increase in international capital flow‚ the economy of the world is now in the process of globalization. Accounting‚ as ‘a major tool of business communication’ (Walton et al.‚ 2003)‚ plays a crucial role in promoting the growth of the global economy. Therefore‚ a relatively harmonious and comparable accounting system which could be accepted and understood by all the countries is required for several reasons. Firstly‚ accounting diversity represents an obstacle to the understanding of accounting information
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ACC 808 Measuring International Accounting Harmonisation. Imad Alsuwaih University of Newcastle upon Tyne Department of Accounting and Finance International Financial Analysis Measuring International Accounting Harmonisation between Large Companies from France‚ Germany and the UK Supervised by Dr Simon Pallet Prepared by Imad Alsuwaih September 2002 Page 1 of 82 ACC 808 Measuring International Accounting Harmonisation. Imad Alsuwaih Acknowledgment I am most grateful
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interested parties (users of information) have equal possibility/rights/power to get company’s financial information. Do you agree with this statement (give you arguments)? How financial statements are useful to the various interested parties (users of information)? Financial accounting’s aim is to allow all the users of interested parties to understand firm’s situations in global and synthetic way. The financial statement produce information for managers as well as for the other users parties (Creditors
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(a) Briefly explain what prompted some countries over the world to strongly advocate harmonization of accounting. The important reasons which necessitate harmonization of accounting practices are well contained in the observation made by Saudagaran. “While the initial efforts at harmonization were mainly championed by political bodies and professional accounting organizations‚ current pressures to harmonize are driven by investor groups who use financial statements‚ multinational companies which
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Advantages of International Harmonization Harmonization of accounting standards between nations is a very important current issue which has many possible benefits or consequences‚ as well as many obstacles to overcome for success. The international business community recognized the need for uniform accounting standards. This has been necessitated by of the spectacular growth in the number and size of multinational companies‚ foreign investments and cross-border listings on the stock exchanges
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Abstract Discussion on harmonization is started quite long time ago. Its impact on the countries economy is good or bad is the central idea of this essay. This essay is written specifically on the accounting standard used in Australia. This essay starts with introduction on various topics such as conceptual framework‚ IASB‚ Sacs then it discussed the issue of harmonization. Harmonization will have positive impact on the economy because it attracts overseas investors to invest in Australia. This
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International Economics : Section A Q 1 첫째Explain with the aid of community Indifference curve and the production possibility frontier how a country an gain from international trade. 둘째. What other possible gains from trade are there other than the “gain for exchange” and gains from specialization.”? 첫째 The gain from international trade between countries can simply be clarified by the aid of Community Indifference Curves and the production possibility frontier as follows. The production
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challenges of harmonization of accounting system. Accounting Standards are the statements of code of practice of the regulatory accounting bodies that are to be observed in the preparation and presentation of financial statements. The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles is comprised of a large group of individual accounting standards. Accounting Standards in other words can be stated as rules which govern the preparation of financial statements. They are the generally accepted accounting principles
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INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION OF ACCOUNTING Harmonization vs standardization Harmonization - A process of increasing the compatibility of accounting practices by setting bounds to their degree of variation. Eg. EU Commission Standardization – The imposition of a more rigid and narrow set of rules. Eg. IASB Reasons for harmonization Pressure comes from those who regulate‚ prepare and use financial statements. 1) Investors and financial analysts • Need to be able to understand
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Harmonization of International Accounting Standards Contents A. Introduction & Objective.……………………………………………………………….3 B. Why Harmonization of international accounting standards required……………..4 C. Factors influencing any Country’s Accounting Standards…………………………..6 D. Role of International Accounting Standard Board (IASB)……………….…………..8 E. Moving towards Harmonized International Accounting Standard………………….9 F. Obstacles and Benefits of the harmonization of International
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