INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS(IFRS) are designed as a common global language for business affairs so that company accounts are understandable and comparable across international boundaries. They are a consequence of growing international shareholding and trade and are particularly important for companies that have dealings in several countries. They are progressively replacing the many different national accounting standards. The rules to be followed by accountants to maintain books
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CASE 4-1: Bessrawl Corporation Reconciliation of net income from U.S. GAAP to IFRS 2011 Net Income according to U.S. GAAP attributable to equity holders of Bessrawl Corporation ………… $1‚000‚000.00 IFRS adjustments: Add: Reversal of inventory cost written down to replacement cost….. 10‚000.00 Less: Additional depreciation of building after 2011 revaluation……..
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Weekly Case Notes--Essar Energy: Indian GAAP‚ U.S GAAP or IFRS Internal issues: The company needs to change their accounting standards to IFRS without sufficient knowledge of IFRS. The company needs to hire new employees that have the adequate IFRS knowledge and sensitive to the differences between IFRS and Indian GAAP. The employees require extra time for training There were huge accounting tasks needs to involve many employees under various departments‚ such as the plant head required
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The three projects in the work plan by IFRS are as follow: IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (replacement of IAS 39) This project has been divided in three phases: 1- Classification and Measurement The first publication of this project was in November 2009‚ was based on requirements for financial assets. In October 2010 were added requirements for financial liabilities. The majority of requirements for financial liabilities not changed from IFRS 9. Nevertheless‚ there were changes on the fair value
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GAAP / IFRS Fiat Group’s first-time adoption of IFRS Differences Between Key Accounting Methods Under Italian GAAP And IFRS What characterizes the differences between the two sets of methods? - Substance over form Example: Recognition of revenue - Less flexibility Example: Recognition of R&D cost - More transparent Main factors that affect management’s reporting incentives and strategy in fiscal year 2005 - Research & Development: Because Fiat main operations are based on the manufacturing
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Standards (IFRS) mitigates global business barriers. In order to adapt to the increasingly global business environment‚ public companies in Canada will move to IFRS by 2011. This movement will have a significant influence on Canadian business such as capital markets‚ financial statement preparers‚ the accounting profession‚ and even accounting students. Investors are eager to understand the differences between IFRS and Canadian GAAP. The public companies should be ready to follow IFRS in January
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companies will be able to file on U.S. Stock Exchanges using IFRS standards. With that in mind‚ what are some of the challenges facing the accounting profession‚ and how do you see them affecting you in the future? Provide specific details to support your opinion in your response. Initial Professor and Class‚ Countries using International Financial Reporting Standards rules and guidelines can be somewhat complicated because IFRS sets its own rules how companies prepare and disclose their
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lot of significant events and become to be more and more mature. Culture and institutional factors have majorly influenced the development of accounting in Japan‚ and also led the problems in implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). In 1927‚ the enactment of the Accountants Law marked the beginning of professional accountants working in Japan. Following its defeat in the Second World War‚ Japan was put under US occupation and in 1948‚ the country and was asked to enact The
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September 2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers’ IFRS and corporate governance publications and tools 2008 IFRS technical publications IFRS Manual of Accounting 2008 Provides expert practical guidance on how groups should prepare their consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS. Comprehensive publication including hundreds of worked examples‚ extracts from company reports and model financial statements. IFRS Pocket Guide 2008 Provides a summary of the IFRS recognition and measurement requirements
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Cited: Ankarath‚ Nandakumar‚ et al. Understanding IFRS Fundamentals: International Financial Reporting Standards. Hoboken‚ New Jersey. John Wiley & Sons Inc.‚ 2010. Print. Bragg‚ Steven M. Wiley GAAP 2011: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Hoboken‚ New Jersey
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