Financial Statements IFRS vs. GAAP Kathrine D. Nepon Strayer University John Ware ACC 401 November 27‚ 2011 ABSTRACT For those in the business world‚ particularly in the accounting field‚ a major issue has surfaced in recent years relating to the differences between Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Currently‚ the majority of countries in the world follow International Financial Reporting Standards guidelines; however
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in Health Organizations Cherilynne Dator HCS|571 March 16‚ 2013 Tamica Lewis Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in Health Organizations The increasing pressure of the cost in providing health care services to the public and the inflation in the health sector that has resulted in inflated costs of providing medical and clinical health care has prompted health providers and nurse managers
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Executive Summary GAAP‚ generally accepted accounting principles‚ are the rules for preparing the financial statements. There are specialized professionals FASB‚ SEC‚ AAA‚ FEI‚ IMA‚ AIMR and others for developing GAAP. There are 13 principles for preparing Financial Statement. Business Entity Principle requires business to be separated from owner of the business. Going Concern principles requires the business to assume that the business will for long time. Revenue Recognition Principle considers
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In any financial market‚ investors and other stakeholders will want to assess the financial position of the company before making decisions concerning that company. In recent years there has been an increased level of convergence in terms of international accounting. Despite this‚ there are differences in the way accounts prepared dependent upon the country which they take place. For example looking at two companies in the same manufacturing industry; Dell and Hartcourt Companies‚ Inc. the accounts
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set of broad guidelines‚ rules‚ and requirements followed by financial preparers’ used in preparing an organization’s financial statements‚ (Cleverley‚ Song‚ & Cleverley‚ 2011). Health care organizations financial statements are the key tools in presenting and projecting current and future economic viability‚ (Finkler‚ Kovner‚ & Jones‚ 2007). The financial prepared by organization’s are as follows: 1. “Statement of financial position (or balance sheet)‚” (Finkler et al.‚ 2007‚ p. 96)
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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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Sample Development Area Root Cause Analysis Employees often target general skills in their development plans (e.g.‚ “I have problems getting projects in on time. I need to work on my project management skills.”). The problem confronting managers is that these skills are usually just symptoms of the root cause. While treating the symptoms can create some improvement‚ the returns on your coaching efforts are maximized when you focus on the root cause itself. The diagram below
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GAAP (USA) To achieve basic objectives and implement fundamental qualities GAAP has four basic assumptions‚ four basic principles‚ and four basic constraints. Assumptions • Accounting Entity: assumes that the business is separate from its owners or other businesses. Revenue and expense should be kept separate from personal expenses. • Going Concern: assumes that the business will be in operation indefinitely. This validates the methods of asset capitalization‚ depreciation‚ and amortization
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GAAP – This is the General Accepted Accounting Principles‚ it is the basic principles of accounting - http://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gaap.asp Basic Accounting Formula- means that all balances and ledgers must match at all times. If it does not then something was entered wrong in a ledger -http://www.accountingtools.com/basic-accounting-formula Transaction T account – A term used for double entry book keeping‚ a ledger with 2 separate lines separating debits and credits -http://www.investopedia
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the absolute least favorable position (perhaps that would be entitled the pessimism concept!). Instead‚ what you are striving for is to record transactions that reflect a realistic assessment of the probability of occurrence. Thus‚ if you were to create a continuum with optimism on one end and pessimism on the other‚ the prudence concept would place you somewhat further in the direction of the pessimistic side of the continuum. You would normally exercise prudence in setting up‚ for example‚ an allowance
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