Charlotte Stevens 02/13/13 GAAP Cases A) The amount shouldn’t be included on the balance sheet of the business because there isn’t even half a chance that the debt will be paid. The generally accepted accounting principle that affects this situation is the going concern concept because there is a good chance that the debt won’t be paid. B) The amount that should be recognized under the accounts
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GAAP v. non-GAAP: Impacts on Financial Statements A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of past or future financial performance‚ financial position or cash flows that includes amounts that are excluded from the most directly comparable GAAP measure or excludes amounts that are included in the most directly comparable GAAP measure. Some common examples of non-GAAP earnings measures are cash earnings‚ operating earnings‚ EBITDA and FFO. The non-GAAP numbers impact revenue numbers without
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Research Journal of Finance and Accounting ISSN 2222-1697 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2847 (Online) Vol 3‚ No 10‚ 2012 www.iiste.org International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS): Benefits‚ Obstacles And Intrigues For Implementation In Nigeria *IKPEFAN‚ OCHEI AILEMEN Ph.D (Banking &Finance)‚ ACA‚ACIB Department of Banking & Finance‚ Covenant University‚ Ota‚ Ogun State E-mail: ochei_ikpefan@yahoo.co.uk; Tel:234- 08053013418 **AKANDE‚ A.O B.Sc (Business Administration)‚ MBA; Department of
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THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD (IFRS) DIBUA OBIORA VALENTINE Student No. 09175515 INTRODUCTION The harmonization of accounting standards across countries has been engendered by the globalization of politics and markets. In the past 20-30 years the growth in international trade fostered by increased Foreign Direct Investment flow of capital and development of technology has led to multinational firms establishing presence
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UNIVERSITY AMERICAN COLLEGE SKOPJE To be completed by students (typewritten) COURSE NUMBER | | COURSE TITLE | Financial Accounting | SEMESTER | V | SESSION | | ASSIGNMENT NUMBER | 1 | SUBMISSION DATE DUE | | ASSIGNMENT TITLE | IFRS: Advantages and disadvantages | INSTRUCTOR’S NAME | | To be completed by the front desk secretary or the course administrator SIGNATURE | DATE SUBMITTED | HOUR SUBMITTED | MATERIAL SUBMITTED | | | | Hard copyE-submission | | To be completed by
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...................................................................................... 2 Introduction to IFRS for SMEs ....................................................................................................... 2 Public Accountability...................................................................................................................... 2 Major areas covered in IFRS for SMEs.......................................................................................... 3 Small
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Ernst & Young IFRS Core Tools October 2011 IFRS Update for ÔfYf[aYd q]Yj ]f\af_ +) JK ) af l`] Õjkl q]Yj g^ Yhhda[Ylagf& To achieve this‚ the transitional provisions in IFRS 7 were amended to clarify that the disclosures need not be provided for: Annual or interim periods‚ including any statement of ÕfYf[aYd hgkalagf$ hj]k]fl]\ oal` Yf YffmYd [gehYjYlan] h]jag\ ]f\af_ Z]^gj] +) JA; )1 oadd j]kmdl af Y _Yaf j][g_fak]\ af hjgÕl or loss as the fair value of the equity issued will often
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have their own accounting rules that are totally different from occidental countries’ accounting rules. With the development of China’s economy and the implementation of the reform and opening policy‚ Chinese economic system became from planning economy to free- market economy‚ more and more occidental countries focus on China -a fast developing country. More and more international cooperation and trade appeared. In order to get the best investment‚ to know well Chinese accounting system becomes
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According to Weetman (2006 p25) ‘accounting is the process of identifying‚ measuring and communicating financial information about an entity to permit informed judgements and decisions by users of the information.’ If we extract the suffix of the word‚ we are left with the word ‘account’. To account for something is to take something into consideration. In terms of finance‚ accounting for something can be seen as baring it in mind when compiling financial information. Synony mously‚ taking something
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Same as other developing countries‚ there is no doubt that China has to adopt IFRS. However‚ it is not easy for such a centralized communist country to fully obtain the standards. This case study is going to explain the difficulties of obtain the IFRS‚ and the major reasons of adopting IFRS also will be discussed. According to Ramanna and Sletten (2010)‚ more powerful countries are less likely to harmonized IFRS‚ due to powerful countries’ unwillingness to forgo their standard-setting power to
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