Framework for Financial Reporting I am from England‚ and here in the UK‚ unlike most countries‚ our system of government has no comprehensive written constitution. Many countries do have such constitutions and in these circumstances the laws of the land are shaped and influenced by the constitution. Now while the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is not a country it does have a sort of constitution‚ in the form of the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting (the Framework)
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Regulatory Environment of Financial Reporting Nicholas Vujnich Accounting 561 September 25th‚ 2014 Chelsea Bjorkman Regulatory Environment of Financial Reporting Over the last 100 years‚ there have been significant changes to the regulatory environment that shaped financial reporting requirements. The Securities Act of 1933‚ The Securities Exchange Act of 1934‚ and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are the most notable laws enacted to ensure transparency and accuracy in reporting. Each new law subsequently
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on this information‚ the profession of accounting has created several agencies to establish‚ monitor and maintain ethical codes of standards. Because of the widespread applicability of the information contained in the accounting process‚ honest reporting is critical. History has proven repeatedly that the temptation exists to manipulate figures for personal gains and corporate malfeasance. This paper will identify agencies that regulate accounting practices and briefly discuss the basic concepts
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Analysis of Financial Statements Financial statements are frequently a key source of information for financial decisions and taking a look at Microsoft’s financial statements can help us decide certain things about the company. There are three different types of statements that will be discussed in this section. These include: the balance sheet‚ the income statement‚ and the statement of cash flows. They are discussed here in either the sense of quarterly or yearly statements and will be noted
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Financial Reporting Problem Part 1 Mark R. Mitchell XACC/290 August 10‚ 2014 Jeanette Butler Financial Reporting Problem Part 1 In the light of this week’s assignment of analyzing an annual report for a publicly traded company I decided to use the company now work for which is the spinoff company from the merger of international papers Xpedx division and Unisource; the new company name is Veritiv. Veritiv’s total assets for this accounting period are $1‚215 million dollars (Morningstar
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entitled “FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS OF MICROSOFT” which is submitting in his genuine and original work. GUIDE & H.O.D Signature of H.O.D Signature of Guide Place: Puri Prof.N.C.Jena Date: Faculty Dept of Commerce 2 Senior ACKNOWLEDGEMENT At t h e p r i m e o u t s e t ‚ I a m p r i vi l e g e d t o a c k n o w l e d g e d e n c o u r a g e m e n t a n d g u i d a n c e p r o vi d e d t o me by Co l l e g e ‚ P r o f N . C J e n a ‚ L e c t u r e r o f C o m m e r c e S . C . S ( A) Puri
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2008 than it did in 2007 but higher income taxes would have to be paid. First Objective: The first objective in this case is to exposed students to different methods of inventory valuation. Students must know about LIFO and FIFO. Second Objective: The second objective is to introduces the idea that companies have choices about accounting policies to preparing their financial reports. FIFO Method: FIFO involves the assumption that goods sold are the first unit that we purchased that the oldest
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Regulatory framework for financial reporting Introduction In the next couple of pages the author will firstly discuss the main advantages of the crossroad growing adoption of IFRS‚ and how does it particularly benefit investors and managers. The author will also be discussing the most significant challenges of the adoption and expansion of the IFRS in the future. Further more the author will‚ suggest how the IASB and its key constituents should face these challenges and overcome them. IFRS
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Fraudulent Financial Reporting Schemes Abstract Routine examinations‚ audits‚ or internal control procedures‚ do not reveal most accounting fraud. Only 20% is revealed by way of auditing‚ however whistle blowing accounts for most revealed accounting fraud. Financial statement fraud will usually occur in such schemes as: fictitious revenues‚ timing differences‚ concealed liabilities & expense‚ improper asset valuation‚ or asset/revenue overstatements (just to name a few)‚ (Frempong‚ 2012)
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FRAMEWORK FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING SCOPE OF THE FRAMEWORK The existing framework deals with the ■ Objectives of financial statements; ■ Qualitative characteristics of financial statements; ■ Elements of financial statements; ■ Underlying Assumptions; ■ Recognition of the elements of financial statements; ■ Measurement of the elements of financial statements; and ■ Concepts of capital and capital maintenance OBJECTIVES The objective of general purpose financial reporting. The objective
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