Question 3: Frieda‚ an accounting student‚ states: “Strategy analysis seems to be an unnecessary detour in doing financial statement analysis. Why can’t we just get straight to the accounting issues? “Explain to Frieda why she might be wrong. Without strategy analysis‚ it is impossible to identify what drive profits and what are key risks. Moreover‚ assessing firm’s current performance and doing realistic forecasts of future performance are also directly linked with firm’s strategy. Three important
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Financial accounting information stakeholders duped It is a sine quo non for business leaders to use‚ rather than just produce financial information. I am in absolute agreement with this phenomenon in that the information generated by the international professional accounting community highly affects various stakeholders in the decision making process to govern businesses. Therefore any material elements within the financial information that boarder on misguidance will lead to corporate financial
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INTRODUCTION Through history and the many years of accounting practice‚ a lot of accounting theories have been developed. Interestingly‚ many of those theories are grounded on the basis of prescribing and proposing how accounting processes should be performed. These are known as normative theories of accounting as they are not built on observation‚ but rather upon the theorist’s deductive judgement‚ and subjective opinion (Goble 2009). Accounting conceptual frameworks are good examples of normative
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regime of International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) in standard setting. The IASC was issuing International Accounting Standards (IAS). So far there were forty one IAS which had been issue before IASB replaced IASC in 2001. As one of the major weaknesses of IASC was that the standards it was issuing contained many objectives thereby defeating the purpose of consistency in recognition‚ measurement and presentation of transactions. IASB intends to limit such choice of accounting treatments
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.......................... TUTORIAL DAY & TIME........………................... TUTOR’S FULL NAME......................................... Test 1 – Version 2 Session 2‚ 2012 Course Code: ACCG 224 Course Name: INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Time allowed: 55 minutes plus 5 minutes reading time Total No. of questions: Three Questions Instructions 1. You must answer ALL questions in the test booklet. No separate booklet will be provided to answer the questions. 2. This is
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Intermediate Accounting Paper The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a private‚ not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to develop generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) within the United States in the public ’s interest. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) designated the FASB as the organization responsible for setting accounting standards for public companies in the U.S. It was created in 1973‚ replacing the Accounting Principles Board and the Committee
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many components have shaped the way a country develops itself both economically and financially. To fully understand a country’s accounting standards one must explore such environmental factors as the history‚ demographics‚ economy and the legal system of a country. South Africa is a dynamic country full of diversity. It is hard to understand the structure of the accounting profession without first learning how South Africa developed into the country it is today. The history of South Africa
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Kong Accounting Standard 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements* * This HKAS 27 is applicable for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 July 2009. HKAS 27 (Revised) issued in March 2008 is applicable for annual periods beginning on or after 1 July 2009 and supersedes this HKAS 27. 1 HKAS 27 COPYRIGHT © Copyright 2008 Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants This Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standard contains International Accounting Standards
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variables such as foreign exchange risk‚ political‚ economic‚ cultural diversities‚ etc. that need to be taken into deliberation in making investment judgment. A significant variable in the analysis of foreign securities is various accounting standards. The accounting standard of United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) and identifies the major differences that materially impact the Tangible Assets‚ Goodwill‚ Inventory‚ Auditing‚ and financial statements. The study is helpful in evaluating the financial
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A. The main purpose is to of the (IASB) develop and issue International Financial Reporting Standards and Exposure Drafts‚ and Approve Interpretations developed by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC). B. How is the IASB made up IASB is originally made up of 14 members from different countries with experience covering wide areas of accounting and business. The objectives of the ISAB are: (a) to develop‚ in the public interest‚ a single set of high
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