Consolidation and IFRS: an introduction Academic year 2010/2011 Patrice Schumesch Sebastian Harushimana Table of contents (1/4) Introduction - Why IFRS ? - General principles Measurement of assets and liabilities - Formation expenses - Intangible assets - Property‚ plant & equipment - Leases - Impairment of assets Slide 2 Consolidation and IFRS: an introduction Table of contents (2/4) Measurement of assets and liabilities (cont’d) - Government grants - Inventories and
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Similarities and Differences in Lease Arrangement Under US GAAP and IFRS When companies report the financial statements‚ it should be understandable‚ relevant‚ reliable‚ comparable‚ and objective because those statements are sources to the investors. So‚ if the statements showed profitability and were reliable and relevant‚ the investors may start investing in the company. When reporting financial statements‚ there are two possible ways‚ GAAP or IFRS. Firstly‚ General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is a common accounting principle
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ifrs International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are a set of accounting standards developed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) that is becoming the global standard for the preparation of public company financial statements. The goal of IFRS is to provide a global framework for how public companies prepare and disclose their financial statements. IFRS provides general guidance for the preparation of financial statements‚ rather than setting rules for industry-specific
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stands for International Accounting Standards Board; it is the independent board charged with the standard setting of the IFRS. The IASB is important because it develops and publishes the IFRS as well as provides rulings on interpretations of the IFRS. The IASB consist of 15 fulltime multinational members; the current chairman is Hans Hoogervorst from the Netherlands. IFRS stands for International Financial Reporting Standards and is the organization whose main goal is to “to develop a single
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Review and Discuss the General Rules for Agricultural Produce Using US GAAP and IFRS Under International Accounting Standard (IAS) 41‚ we presume fair value can be reliably measured for a biological asset‚ or a living animal or plant‚ and IAS 41 requires measurement at fair value less costs to sell (FVLCTS) from initial recognition of biological assets up to the point of harvest. The only expectation to the presumption is when initial recognition for a biological asset for which quoted market prices
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Date: November 2nd 2011 Subject: Japanese accounting practices JAPANSE GAAP Japan in the year 2010 had a GDP of 4.31 trillion dollars making them the 4th largest in the world 1. With this being said it is important that other countries doing business in the nation have a strong knowledge of their accounting practices. Japanese accounting practices have been going through some major changes over the past 10 years. In 2001 Financial Accounting Standards Foundation (FASF) was formed as well
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IFRS Income Tax Accounting IFRS for SMEs: A less taxing standard? On July 9‚ 2009‚ the IASB published the International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (“IFRS for SMEs” or “the standard”)‚ a self-contained standard of about 230 pages designed to ease the burden of IFRS reporting for entities that do not have public accountability. Globally‚ more jurisdictions may be encouraged to replace existing local GAAP with IFRS for SMEs. As a result‚ it holds
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economy we live in today. However‚ this is more easily said than done because of some very notable differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS standards. One of the most significant differences between GAAP and IFRS arises when accounting for income taxes. The first issue that arises when accounting for income taxes is determining the tax basis of an asset or liability. Under IFRS standards‚ tax basis is based on the expected manner of recovery. These standards define the tax base of an asset as the amount
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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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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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