Applicability of Accounting Standard (AS) 26‚ Intangible Assets‚ to intangible items 1. Accounting Standard (AS) 26‚ ‘Intangible Assets’‚ came into effect in respect of expenditure incurred on intangible items during accounting periods commencing on or after 1-4-2003 and is mandatory in nature from that date for the following: (i) Enterprises whose equity or debt securities are listed on a recognised stock exchange in India‚ and enterprises that are in the process of issuing equity or debt
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Financial Statement Analysis April Cruz‚ Litesha Forbes‚ Phillip Gibson‚ Jessica Hewlett‚ Lily James‚ Velda Justin‚ and Nzingha Reel ACC/561 September 27‚ 2010 Mark Tischler Financial Statement Analysis The accounting information of this paper provides a financial statement analysis for three distinct companies: Mercedes Benz‚ a foreign manufacturer of vehicles; Macy’s Inc‚ a retail department store‚ and American Airlines‚ an airline company. The analysis for each company
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541 March 14‚ 2011 Delphine L. Agnor Wolsker The Relationship Between FASB and IASB Introduction The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) was created after the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to establish a single set of accounting procedures and standards for both boards. The process has not always been an easy one‚ but the goal of merging the accounting standards globally overrides the disagreements. Overcoming impediments‚ such as language‚ culture‚ economic and political
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IFRS and GAAP Convergence Janet Rivera Cruz Prof. Basil Jackson Accounting 304 December 2‚ 2012 Cruz 2 The purpose of this paper is to describe what accounting convergence means and assess the likelihood of the convergence being completed and implemented in the next five (5) years. IFRS is the principle based set of standards that establish standards and dictate specific treatments. IFRS has become a global standard for companies when preparing financial statements. IFRS consist
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liquid market for buying and selling securities Challenges facing financial accounting include all of the following except: financial measurements All of the following are objectives of financial reporting except to provide information: about the management and major shareholders of an enterprise Which one of the following organizations has not been instrumental in the development of financial accounting standards? IMA. Which of the following was established by the federal government to
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accepted accounting principles. Accounting Organizations. Matching of a list of descriptive statements with a list of abbreviations of accounting organizations. Identify complete name of each organization. History of Establishment of GAAP. Discuss CAP‚ APB‚ FASB‚ and related pronouncements. (AICPA adapted). Accounting Principles. Define accounting principles. Discuss sources of GAAP. (CMA adapted). Standard Setting. Describe why there is political action and social involvement in the standard setting
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116 Stat. 745‚ enacted July 30‚ 2002)‚ also known as the ’Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act’ (in the Senate) and ’Corporate and Auditing Accountability and Responsibility Act’ (in the House) and commonly called Sarbanes–Oxley‚ Sarbox or SOX‚ is a United States federal law enacted on July 30‚ 2002‚ which set new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards‚ management and public accounting firms. It is named after sponsors U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) and
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adoption or convergence of United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has been quite an arduous journey for all parties involved. Although the two possibilities are very different‚ one thing is certain; IFRS is coming to America. Accounting professionals have been resistant to an adoption‚ but most agree there must be a single set of high functioning standards for the world business market. The issuance of the highly anticipated
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practicing of accounting principles‚ not only in their local countries but also in foreign countries. There are many challenges that they have to face with such as languages and currencies when recording and preparing the financial reports. Imaging that if the investors and creditors are not able to read and understand the financial information‚ they will not invest or loan money. For these reasons‚ International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have
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3. Accounting Framework for Rights and Obligations of Emissions Reduction Programs The FASB’s Conceptual Framework provides guidance to standard setters for establishing authoritative guidance. We apply the Conceptual Framework to the components of cap-and-trade programs in section 3.1. Section 3.2 describes the resulting accounting treatment‚ including income statement effects‚ of cap-and-trade program rights and obligations that is implied by the Conceptual Framework. 3.1. Using the FASB’s conceptual
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