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    Accounting Standard 16

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    302 Accounting Standard (AS) 16 (issued 2000) Borrowing Costs Contents OBJECTIVE SCOPE DEFINITIONS RECOGNITION Borrowing Costs Eligible for Capitalisation Excess of the Carrying Amount of the Qualifying Asset over Recoverable Amount Commencement of Capitalisation Suspension of Capitalisation Cessation of Capitalisation DISCLOSURE Paragraphs 1-2 3-5 6-22 8-12 13 14-16 17-18 19-22 23 The following Accounting Standards Interpretations (ASIs) relate to AS 16:   ASI 1- Substantial Period

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    2.1 Accounting standard-setters have an expectation that the readers of general purpose financial reports have a ‘reasonable knowledge’ of accounting. Specifically‚ the IASB Framework states that ‘users are expected to have a reasonable knowledge of business and economic activities and accounting and a willingness to study the information with reasonable diligence’. Hence‚ there is an expectation that financial statements are not tailored to meet the needs of people who have not‚ in some way‚ studied

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    sentenced to 10 years. He had moved company cash into his personal bank account. Some of this was used to buy Polly Peck shares to keep the price up. In 2002 the accounting disciplinary body‚ the Joint Disciplinary Tribunal‚ fined Stoy Hayward £75‚000 for its role as group auditor to Polly Peck. Erdal & Co‚ the north Cypriot accounting firm was also fined for its audit of the north Cypriot subsidiaries of Polly Peck in 1988 and 1999. 2. Enron 2001 Massive fraud. AA helped to set up off balance

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    198 Accounting Standard (AS) 14 (issued 1994) Accounting for Amalgamations Contents INTRODUCTION Definitions EXPLANATION Types of Amalgamations Methods of Accounting for Amalgamations The Pooling of Interests Method The Purchase Method Consideration Treatment of Reserves on Amalgamation Treatment of Goodwill Arising on Amalgamation Balance of Profit and Loss Account Treatment of Reserves Specified in A Scheme of Amalgamation Disclosure Amalgamation after the Balance Sheet Date ACCOUNTING STANDARD

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    .......................... TUTORIAL DAY & TIME........………................... 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

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    Question 1: Sassu is online based accounting software which enables users to remotely access their business transactions from anyplace they want. All one is in need to be wired to the internet and login to their sassu account and start inputting or manipulating their business transactions (“What is Cloud Accounting‚” n.d.‚ parra. 1). Sassu is a market leader in the Asia Pacific software as a Service Accounting industry‚ thriving with millions of transaction worth billions of dollars with a reach

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    up of its borders and the privatization of many infrastructure industries such as transportation and communication. This paper addresses the adoption and applicability of International Accounting Standards (IAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to India.3 Specifically‚ the paper highlights some major areas where the country lacked harmonization with IAS in 1993 and the rapid congruence with IAS in the decade that

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    The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) are undertaking the Conceptual Framework project jointly in order to create a sound foundation for the new accounting standard by revising the existing conceptual framework. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is the dependent standard-setting body of the IFRS foundation. The IASB adopted the FASB in its framework as guidelines for the preparation IFRS that it published in 1989

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    variables such as foreign exchange risk‚ political‚ economic‚ cultural diversities‚ etc. that need to be taken into deliberation in making investment judgment. A significant variable in the analysis of foreign securities is various accounting standards. The accounting standard of United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) and identifies the major differences that materially impact the Tangible Assets‚ Goodwill‚ Inventory‚ Auditing‚ and financial statements. The study is helpful in evaluating the financial

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    Accounting Standards Boards University of Phoenix Accounting Theory and Research ACC541 The history of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are currently working together on a short-term international convergence project to remove a variety of individual differences between United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ( U.S. GAAP)

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