CHAPTER 1 Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting: ENVIRONMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS QUESTION 1-1 a. The similarities of accounting for profit-seeking and G&NP organizations include: 1. Double-entry system of accounts. 2. Most accounting mechanics‚ e.g.‚ basic transaction documents‚ journals‚ ledgers‚ charts of accounts. 3. Where a G&NP organization has a business-type activity‚ e.g.‚ a municipal electric utility‚ the accounting largely parallels that
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of International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) in standard setting. The IASC was issuing International Accounting Standards (IAS). So far there were forty one IAS which had been issue before IASB replaced IASC in 2001. As one of the major weaknesses of IASC was that the standards it was issuing contained many objectives thereby defeating the purpose of consistency in recognition‚ measurement and presentation of transactions. IASB intends to limit such choice of accounting treatments 1.)
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Kong Accounting Standard 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements* * This HKAS 27 is applicable for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 July 2009. HKAS 27 (Revised) issued in March 2008 is applicable for annual periods beginning on or after 1 July 2009 and supersedes this HKAS 27. 1 HKAS 27 COPYRIGHT © Copyright 2008 Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants This Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standard contains International Accounting Standards
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Institution Introduction Observation of standard accounting practices is a requirement for publicly traded companies. The companies are obligated to follow strict accounting rules in the presentation of their financial statements to enable the readers of such statements to compare performances by different companies easily. Financial institution and shareholders of various private companies may also require private companies to comply with certain accounting standard. Local governments being the form of
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INTRODUCTION Through history and the many years of accounting practice‚ a lot of accounting theories have been developed. Interestingly‚ many of those theories are grounded on the basis of prescribing and proposing how accounting processes should be performed. These are known as normative theories of accounting as they are not built on observation‚ but rather upon the theorist’s deductive judgement‚ and subjective opinion (Goble 2009). Accounting conceptual frameworks are good examples of normative
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VSRD International Journal of Business and Management Research‚ Vol. 3 No. 2 February 2013 e-ISSN : 2231-248X‚ p-ISSN : 2319-2194 © VSRD International Journals : www.vsrdjournals.com / 103 RESEARCH COMMUNICATION IFRS IMPLEMENTATION “ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FOR INDIA” 1 B. 1 Associate 2Researsh Kapoor and 2Jyoti Ruhela* Professor‚ Scholar‚ 1‚2Department Commerce & Business Administration‚ MMH College (CCS University)‚ Ghaziabad‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ INDIA. *Corresponding Author : jyotimbaicfai@gmail
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during an accounting period in monetary terms. These business activities vary from one enterprise to other. To compare the financial statements of various reporting enterprises poses some difficulties because of the divergence in the methods and principles adopted by these enterprises in preparing their financial statements. In order to make these methods and principles uniform and comparable to the extent possible – standards are evolved.What are Accounting Standards? Accounting Standards are the
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PROJECT ON ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 1. ACCOUNTING STANDARD 16 2. ACCOUNTING STANDARD 21 SUBMITTED TO: PROF. T.K. NAGPAL SUBMITTED BY: VARUN FN3 FN2 Accounting Standard (AS) 16 (issued
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.. TUTOR’S FULL NAME......................................... Test 1 – Version 2 Session 2‚ 2012 Course Code: ACCG 224 Course Name: INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Time allowed: 55 minutes plus 5 minutes reading time Total No. of questions: Three Questions Instructions 1. You must answer ALL questions in the test booklet. No separate booklet will be provided to answer the questions. 2. This is a closed-book test. You are not allowed to refer to any text material for
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In the cash basis accounting revenues are reported in the same period that cash is received from customers. When the cash is paid out expenses are reported on the income statement. In the accrual basis of accounting revenues are reported when they are earned‚ which most of the time happens before customers pay out the cash. Unlike cash basis‚ in accrual basis‚ expenses are reported on the income statement in the same period they occur. Accrual basis accounting oftentimes provides a more accurate
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