The revenue recognition principle is a foundation of accrual accounting and one of the main principles of GAAP. The revenue recognition principle is a set of guidelines that helps accountants to identify when a revenue event has taken place and how to appropriately record cash exchanges before‚ during‚ and after the revenue event. According to the revenue recognition principal‚ revenue must (1) be realized or realizable and (2) earned‚ in order to be recognized. According to the SEC revenue is realized
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Standards Board (IASB) and US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have been joined and worked together on convergence project since 2002 for the purpose of combining US accounting standards and global standards into a single International financial reporting standards. This paper will discuss about the history and the relationship between International Accounting Standards Board and Financial Accounting Standards Board. It also evaluates the IASB equivalents of the FASB original pronouncements
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the IASB and FASB have been striving since 2002 to achieve convergence‚ there are still many differences between the two. These differences range from revenue recognition to the matter in which the organizations receive funding. Under the IASB‚ the accrual method is the only preferred way of recognizing revenue and expenses. While FASB accepts cash basis and accrual basis; cash basis is only accepted if cash sales are less than $5 million per year. When it comes to generating funds the IASB receives
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identify performance obligations in the contract‚ determine the transaction price‚ allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract‚ and recognize the revenue when‚ or as‚ the entity satisfies a performance obligation . In identifying a contract with a customer‚ both the FASB and the IASB require approval and commitment of the parties‚ as well as the identification of rights and payment terms. Also required is that the contract has commercial substance. It must be probable
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Revenue Recognition & Theories of Accounting The Joint Project Revenue recognition requirements in US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) differ from those in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs); the former consists of broad concepts whereas IFRSs contain fewer standards‚ but applying the two main standards to complex transactions were difficult and needed improvement (Australian Accounting Standards Board‚ 2010). Accordingly‚ the International Accounting Standards
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Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 23 (2013) 1–24 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Pacific-Basin Finance Journal journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/pacfin The role of the audit committee and the informativeness of accounting earnings in East Asia Tracie Woidtke a‚ Yin-Hua Yeh b‚⁎ a b Department of Finance‚ Corporate Governance Center‚ University of Tennessee‚ United States Graduate Institute of Finance‚ National Chiao Tung University‚ 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd.‚ Hsinchu
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ESTIMATING THE RISK PREMIUM USING HISTORICAL DATA: A CASE OF THE NSE Introduction This study seeks to estimate the risk premium of a company using historical data. Analysts use historical data to estimate the risk premium of a company’s equity. This is because the historical data is readily available from the company’s financial statements and the securities exchanges for example the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) in Kenya. Historical market data can be used to compute average returns and a measure
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#1-E) Experience with Revenue Recognition--- Do you have any experience related to revenue recognition? Surely‚ I do #2-Please read the financial statement analysis case (Merck & Johnson & Johnson) on page 613‚ Chapter 12. Please read the instructions for (a)‚ (b)‚ and (c) and address the three questions that are asked. Case Merck & Johnson & Johnson are two leaders producers of health care products. Each has considerable assets‚ and each expends considerable funds each year toward the development
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The IASB/FASB joint review conceptual framework states that there are two fundamental characteristics which are relevance and faithful representation and in addition there are four enhancing characteristics which are timeliness‚ verifiable‚ comparable and understandability which enhance the decision usefulness of financial information. For information content to be relevant it must have the ability to influence the economic decisions of users and help users to evaluate or assess past‚ present or
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Methods of Revenue Recognition 1. The Accrual Method of Revenue Recognition The most common revenue recognition system is based on the accrual method. Under this approach‚ if the revenue recognition rules presented in the last section have been met‚ then revenue may be recognized in full. In addition‚ expenses related to that revenue‚ even if supplier invoices have not yet been received should be recognized and matched against the revenue. The name of this method does not imply that the revenue
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