high-quality financial statements that fairly present the company’s financial position versus the pressure to maintain a high stock price for investors. The case may be completed using either U.S. GAAP or IFRS. Keywords: adjusting entries; financial statement adjustments; accounting cycle; ratio analysis; IFRS. BACKGROUND INFORMATION rosty Co. is a publicly traded‚ medium-sized manufacturing firm that produces refrigerators‚ freezers‚ ice makers‚ and snow cone machines. During the past three years‚
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Accepted Accounting Principles (United States) In the U.S.‚ generally accepted accounting principles‚ commonly abbreviated as US GAAP or simply GAAP‚ are accounting rules used to prepare‚ present‚ and report financial statements for a wide variety of entities‚ including publicly-traded and privately-held companies‚ non-profit organizations‚ and governments. Generally GAAP includes local applicable Accounting Framework‚ related accounting law‚ rules and Accounting Standard. Similar to many other countries
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Subject: Auditing‚ share-based payment and SPE reporting A publically traded company offers challenges to auditing when it comes to shared-based payment reporting and special-purpose entities (SPE) reporting individually. The most basic principle of GAAP at risk is the qualitative characteristic of reliability. Shared-based payment and SPE reporting individually has been broken down to better equip the audit for our client. It is important to notice that Special Purpose Entities should be carefully
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PART I: Multiple choice‚ 3 points each. (Transfer your answers to the proper question on the answer sheet and fill in only one circle per question.) 1. Which of the following is NOT a major challenge facing the accounting profession? a. Non-GAAP earnings. b. Fair value measurement. c. Accounting for fixed assets. d. Forward-looking information. 2. The objective of financial reporting places most emphasis on: a. Providing information to individuals who are experts in the field
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formed in hopes of overseeing unification in the way of international accounting standards (International Accounting Standards Board‚ 2008). The IASB is a strong supporter of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) (International Accounting Standards Board‚ 2008). The IFRS is a standard best practices guide for financial reporting covering many areas in the content of financial statements and reporting (Wikipedia‚ 2008). Although its
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industry‚ is a U.S. subsidiary of a U.K. entity that prepares its financial statements in accordance with IFRS and U.S. GAAP. A draft law in a country where Energy operates in‚ which requires a cleanup of land already contaminated‚ will possibly be enacted shortly after the year-end. Issues: Should Energy recognize a provision‚ (i) in reporting under IFRSs‚ and (ii) in accordance with U.S. GAAP? Analysis: (i) Under IFRSs‚ Energy should recognize a provision for the cleanup costs in its 20x1
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SYDNEY FACULTY OF BUSINESS CONVERGED STANDARD ON REVENUE RECOGNITION IFRS 15-REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS By LE‚ DOAN YEN NHI 11809946 Word count: 1000 (excluding executive summary and reference) Due date: 18th May 2015‚ 5 pm Executive summary On May 2014‚ the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) had jointly issue the converged standard‚ IFRS 15‚ on the Recognition of Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The new
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Assignment 1: Research of Emerging Accounting Issues Abstract This paper I’ll research the most important impact that the mission of the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) exerts upon the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB); analyze the EITF’s effectiveness with finding resolutions to emerging accounting issues by research the issues from the EITF’s “Description and Status of Current Issues” such as 9/11 and analyze at least the primary manner in
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shifted towards a uniform accounting standards or the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The main motive behind this movement is to come up with a global language for accounting which will be comparable and understandable beyond the borders of a nation. As of today about 120 countries require IFRS for domestically listed companies‚ although only about 90 countries have fully conformed to IFRS . While some argue that it is necessary to have a system of accounting that is clear and transparent
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This report is issued in order to inform the public about Microsoft Corporation. We analyzed the profitability and liquidity of this company. In addition‚ we were able to provide recommendations for investments or credits in Microsoft for the best interest of the public. Profitability ratios refer to the relative measure to what an actual created profit. Through these ratios the company is allowed to see how profitable the company. In addition it can serve as an examination of the overall performance
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