Revenue recognition on FASB and IASB convergence process I. CONVERGENCE OF U.S. GAAP AND IFRS Since 2002‚ Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) have been working toward “convergence” of US General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). They have made significant progress in efforts to converge critical accounting standards such as those dealing with revenue recognition‚
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1. Analyze the changes that Al Dunlap had initiated at Sunbeam after being hired from a strategic perspective. Did the changes started by Dunlap allow him opportunities to manage earnings? Following are the changes that Al Dunlap initiated after being hired by Sunbeam Inc and the probable opportunities that Dunlap used to manage earnings: Fired the existing set of senior managers of Sunbeam and appointed his close friends and lieutenants in those positions. Opportunity: Picked a close set of
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1. The changes made by Al Dunlap gave him the ability to gain stronger control over the future of Sunbeam. His goal was to double revenue and dramatically improve operating margins‚ and he put in place a number of measures to achieve it. Let’s analyze each of these measures individually: a) Replacing Senior Management team: Dunlap fired the entire existing Senior Management team and brought on people from his previous company‚ Scott Paper. Given their history of working together closely‚ this
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Recently in June 2010‚ the International Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standard Board initiated a joint project and released an exposure draft named Revenue from Contracts with Customers. This exposure draft emphasizes the status of revenue in assessing financial statements and states that revenue is conclusive in assessing a company’s operating situation and developing prospects. This statement has a profound influence on accounting industry and has lead to a wide range
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Financial Reporting and Analysis – ACG6175 Date: 5/18/09 Revenue Recognition Problems in the Communications Equipment Industry 1 – In late 2000‚ Lucent announced that revenues would be adjusted downwards by $679 million as a result of revenue recognition problems. Yet the firms market capitalization plummeted by $24.7 billion. Why do you think the market reacted so negatively to Lucent’s announcements of the problems? There is usually a grey zone between aggressive accounting‚ which
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Revenue Recognition: Case Study on Caltron Computers‚ Inc. Julie Mong April 17 ‚ 2010 1. In general‚ evaluate Caltron’s revenue recognition policy and the quality of Caltron’s earnings. Caltron Computers‚ Inc.‚ a computer hardware company‚ is publicly held with market capitalization amounting to over $450 million. Carlton’s system designs enable their mini-computer systems to measure up to the power of mainframes with small cost outlays. The accounting practices
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Issues With Revenue Recognition within the Software Industry The Isoft Example Financial Controller-SoftWarehouse Ltd This report has been prepared for the Board of Directors of SoftWarehouse Ltd for elucidation about the contentious issues that have given rise to the publication of the article concerning Isoft’s issues with revenue recognition. Finally‚ it will also assess whether or not these issues are likely to affect SoftWarehouse Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary: 3
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Assessing Revenue Recognition Timing Explain when each of the following business should recognize revenues: a. A clothing retailer like The Limited. Revenue recognition: Sales basis method (at the time of sale). The revenue for a retail store like The Limited should recognize their revenue when the
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Revenue-Recognition Problems in the Communications Equipment Industry 1) In late 2000‚ Lucent announced that revenues would be adjusted downwards by $679m as a result of revenue recognition problems. Yet the firm’s market capitalization plummeted by $24.7bn. Why do you think the market reacted so negatively to Lucent’s announcements of the problems? The large drop in market capitalization is probably due to several factors. Historically‚ Lucent had successfully met analysts’ projections for
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1. Analyze the changes that Al Dunlap had initiated at Sunbeam after being hired from a strategic perspective. Did the changes started by Dunlap allow him opportunities to manage earnings? First‚ after Al Dunlap was hired‚ Dunlap wanted to surround himself with loyal executives‚ such as Mr. Kersh‚ and fired the existing senior managers. This strategy make Dunlap easily get consensus for his points. Second‚ his immediate strategy was to aggressively cut the costs by eliminating excessive staffs
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