Vu Accounting 303 October 9‚ 2012 US GAAP vs. IFRS The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) developed the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) has been used in US corporations for over 75 years. It allows financial statements from all corporations to be compared accurately and efficiently‚ and serves as a guideline for accountants. GAAP is slowly being taken out for the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as global business goes across the world
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BP IFRS (Name) (Institutional Affiliation) Introduction Impact of any change in the business environment is always felt on the processes and procedures into place. In the past few years‚ overall business environment has gone tremendous ups and downs. During the last two decades‚ multinational companies have grown like they had never done ever in the history. Nations like India and China which have great population and market potential but were earlier following socialistic
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GAAP/IFRS Financial Statement Comparison Through this course we have been taking a closer look into the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The book lays out the major similarities and differences between the two separate but equal accounting methods. I say‚ “Equal”‚ in the sense that the IFRS and GAAP accounting methods are two different ways that the any company that could come to the conclude the financial statements
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Fiat GROUP IAS/IFRS First Time Adoption March 30‚ 2005 Disclaimer This document was prepared to provide a general overview of the impacts of IAS/IFRS on the accounts of Fiat Group during the transition from Italian GAAP to IAS/IFRS As provided for in IFRS 1 – First-time adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards – the information is prepared in accordance with IAS/IFRS published as of December 31‚ 2004 and applicable as of January 1‚ 2005 Information presented in this
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IFRS vs U.S. GAAP Victoria Harris American Public University Acct 610 There are two sets of accounting standards that are used worldwide. One is the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). There is a huge desire for there to one set of accounting standards worldwide with the increase of companies performing business in many different countries and global expansion. The International Financial Reporting Standards are issued
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express my thank to all those who have‚ directly & indirectly‚ helped me in completing my project work. INDEX Introduction IFRS in India Objectives of IFRS Scope of IFRS Does India need IFRS Standards ? Company profile [ JSW Steel Ltd. ] Data of collection Data Analysis Limitation of the study Methodology Conclusions and Recommendations Bibliography ABBREVIATIONS
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ifrs International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are a set of accounting standards developed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) that is becoming the global standard for the preparation of public company financial statements. The goal of IFRS is to provide a global framework for how public companies prepare and disclose their financial statements. IFRS provides general guidance for the preparation of financial statements‚ rather than setting rules for industry-specific
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Pitre 14 September 2010 IFRS vs. GAAP (Oil & Gas) The differences between International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and current U.S. GAAP are numerous. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are principles-based Standards‚ Interpretations and the Framework (1989) adopted by the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB). Many of the standards forming part of IFRS are known by the older name of International Accounting Standards (IAS). IAS was issued between 1973 and
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Lecture on IFRS 9 and 13 02/11/2011 – Wednesday IFRS 13 Reasons for Issuing IFRS 13: * To reduce complexity and improve consistency in application when measuring fair value. Previously‚ there was limited and sometimes conflicting guidance on how to measure fair value. * To enhance disclosures for fair value. IFRS 13 was issued as part of the response to global financial crisis. * Also it is part of the convergence project to reduce differences between IFRS and US GAAP. Introduction:
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versus IFRS Due to the controversy economies have had towards which method to use for accounting‚ there has been a compromise to converge the two most commonly used methods – GAAP and IFRS. However‚ these two methods are still very different. The convergence project has yet to be completed; in the meantime‚ more and more countries are running towards the IFRS since it is more reliable and relevant. The main difference between these two methods is the US GAAP is rule-based while the IFRS is principle-based;
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