Will there be one set of accounting standards in use through out the world in the next five years? The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) which oversees the accounting practices of publicly traded corporations. Is currently implementing plans for the convergence of GAAP into the IFRS as the standard for the U.S. and the world. Currently 110 developed‚ mid level‚ and developing countries use the IFRS as their accounting standard. The SEC has stated that they would like to converge to
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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 measurements for financial statements that companies issuing
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ACCOUNTING IN CHINA 1. Introduction • China’s rapid economic growth in the past two decades has amazed the rest of the world. • With China’s accession to the WTO‚ business activities with and within China will further expand. • China fully understands that a sound financial reporting system plays a key role in the process of economic development. • The Chinese Ministry of Finance (MoF)‚ who has the responsibility for regulating accounting matters in China‚ has set itself
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identified as a topic of study because of the massive rise in international joint ventures during the business globalization and because of the different joint venture accounting practices across countries. The increasing trend to produce financial statements which are free from errors and misstatements lead to the competitiveness of various firms when it comes to abiding with the proper disclosures set forth by the International Accounting Standard. These disclosures requirements are designed to guide
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20/30 years there has been an increase in trade and communication. It is easier for people to do business across the world as the new technology allows this to be possible. The problem with this is that different countries have different ways of accounting standards‚ and therefore there is a problem on how to account standards. Hence‚ during the last years the debate on whether to use Fair presentation or the True and fair View is becoming a major concern. Fair presentation and the true and fair concept
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Accounting Standards Paper The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) were both formed in 1973. The FASB is the organization‚ in the private sector‚ for establishing standards of financial accounting that governs the preparation of financial reports by non governmental entities. The IASB is an independent private sector body that develops and approves international financial reporting standards. These two have been working toward the
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Accounting and Finance Management Assignment 2 Semester: 3 Prepared by: Osoba Seun Student Number: Sc-Kl-00021763 Email Address: josher4real@yahoo.com Date submitted: 17/01/2014 Question 1 Sales Budget September ($) October ($) Budgeted sales (units) 9‚500 Selling price per unit $12 Total sales 90‚000 114‚000 Schedule of expected cash collections: October ($) Account
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internationally uniform accounting standards. In the fourth section‚ I compare the accounting differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS. In the fifth section‚ I explain the advantages of accounting convergence for U.S. investors in depth. In the sixth section‚ I discuss certain potential IFRS implementation issues and its effect on investors. At last‚ I conclude the whole paper. 2. The background of IFRS International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are accounting standards‚ interpretations
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the Framework The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) is implementing the Financial Reporting Council’s policy of adopting the Standards of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) for application to reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005. The AASB is replacing relevant existing AASB Standards with Australian Standards equivalent to those of the IASB. Consequently‚ the parts of the existing Australian conceptual framework (SAC 3 Qualitative Characteristics
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Analysis of Financial Reporting Between China and the UK Introduction As commonly acknowledged‚ accounting‚ as a social science‚ a language of economy‚ is affected by the environment in which it stays; In the meantime‚ it also brings impact on this environment (Černe 2009). There are numerous factors that affect the accounting system of a country‚ such as culture‚ politics and economy and other non-accounting factors (Nobes & Parker 2010). China is one of the most populous countries in the world‚
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