and became an independent international standard setter‚ the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Since then‚ the use of international standards has progressed. As of 2013‚ the European Union and more than 100 other countries either require or permit the use of international financial reporting standards (IFRSs) issued by the IASB or a local variant of them. The FASB and the IASB have been working together since 2002 to improve and converge U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
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Definition of financial accounting. Capital allocation process. Objective of financial reporting. Decision-Usefulness approach. Users of financial statements. Committee on Accounting Procedure. Passage of FASB standards. Financial Accounting Concepts. Creation of Accounting Principles Board. FASB Codification. Code of Professional Conduct. GAAP and political action. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Expectations gap. Financial reports. Fair value information. International Financial
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Standards Board (FASB) in United States .Standards for accounting leases have been effective since 1977 (Accounting Standard Board‚ 2004). The primary standard for lease accounting is Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13 (FAS 13). According to FASB (1976)‚ a lease is an agreement conveying the right to use property‚ plant‚ and equipment (PPE) usually for a stated period of time. Examples of assets that can be leased include land‚ buildings‚ and plant & equipment. FASB classified
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ROLE OF ‘IASB’ IASB replaced the old regime 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
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Accounting Standards among countries. Purpose: Our purpose is to answer the question: What is the international harmonisation process of Accounting Standards‚ what is its status quo and how important is the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) in it? Realisation: In order to fulfil this purpose‚ we have chosen a descriptive approach‚ which is based on secondary data from textbooks‚ articles and homepages. Result: The international harmonisation of Accounting Standards is a process‚ which
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reports. F 6. Fair value information. F 7. Objectives of financial reporting. F 8. Accrual accounting. T 9. Generally accepted accounting principles. T 10. Users of financial statements. F 11. Committee on Accounting Procedure. F 12. Passage of FASB standards. T 13. Financial Accounting Concepts. T 14. Creation of Accounting Principles Board. F 15. Definition of financial accounting. T 16. Code of Professional Conduct. F 17. Accounting standards. T 18. International standards. T 19. Expectations
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S.GAAP to IFRS In today’s business‚ markets are demanding increasing conformity. Many countries have converted to and implemented the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)’s accounting standards. The United States‚ however‚ still maintains its own Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Both IASB and FASB have created International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S.GAAP) respectively. These accounting standards are rules of
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Introduction The United States is currently going through a big decision. It is deciding on whether to fully adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ or to stay with the current U.S Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Since this is such a major decision‚ now would be an opportune time to take a look at what the pros and cons would be of switching to this new way of financial reporting‚ and in doing so‚ show why I believe the costs (both financial and otherwise) are
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Chapter 15 Accounting in a Global Market QUESTIONS 1. Foreign currency exchange rates are used to express transactions in local currency in terms of U.S. dollars and vice versa. For example‚ if the exchange rate is $1 = 1.65 DM (Deutsche mark)‚ and if one wishes to change 100 U.S. dollars into Deutsche marks‚ one will receive $100 ( 1.65 = 165 DM‚ and if one wishes to change 100 DM to U.S. dollars‚ one will receive 100 DM/1.65 = $60.61. 2. A foreign currency transaction occurs when a transaction
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Financial Accounting Standard Boards ( FASB) and International Accounting Standard Board ( IASB) are both working on financial instruments that include classification and measurement of the financial instrument and impairment of financial assets. However‚ the boards did not converge and set down different paths. The IASB issued IFRS 9 a financial instrument in July 2014‚ IFRS now introduces a new model for classification for measurement and impairment. The FASB is still deliberating‚ (pwc.com). Fair
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