The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) are undertaking the Conceptual Framework project jointly in order to create a sound foundation for the new accounting standard by revising the existing conceptual framework. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is the dependent standard-setting body of the IFRS foundation. The IASB adopted the FASB in its framework as guidelines for the preparation IFRS that it published in 1989
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IFRS – One World One Accounting Introduction to IFRS Currently‚ more than 100 countries requires or adopt IFRS and it is expected that by 2012‚ more than 150 countries will adopt IFRS. India has also taken the step towards convergence of Indian Accounting Standards with IFRS. This article details the need for harmonization of local GAAP with IFRS‚ challenges for Corporate India etc. 1. Importance of Accounting Standards 2. Accounting Standards Across the world 3. Need of Harmonization
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INTRODUCTION Through history and the many years of accounting practice‚ a lot of accounting theories have been developed. Interestingly‚ many of those theories are grounded on the basis of prescribing and proposing how accounting processes should be performed. These are known as normative theories of accounting as they are not built on observation‚ but rather upon the theorist’s deductive judgement‚ and subjective opinion (Goble 2009). Accounting conceptual frameworks are good examples of normative
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Accounting has been around since the beginning of civilization. ¡§Accountants participated in the development of cities‚ trade‚ and the concepts of wealth and numbers.¡¨ (Giroux) The importance of accounting cannot be overemphasized. Equally important are the standards used to guild the application of accounting practice. Without principles and standards‚ financial reporting would not fairly present the financial position of a company. Accounting has changed and evolved vastly over time and continues
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FASB Accounting Standards Codification: 410 Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to summarize research on codification topic 410 based on the information found in different academic databases. The first part of the paper will focus on the FASB Codification database. The second part of the paper will compare and contrast three other databases on the same codification 410 within the RIA Checkpoint databases: AICPA: Auditing
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International Journal of Business and Management December‚ 2009 Problems of Adoption and Application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Bangladesh Sumon Bhattacharjee (Corresponding author) Department of Business Administration‚ East West University 43-46 Mohakhali C/A‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Tel: 88-17-1285-9617 E-mail: sumon@ewubd.edu Muhammad Zahirul Islam Department of Business Administration‚ East West University 43-46 Mohakhali C/A‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Tel: 88-17-1665-3964
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detailed the rules and regulations of the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) varied in structure‚ format‚ and completeness. These variations led to confusion among users and it became more difficult to determine if they were using GAAP correctly. In response to this problem‚ the FASB developed the Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) whose main purpose is to provide users access to all of the generally accepted accounting principles in one place. The Codification eliminates obsolete
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International Management Review Vol. 5 No. 2 2009 The Value Relevance of Fixed Asset Revaluation Reserves in International Accounting Gyung Paik Brigham Young University‚ Provo‚ Utah‚ USA [Abstract] The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the U.S. has recently proposed that all U.S. firms be required to issue financial statements in accordance with IFRS by 2014. Under IFRS‚ the rules for measurement of fixed assets are presented in IAS 16‚ which allows firms to choose either
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understand the various accounting Concepts. In this coursework‚ I shall analyze these concepts and explain them. First of all I shall discuss the materiality concept. WHAT IS MATERIALITY? Authoritative accounting bodies in the USA such as Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB)‚ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)‚ General Accounting Office (GAO)‚ American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and in the international arena‚ The International
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The development in international trade and capital flows that has occurred over the previous two decades has increased the desire to harmonise accounting standards across the globe. The appeal of international accounting harmonization has been extensively discussed. Numerous academics Ali‚ J M (2005)‚ Adhikari and Tondkar (1992)‚ Saudagaran (1997) argue that adopting International Financial Reporing Standards (IFRS) would bring great benefits to society‚ such as comparability of statements between
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