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    Fair Value Accounting

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    Moving towards Fair Value Accounting In the past‚ historical cost measures were mainly used for reporting as they are reliable. However‚ historical cost is only relevant upon acquiring the asset and becomes irrelevant as time passes. On the other hand‚ fair value-based reporting‚ which accounts for changes in fair values‚ can produce balance sheet figures that provide a better reflection of the company’s value. This is also why accounting bodies are moving towards fair value accounting (FVA). One

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    FAIR VALUE REPORTING

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    Contents Introduction Fair Value Background Advantages of Fair Value Disadvantages of Fair Value The debate on Financial Stability Conclusion References Introduction Society’s major concern is the recent financial crisis which had an unprecedented impact and dire consequences on the global economy and the current economic regulations around the world. The beginning of the economic paradigm change was the major collapse of previously leading financial

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    fair value accounting

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    Fair Value Accounting  Select the archived issue you wish to view:                                                    Standards Fair Value Accounting Fair value accounting contains a superior basis for financial reporting than the outdated historical cost model.   FROM: SEP-OCT 2005 ISSUE | BY HAN DONKER In recent years‚ international standard setters and regulators such as the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have begun

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    Fair Value Accounting

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    Abstract Recently‚ fair value accounting suffers heated debate because the financial crisis. The purpose of this article is to evaluate and understand fair value both in literature analysis and practice. This paper emphasizes the advantages and disadvantages of the fair value measurement. Proponents believe that fair value can provide timely information that reflects current financial market conditions‚ and information supplied is reliable. On the other hand‚ critics argue that fair value accounting results

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    Fair Value: Is It Fair Game For Critics? The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ the accounting standard setters‚ issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 Fair Value Measurements that has set off a wave of controversy. Advocates‚ such as investors‚ support the idea of financial statements showing true value of a company’s assets and liabilities. Critics‚ on the other hand‚ think this pronouncement has caused volatile results in the current inactive market‚ blaming

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    The Fairness of Fair Value

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    1 The Fairness of Fair Value: SFAS 157‚ Irving Fisher and GECON Paulo Roberto B. Lustosa Professor ‚ University of Brasilia Abstract Fair value measurement is increasingly spreading in accounting standards. In February/2010‚ it was present in 61 FASB pronouncements. Such diffusion led to the issuance of SFAS 157 Fair Value Measurements‚ in which many prior definitions and measurement requirements‚ presented in other pronouncements‚ were replaced by a single standard on this subject. But the expansion

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    fair value relevance

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    Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/accr-10134 Judging the Relevance of Fair Value for Financial Instruments Lisa Koonce The University of Texas at Austin Karen K. Nelson Rice University Catherine M. Shakespeare University of Michigan ABSTRACT: We conduct three experiments to test if investors’ views about fair value are contingent on whether the financial instrument in question is an asset or liability‚ whether fair values produce gains or losses‚ and whether the item will or will not be sold/

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    However‚ the historical cost accounting still widely and continuously to be used by most companies in their accounting. Conversely‚ reporting current cost in accounting are recommended rather than historical cost as it is the fair value reported in the current year would be beneficial to the firm and the shareholders of the company. 2.0 Historical Cost Accounting and Benefits of Current Cost 2.1 Introduction to Historical Cost‚ Disadvantages and Advantages of Historical Cost The historical cost accounting

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    Fair Value Measurement

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    FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT 1. The meaning of fair value Fair value is the price that would be received from the sell of an asset or will be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between the market participants and the measurement date [IFRS‚ 13 – A501]. However in accounting and economics‚ fair value is the rational and unbiased estimate of a possible market price of a good‚ service or an asset. Fair value takes into account many objectives and subjective factors such as: Objective

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    European Accounting Review Vol. 19‚ No. 3‚ 461– 493‚ 2010 Fair Value or Cost Model? Drivers of Choice for IAS 40 in the Real Estate Industry A. QUAGLI∗ and F. AVALLONE∗∗ ∗ Department of Accounting and Business Studies (DITEA)‚ University of Genova‚ Genova‚ Italy and ∗ ∗ Department of Computer and Management Science (DISA)‚ University of Trento‚ Trento‚ Italy (Received September 2008; accepted February 2010) ABSTRACT The IFRS mandatory adoption in European countries is an excellent

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