Summary The purpose of this report is to provide relevant background information of the United States’ convergence to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs)‚ and hence the current developments in the relationship between the United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)‚ the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). This report focuses on the current situation of the convergence process and the obstacles of U.S. IFRSs
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question or problem. The Conceptual Framework of Accounting is like a constitution for financial reporting‚ providing the foundation for standards. The Conceptual Framework provides structure to the process of creating financial reporting standards and ensures that standards are based on fundamental principles. This helps prevent standards from becoming ad hoc and transitory. Without a framework‚ accounting standards might be based on the most expedient solution to a particular issue‚ rather than a solution
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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 of multiple reports stated on the Wikipedia website. The two reports that will be discussed in the paper are IFRS and GAAP. GAAP is an Accounting Standard that provides guidance for financial accounting that accountant has to follow for preparing financial statements‚ and transaction summaries.
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International Writing Assignment Kaplan University The three reasons why I believe that the United States should switch to the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) are it would make financial reporting easier if everyone had the same standards‚ it is internationally understood‚ and it helps multinational businesses stay up to date in today’s market. Switching to IFRS will help companies compare their financial statements easier. If every country has a different
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History of IFRS During Second World War‚ international accounting standards began to grow due to the lack of knowledge in recording accounting and the increases of cross boarder capital flows in the market. Several accounting board had been formed for the purpose of development of accounting standards to make it readable‚ understandable and record in a proper way. All of these accounting boards and committee are using the same way to convergence which is harmonization instead of standardization
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International Financial Reporting Standards Jose L. Gomez Accounting Capstone March 26‚ 2015 Abstract The FASB and IFRS continually improve upon accounting standards and rulings in an effort to converge GAAP with international standards. In fact‚ several standard and ruling updates are being contemplated at this moment through pending discussions and through exposure drafts (PWC‚ 2011-2015); we will review a few of these in the next few paragraphs Differences between GAAP and IFRS First we
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Framework: The Objective of General Purpose Financial Reports By Jim McFie‚ a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya FASB (the Financial Accounting Standards Board‚ a US body) was the first organization to develop “Concepts Statements”. All the other “Concepts Statements” have been based on those developed by FASB. A new “Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting” was worked on jointly by FASB and IASB (the International Accounting Standards Board) and was published simultaneously
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CHAPTER 1 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTING STANDARDS IFRS questions are available at the end of this chapter. TRUE-FALSE—Conceptual Answer F T T T F T T F F T T F T F T T F F F F No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Description Definition of financial accounting. Purpose of financial statements. Definition of financial accounting. Capital allocation process. Objective of financial reporting. Decision-Usefulness
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In 1973‚ the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF)‚ an independent‚ private sector organization‚ established the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for nongovernmental entities. FASB has been the designated organization in the private sector for establishing standards of financial accounting that governs the preparation of financial reports by nongovernmental entities. The standards officially recognized as authoritative
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Dr. Steven Hall Accounting 5312 29 June 2014 The Merger of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board The proliferation and evolution of international trading and commerce have not only opened the gateway to international markets for many of the world’s emerging economies‚ but they have also fostered an unprecedented growth in the number of multinational corporations. Spurred by trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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