In the case “Big GAAP/Little GAAP”‚ we can see that some information is better provided in the notes. For example‚ the bank may not be aware that Forthwright Co. is in a strained financial position now because the financial statements do not show. The accounting profession has adopted a full disclosure principle that calls for financial reporting of any financial facts that are significant enough to influence the judgment of a reader. In this situation‚ several issues are left out of the reports
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discrepancies between IFRS and GAAP Kaci Amon‚ Poonam Aujla‚ Daniel Aurora‚ Yuanyan Fang‚ Mark Gonzalez Accounting 306 C1 Professor Xuhong Luo August 12‚ 2012 Executive Summary The generally accepted accounting principal (GAAP) and international financial reporting standard (IFRS) are standards governing how economic events are reported. In the United States‚ the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relies on the FASB‚ the accounting standard-setting body of the US‚ to develop accounting
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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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Accounting Standards Boards “The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) are currently working on a joint venture referred to as the convergence project” (University of Phoenix‚ 2013‚ p. 1). As a result‚ both Boards have agreed to meet a deadline of June 2011 for the convergence of the accounting guidelines to be complete. Understanding their history and their relationship can help students in the MSA program to get ready for the working
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GAAP and IFR Convergence YOURNAME ACC 304 Winter 2012 Introduction The emergence of transnational corporations in search of money‚ not only for stimulating growth‚ but to maintain on-going activities has demanded flow of capital from all parts of the globe. This has brought millions of new investors into the capital markets whose interests are not constrained by national boundaries. Every country has its own sets of rules‚ regulations and reporting standards
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Accounting Standards The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are working on a joint venture known as the convergence project. With more business’s doing business globally financial reporting is an issue among the differing countries. Some countries report their financial differently‚ while the United States uses Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) the convergence project aims at making a uniform set of international accounting
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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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costs as the FASB ASC defines the Product Masters as "a completed version‚ ready for copying‚ of the computer software product‚ the documentation‚ and the training materials that are to be sold‚ leased‚ or otherwise marketed". The company has established technological feasibility for the software product and no longer has to charge to the R&D expense the costs incurred in creating the product. Technical feasibility is established when the company has the capability‚ in terms of software‚
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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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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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