date of receipt; e.g. when the product or receipt has switched hands. They also record revenue net of sales‚ trade promotion spending‚ and other taxes on behalf of governmental authorities. All of these transactions are generally recorded at time of
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Chapter 1 BE1-1 Briefly define accounting. What are the three main characteristics of accounting? Is accounting static or dynamic? Accounting collects‚ analyzes‚ measures and records financial information about an organization and reports that information to stakeholders and decision makers. Accounting has 3 essential characteristics. Accounting is the (1) identification‚ measurement‚ and communication of financial information about economic entities to interested persons. Like social
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b 8. Common set of standards and procedures. c 9. Role of SEC. c 10. Powers of the SEC. d 11. SEC enforcement. d 12. Creation of FASB. d 13. Appointment of FASB members. a 14. Purpose of the Financial Accounting Foundation. b 15. Characteristics of FASB. b 16. FASB and "due process" system. b 17. Publications of FASB. c 18. Purpose of FASB Technical Bulletins. d 19. Purpose of Emerging Issues Task Force. b 20. Purpose of GASB. c 21. Domain of GASB. c 22. Standard setting
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http://www.AccountingCoach.com/ebook.html Learn more about our Master Set of 80 Business Forms: http://www.AccountingCoach.com/business-forms/ Learn more about a career in accounting: http://www.AccountingCoach.com/careers/ For personal use by the original purchaser only. Copyright © 2011 AccountingCoach®.com. Click a Category Below Financial Statements Balance Sheet Income Statement Cash Flow Statement Stockholders’ Equity Financial Ratios Accounting Principles Bookkeeping‚ Debits and Credits Accounting
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University of Arizona Accounting 554 Case #1: Dow Chemical Company Goals: • • • Become familiar with a set of financial statements including auditor opinion and significant accounting policy footnote‚ Perform basic analysis and interpretation of the financial statements‚ including common size analysis‚ Recognize the role of estimates in the measurement of financial statement amounts. Refer to the Dow Chemical financial statements for 2008 in answering the following: 1. Who are Dow’s external auditors
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To harmonize accounting practices between countries. 2. Which of the following is true about the FASB after the mandatory adoption of IFRS by US companies a. The FASB will serve in an advisory capacity to the IASB. b. The FASB will remain the designated standard-setter for US companies‚ but incorporate IFRS into US GAAP. c. The role of the FASB post-IFRS adoption has not been determined. d. The FASB will cease to exist. 3. Milestones in the transition plan for mandatory adoption of IFRS by US companies
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A. Plan of the Investigation This investigation aims at exploring to what extent Operation Rolling Thunder has fulfilled its dual objective of bolstering South Vietnamese morale‚ as well as acting as a signal and method of strategic persuasion to deter North Vietnam politically. Section B summarizes the nature of North Vietnamese army‚ the mentality of North Vietnamese‚ the political imperatives‚ weakness‚ and losses of the US‚ and the social situation in South and North Vietnam. The origin‚ purpose
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University of Wollongong Research Online Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers Faculty of Business 2006 Regulation: Standardising Accounting Practice M. Gaffikin University of Wollongong‚ gaffikin@uow.edu.au Publication Details This working paper was originally published as Gaffikin‚ M‚ Regulation: Standardising Accounting Practice‚ Accounting & Finance Working Paper 06/22‚ School of Accounting & Finance‚ University of Wollongong‚ 2006. Research Online is the open access
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In the United States they have their own conceptual framework; they have not adopted either IFRSs or the IASB Framework. Both the IASB and the US Conceptual Frameworks are considered to have shortcomings. As a result‚ the IASB and FASB are jointly developing a revised conceptual framework. A revised conceptual framework is also necessary because of the joint efforts of the IASB and FASB to converge their accounting standards‚ with uniform accounting standards there is also a need to have a uniform
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