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    Accounting Regulation in Australia Today we discover: 1. Why accounting regulation is becoming a bigger issue for business and society. 2. What are ‘Accounting Standards’? 3. What is the ‘conceptual framework’ and what is its purpose? 4. Which entities need to produce GPFRs? 5. What criteria must be met before an item is included on a GPFR? Regulation and the Development of Accounting Standards Accounting practice has evolved to meet society’s need to record and report financial transactions

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    Individual Essay One The Key Factors that Led to GAAP being Different around the World I. INTRODUCTION Accounting is a general business language in the world. This “language” is expressed by Financial Statements‚ which have many different users such as creditors‚ shareholders‚ customers‚ employees‚ suppliers and so on. Though accounting is a general language‚ some limitations exist. As we know‚ Financial Statements should follow some specific GAAP‚ which established and regulated the accounting

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    covers liquidty‚ cap structure‚ results from operations. Financial statements‚ financial statement footnotes‚ highlights‚ 5-yr financial data‚ independent auditors report. Regulation: SEC (delegates rule making power to FASB) FASB: established GAAP (standards of financial acctg). IASB: established IFRS‚ PCAOB: created by Sarbanes-oxley act: established auditing standards for public

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    an equity interest in another entity and has a. at least 20% ownership in the entity. b. more than 50% ownership in the entity. c. 100% ownership in the entity. d. control over the entity‚ irrespective of the percentage owned. 4. FASB favors consolidation of two entities when a. one acquires less than 20% equity ownership of the other. b. one company’s ownership interest in another gives it control of the acquired company‚ yet the acquiring company does not have a majority ownership

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    JORIND (9)1 June‚ 2011. ISSN 1596-8303. www.transcampus.org/journals. www.ajol.info/journals/jorind THE CHALLENGES OF ADOPTING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING SYSTEM IN NIGERIA Anthony O. Garuba Department of Accounting and Finance‚ Western Delta University‚ Oghara‚ and Pat Donwa Department of Accounting‚ University of Benin‚ Benin City E-mail: anthonygaruba@yahoo.com Abstract Nigeria is going to adopt International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) from 1st January 2012. Globalization and Information

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    3101AFE Accounting Theory and Practice Tutorial Questions for Tutorials 1- 6: Semester 2 2014 TUTORIAL 1 - Semester 2 2014 Deegan Topic 1: Introduction to financial accounting theory QUESTION 1 - Question 1.8: What is the difference between developing a theory by induction and developing a theory by deduction? QUESTION 2 - Question 1.9: Is the study of financial accounting theory a waste of time for accounting students? Explain your answer. QUESTION 3 - Question 1.26: Would you

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    (a) Briefly explain what prompted some countries over the world to strongly advocate harmonization of accounting. The important reasons which necessitate harmonization of accounting practices are well contained in the observation made by Saudagaran. “While the initial efforts at harmonization were mainly championed by political bodies and professional accounting organizations‚ current pressures to harmonize are driven by investor groups who use financial statements‚ multinational companies which

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    A Comprehensive Business Reporting Model Financial Reporting for Investors July 2007 CFA Institute Centre Comprehensive Business Reporting Model Staff Kurt Schacht‚ CFA Managing Director Rebecca McEnally‚ CFA Capital Markets Policy Group Georgene Palacky‚ CPA Director Financial Reporting Group Members of the Comprehensive Business Reporting Model Subcommittee and the Corporate Disclosure Policy Council Gerald I. White‚ CFA‚ Chair Grace & White Inc. New York‚ NY United States

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    International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The IFRS‚ whose rules are established and maintained by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)‚ is the most widely used of the two institutions but the primary choice for the United States continues to be GAAP‚ whose standards are established and maintained by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Although both systems have many similarities‚ there are a variety of significant differences that have a great impact on how reporting amounts

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    Polluter Corp. Polluter Corp. is a company that operates three manufacturing facilities and produces household cleaning products in the United States. The U.S. government grants this company with emission allowances (EAs) that can be used during 2010 to 2030. According to The Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions (FERC)‚ Polluter Corporation records emission allowances as elusive assets with a cost basis of zero. The fiscal year is December 31. To control and decrease the release of pollutants

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