EXPENSE RECOGNITION The production‚ sales‚ or cash receipts method can be used to assign revenues to periods of time. Expense recognition involves assigning or matching expenses to periods of time. Some expenses are closely related to the revenues assigned to periods of time. For example‚ the costs of goods sold during a period reflect the costs of materials‚ labor‚ and manufacturing overhead incurred to produce units of product that were sold. These costs are called product expenses. Other expenses
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US GAAP vs. PRC GAAP 1. Overview of US GAAP Components of US GAAP - Financial Accounting Standards Board / Financial Accounting Standards - Accounting Research Bulletin - Accounting Principles Board - Emerging Issues Task Force - Statements of Position from AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) - SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) rules Hierarchy of pronouncements under US GAAP - FASB‚ APB & ARB - FASB Technical Bulletin‚ AICPA Statements
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Cruz 1 Week 8 Assignment 1 IFRS and GAAP Convergence Janet Rivera Cruz Prof. Basil Jackson Accounting 304 December 2‚ 2012 Cruz 2 The purpose of this paper is to describe what accounting convergence means and assess the likelihood of the convergence being completed and implemented in the next five (5) years. IFRS is the principle based set of standards that establish standards and dictate specific treatments. IFRS has become a global standard for companies when
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Comparing IFRS to GAAP ACC/291 xxxx xxxxx Comparing IFRS to GAAP IFRS 8-1: What are some steps taken by both the FASB and IASB to move to fair value measurement for financial instruments? In what ways have some of the approaches differed? A fair value measurement gives companies an accurate portrayal of the company’s assets. Both IFRS and GAAP have requirements of specific information that needs to be reported regarding fair value measurement practices. With both systems‚ companies are required
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EXCELSIOR UNIVERSITY JOSEPH S. SPERANZA MODULE 1 ASSIGNMENT 1 “GAAP VERSUS IFRS” ACC211/ FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING MRS. SMITH 13 JAN 13 The United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are both effective ways to report financially account for one’s business assets but they have several differences. in this paper I will attempt to outline a few of the more significant differences and allow you to make up your mind
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Nicole Brown ACCT 400 Professor Pitre 14 September 2010 IFRS vs. GAAP (Oil & Gas) The differences between International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and current U.S. GAAP are numerous. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are principles-based Standards‚ Interpretations and the Framework (1989) adopted by the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB). Many of the standards forming part of IFRS are known by the older name of International Accounting Standards
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GAAP and IFR Convergence YOURNAME ACC 304 Winter 2012 Introduction The emergence of transnational corporations in search of money‚ not only for stimulating growth‚ but to maintain on-going activities has demanded flow of capital from all parts of the globe. This has brought millions of new investors into the capital markets whose interests are not constrained by national boundaries. Every country has its own sets of rules‚ regulations and reporting standards
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| MEXICAN GAAP (MEXICAN FRS) | US GAAP | Inflation | Effects of inflation should be recorded on the financial statement.Included in the results of operations is a gain or loss from monetary position that represents the inflation gain or loss from maintaining net monetary liabilities or assets‚ respectively. | In the U.S. GAAP no gain or loss on monetary position is recognized in the financial statements. | Deferred Taxes | Mexican GAAP recognizesDeferred tax effects for all transactions that
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pwc.com/mx/ifrs IFRS‚ US GAAP and Mexican FRS: similarities and differences* The Summary A comparison of IFRS‚ US GAAP and Mexican FRS pwc.com/mx/ifrs PricewaterhouseCoopers México Mariano Escobedo 573‚ Col. Rincón del Bosque. C. P. 11580‚ México‚ D. F. Tel.: 5263 6000 Fax: 5263 6010 © 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers. All rights reserved. PricewaterhouseCoopers refers to PricewaterhouseCoopers Mexico‚ the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited‚ each of which
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OVERVIEW Accounting is the language of business. As such‚ accountants collect and communicate economic information about business enterprises or other entities to a wide variety of persons. To be useful‚ financial statements must be clearly understandable and comparable so that users may compare the performance of one business with the performance of the same business for a prior period or with the performance of another similar business. Therefore‚ all general purpose financial statements should
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