CASE ASSIGNMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS EK337EPERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING SPRING 2013 CANDIDATE NUMBERS: 28 32 76 87 UniversitetetiNordland 1 CONTENT Introduction……………………………………………………..3 Theoretical Framework………………………………………….5 Advantages……………………………………………………....5 Disadvantages…………………………………………………....6 Challenges………………………………………………………..6 Analysis………………………………………………………….7 Conclusion………………………………………………………10
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principles. T 10. Users of financial statements. F 11. Committee on Accounting Procedure. F 12. Passage of FASB standards. T 13. Financial Accounting Concepts. T 14. Creation of Accounting Principles Board. F 15. Definition of financial accounting. T 16. Code of Professional Conduct. F 17. Accounting standards. T 18. International standards. T 19. Expectations gap. F 20. Ethical issues. Multiple Choice—Conceptual Answer No. Description a 21. Financial accounting. d 22. Users of financial
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Chapter 1 A Survey of International Accounting A brief description of the major points covered in each case and problem. CASES Case 1 In this case‚ students are introduced to the difference in accounting for R&D costs between IFRS and U.S. GAAP and asked to comment on whether one method is better than the other‚ as well as whether any part of R&D should be capitalized. Case 2 (prepared by Peter Secord‚ Saint Mary’s University) In this real life case‚ students are asked to discuss
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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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100 countries have opted to comply with IFRS‚ or International Financial Reporting Standards which was developed by the IASB globally. Here in the United States‚ we have conformed to the use of U.S. GAAP or generally accepted accounting principles‚ developed by the FASB. There are other “local” GAAP systems across the world. Countries like Germany‚ India‚ Russia‚ and more have their own form of generally accepted accounting principles as well. SEC Chairman‚ Arthur Levitt‚ once said‚ "Financial reporting
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Name Chapter 1: Auditing: Integral to the Economy Description Instructions Modify Add Question Here Question 1 True/False 0 points Modify Remove Question The need for assurance services arises because the interests of the users of information may be different from that of the interests of those responsible for providing information. Answer True False Add Question Here Question 2 True/False 0 points Modify Remove Question An audit of financial statements is a form of attestation service
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CA1-1: It is TRUE that GAAP is the term used to indicate the whole body of FASB literature. It is FALSE Any company claiming compliance with GAAP must comply with most standards and interpretations but does not have to follow the disclosure requirements. It is TRUE that the primary governmental body that has influence over the FASB is the SEC. It is FALSE the FASB has a government mandate and therefore does not have to follow due process in issuing a standard. CA1-2 It is True the objective
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(AC086934) NURUL AQILAH BT ZAMRI (AC085167) THILAGA SEGARAN (AC086628) BACHELOR IN ACCOUNTING (HONS) CASE 1: WASTE MANAGEMENT a) Define the matching principle and explain why it is important to users of financial statements. Matching principle requires a company to match expenses with related revenues that they helped to generate in order to report a company’s profitability. The matching is based on a cause and effect relationship. For example
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US GAAP and IFRS Convergence: Why It Shouldn’t Happen Kaplan University AC551 – 01N Professor Sandra Gates May 25‚ 2014 US GAAP and IFRS Convergence: Why It Shouldn’t Happen Introduction With the boom in technological advances‚ the world is becoming smaller. These advances have fostered the growth of an increasingly global economy. In turn‚ worldwide economic intermingling brings with it the need for a universal language of accounting. Doubtless‚ this endeavor would prove
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which accounting numbers – the GAAP or non-GAAP numbers best reflects economic reality? [10 points] Economic reality can be defined as the overall outlook of the economy at a certain point in time. This outlook includes factors such as interest rates‚ politics‚ and speculation. In its Q4 financial results Apple reported both GAAP and non-GAAP revenue and net profit for the iPhone. Their GAAP results showed 7.9 billion in revenue and 1.1 billion in net profit. The non-GAAP showed revenue of 11.7 billion
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