Financial Statements IFRS vs. GAAP Kathrine D. Nepon Strayer University John Ware ACC 401 November 27‚ 2011 ABSTRACT For those in the business world‚ particularly in the accounting field‚ a major issue has surfaced in recent years relating to the differences between Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Currently‚ the majority of countries in the world follow International Financial Reporting Standards guidelines; however
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Ltd. George P (1993)‚ Financial management. USA‚ Kent Publishing Company. International financial reporting standard and International accounting standard and interpretation‚ (July 2004)‚ London‚ United Kingdom. Killagane Y.S.M (1992)‚ Tanzania Statements of Accounting Guidelines Illustrated‚ Dar es Salaam Tanzania‚ Inter Press Ltd. Kindersley L. and Fleischman M(2001) made ‘Journal of Public Budgeting‚ Accounting‚ & Financial Management’‚Vol14‚pp.1 Londerback‚ Joseph G Meighs W.B & Meighs R. (1987)
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General Ledger Requirement 6—Prepare an Adjusted Trial Balance Requirement 7—Prepare the Financial Statements Requirement 8—Prepare the Closing Entries Requirement 9—Post Closing Entries to the General Ledger Requirement 10—Prepare the Post Closing Trial Balance Sheet in Workbook Journal Entries General Ledger Trial Balance Adjusting Entries General Ledger Adjusted TB Financial Statements Closing Entries General Ledger Post Closing TB Hint for success: Review the Week 2 Lecture prior
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The Business Vision and Company Mission Statement While a business must continually adapt to its competitive environment‚ there are certain core ideals that remain relatively steady and provide guidance in the process of strategic decision-making. These unchanging ideals form the business vision and are expressed in the company mission statement. In their 1996 article entitled Building Your Company’s Vision‚ James Collins and Jerry Porras provided a framework for understanding business vision
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supply chain solutions. Its key competitor is Neptune Orient Lines Limited (Hoover’s‚ 2015) which has a long-standing influence in Asia since 1968. A competitor analysis will be done for both companies based on the data from their published financial statements. CWT Limited has experienced significant growth in both their financial prowess and infrastructure continuously for the past 5 years‚ benefitting from sound diversified business portfolio and strategic accelerated investment in warehousing infrastructure
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January 2012 STARBUCKS: FROM BEAN TO CUP Introduction to the Financial Statements ------------------------------------------------- The purpose of this assignment is to increase your understanding of the information contained in a firm’s financial statements and of the relationship between the statements. As you study financial accounting‚ we will focus on using financial information in a meaningful way‚ to understand the firm’s past performance and project its future performance. One
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U2.4.1 Promoting Professional Development Complete research on a range of models of reflective practice such as: * Schon D * Moon J * Gibbs reflective cycle * Atkins and Murphy’s models of reflection Prepare a report that compares these models and how you could use them. Reflecting on our practices enables us to identify areas where improvement may be needed and hopefully‚ this will give us the motivation needed to make these changes. Reflecting on our own practice is important
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Balance Sheet and Income Statement Commentary BSA/500 – Business Systems I July 2‚ 2012 Balance Sheet and Income Statement Commentary JB Hunt (Trucking and logistics) On JB Hunt’s balance sheet for 2011 lists current assets of $513‚542‚000 and current liabilities of $438‚515‚000‚ yielding a current ratio of 1.17‚ which indicates the company‚ has $1.17 of current assets for every $1 of current liabilities. The previous year 2010‚ the current ratio was 0.91. This shows a 29% increase in the
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Ratio Analysis and Statement of Cash Flows Financial ratios are "just a convenient way to summarize large quantities of financial data and to compare firms’ performance" (Brealey & Myer & Marcus‚ 2003‚ p. 450). Financial ratios are very useful tools in order to determine the health of a company‚ help managers to make decision‚ and help to compare companies that belong to the same industry in order to know about their performance. Home Depot and Lowe’s are two home improvement chains in the United
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An Analysis of the Financial Statements of Apple Intermediate Accounting III INTRODUCTION I chose Apple for my course project mainly based on the fact that they release all their records to the public and they have excellent accounting practices. Their paper work is easy to read and follow and based on their records they have an endless amount of revenue in the billions. As we have discussed about Apple in class I was very intrigued how they looked in the books on a specific level of detail
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