working towards converging it own accounting standard‚ US GAAPs (United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) with IFRSs (International Financial Reporting Standards). This report is about the evaluation of the convergence project to form a global standardized financial statement. IFRS is a set of international accounting standards stated how particular types of transactions should be reported in financial statements. However‚ U.S GAAP is a common set of accounting principles‚ standards and
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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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Outline Part 1 Background and Overview Part 2 US GAAP and IFRS Part 3 China GAAP and IFRS Part 4 Summary of Convergence Process Part 5 Pros & Cons of Convergence Part 6 The reasons for differences in accounting practice ww.ifrs.org + The International Accounting Standards Board + The International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) Foundation + Objective – a single set of global financial reporting standards + Aim – convergence between national standards and international
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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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The Advantages and Disadvantages of an Unwritten Constitution in the UK The UK has an unwritten constitution unlike the U.S.A. Instead Britain’s laws‚ policies and codes are developed through statutes‚ common law‚ convention and more recently E.U law. It is misleading to call the British constitution unwritten; a more precise form of classification would be un-codified. This means that the British constitution has no single document‚ which states principles and rules of a state. However‚ The
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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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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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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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GAAP and IFRS There are differences that exist between the US GAAP and IFRS (International GAAP)‚ nonetheless right now there is a convergence project existing between the FASB and the IASB‚ which issue these GAAPs in that order to narrow down the differences between the two. This is so that there are no misinterpretations when using either GAAPs. With that mentioned‚ the following differences exist between the US GAAP and IFRS (International GAAP). Inventory Measurement GAAP clarifies that
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Investment into the UK through TNC’s is important as it transfers technology‚ skills and innovation to the UK. FDI is particularly important in the UK’s automotive industry with 25% of Ford’s engines being sourced from Dagenham in Essex. However‚ there is the issue that The British government has limited power to influence decisions made by foreign trans-national companies when it comes to them relocating and offshoring. This means thousands of people in the UK can face redundancy with the UK government
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