CASE ASSIGNMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS EK337EPERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING SPRING 2013 CANDIDATE NUMBERS: 28 32 76 87 UniversitetetiNordland 1 CONTENT Introduction……………………………………………………..3 Theoretical Framework………………………………………….5 Advantages……………………………………………………....5 Disadvantages…………………………………………………....6 Challenges………………………………………………………..6 Analysis………………………………………………………….7 Conclusion………………………………………………………10
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Financial Accounting vs Management Accounting Management accounting is a field of accounting that analyzes and provides cost information to the internal management for the purposes of planning‚ controlling and decision making. Management accounting refers to accounting information developed for managers within an organization. CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) defines Management accounting as “Management Accounting is the process of identification‚ measurement‚ accumulation
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cost accounting. This introductory chapter explains the intertwining roles of managers and management accountants in choosing an organization’s strategy‚ and in planning and controlling its operations. Unlike the remainder of the textbook‚ this chapter has no “number crunching.” Its main purpose is to emphasize the management accountant’s role in providing information for managers. Review Points organization. Cost accounting provides information for both management accounting and
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Environment of Accounting Submitted to:- Prof. Dr. Parimal Chandra Datta Submitted by:- ID# Name 151009067 Muntashir Rahman Jeesa 151008067 Shihab Kamal Munshi Date of Submission: July 13th‚ 2015 Primeasia University‚Bangladesh Table of Content Sl PAGE 1. Brief History of Accounting 2. Definition of Accounting 3. Activities of Accounting 4. Bookkeeping & Accounting Compared 5. Uses of Accounting Data 6. Reasons for Using Accounting Data 7. Ethics in Accounting 8. Generally
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Running head: ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES Generally Accepted Accounting Principles P G HCS 571 June 5‚ 2013 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ are standards and guidelines for financial accounting‚ and reporting‚ (Office of Financial Management‚ 2012). There are guidelines in effect for most organizations; GAAP ensures that the finances of an organization are correct. According to Cleverly‚ Song‚ and Cleverly (2011)‚ GAAP describes the “body
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PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING(POA)/ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS(AFM) Basic Accounting Concepts & Terminologies ACCOUNTING- DEFINITION Accounting means the various technical activities performed by accountants‚ including financial accounting‚ bookkeeping and management accounting. Accounting is considered to be as old as money. However in 1494 Lucas Fra Pacoili‚ an Italian Merchant is universally regarded as the father of modern system of accounting or double entry system of accounting. Accounting has been
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primarily responsible for the Japanese accounting system being significantly different from other national systems and what influences do you consider the Japanese system will have on international accounting in the future? INTRODUCTION Japan as an accounting jurisdiction is characterized by the dominance of the state (Haller and Raffournier‚ 2003). The accounting rules have been set out in the past fifty years as statute law with an implicit objective that accounting should contribute to the growth
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Creative accounting refers to accounting practices that deviate from (the spirit of ) standard accounting practices. They are characterized by excessive complication and the use of novel ways of characterizing income‚ assets or liabilities. Sometimes the words "innovative" or "aggressive" are used. The term is also (used more seriously and disparagingly) to refer to systematic misrepresentation of the true income and assets of business organizations. "Creative accounting" on this scale has led
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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has been working for ten years to bridge the gap between the United States’ Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). As part of this movement‚ Russell Golden‚ the chairman of the FASB‚ indicated that he would like to focus on making corporate disclosures more consistent. By doing so‚ it would be easier for investors to compare companies from different sectors. The FASB is “working on a
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CHAPTER 1 FInANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND ITS ECONOMIC CONTEXT ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION ID1–1 Security analysts and stockholders: These users would use financial statements to try to estimate the future earnings and cash flow potential of the company‚ which would be used to project a value for the company’s stock. Bank loan officers: These users would use the financial statements to determine the ability of a company to repay loans to the bank. A company’s
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