Dick’s Sporting Goods IFRS Conversion Introduction Dick’s Sporting Goods is a sporting goods retailer headquartered in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. Dick’s has 451 stores nationwide and 81 Golf Galaxy stores. Dick’s Sporting Goods was founded by Richard Stack in the early 1960s. This paper is focused on the notes of the consolidated financial statements which are changed from U.S. GAAP to the IFRS standards. Financial Statement Presentation First‚ on the 2011 Annual Report of Dick’s Sporting
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a) Putting Canada on a continuum between fully converging or partially converging with the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) with their “Made in Canada” (Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants [CICA]‚ 2006) generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP)‚ Canada would lie very close‚ if not on the line of convergence. Over the past few years‚ before the consideration of IFRS and leading up to the full convergence of it‚ Canada’s GAAP has been a ‘no mans land’ (Martin‚ 2009)
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What is the prudence concept in accounting? Under the prudence concept‚ you should not overestimate the amount of revenues that you record‚ nor underestimate the expenses. You should also be conservative in recording the amount of assets‚ and not underestimate liabilities. Another way of looking at prudence is to only record a revenue transaction or an asset when it is certain‚ and to record an expense transaction or liability when it is probable. Another aspect of the prudence concept is that you
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5.13.205.60 Under the first approach in 5.13.205.40‚ management of Newco concludes that a business combination has occurred in which Newco is the acquirer (as the vehicle for the new shareholders). Accordingly‚ Newco applies IFRS 3 to the acquisition of both Y and Z. 5.13.205.70 Under the second approach in 5.13.205.40‚ the transaction is analysed as follows. • It is a business combination amongst entities under common control. • Newco chooses to apply book value accounting (see 5.13.50
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ey.com/IFRS Issue 2 / May 2011 IFRS Developments What you need to know • Common requirements now exist between US GAAP and IFRS on how to measure fair value • IFRS 13 does not change when an entity is required to use fair value‚ but rather‚ provides guidance on how to measure the fair value of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities when required or permitted by IFRS • While many of concepts in IFRS 13 are consistent with current practice‚ certain principles‚ such
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IFRS... in India International Financial Reporting Professor Uri Ronnen Year:2012/2013 Table of Contents What is IFRS?...........................................................................................................2 What is the difference between Adoption and Conversion of IFRS ...............4 The current situation of Accounting India :If the conversion is not a problem the total adoption is still delayed ………………..........................………
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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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items should be sufficiently detailed to enable identification of material components under US GAAP. In contrast the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act requires Japanese GAAP to present items in a more detailed manner compared to IFRS and US GAAP. Thus Bridgestone‚ following JP GAAP have more accounts on the face of the balance sheet than Goodyear under US GAAP. Further‚ both US GAAP and JP GAAP requires the balance sheet items to be grouped or categorized as current assets‚ property plant
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Task 2: Discuss the fear expressed by the chairman of SEC (USA) that there is a possibility of the world moving towards at least three versions of IFRS- namely IASB IFRS‚ EU IFRS and US IFRS. Introduction With the introduction of International Accounting Standards (IAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ the world is one step closer to achieving a global set of accounting standards comprehensible by different users of financial statement worldwide. The benefits of using these
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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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