Accounting Standards Boards University of Phoenix Accounting Theory and Research ACC541 The history of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are currently working together on a short-term international convergence project to remove a variety of individual differences between United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ( U.S. GAAP)
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culture‚ life style and many more. In my case I moved thousand of miles from my country‚ Pakistan. The differences are unimaginable. I was born in a very big house with 5 bedrooms‚ 2 living rooms‚ 2 kitchens‚ big lawns in front and back‚ servant quarters and couple of servants serving my family. This wasn’t like this because we were filthy rich or millionaires. It simply portrays a middle class home in my country. My grandmother was used to wake up before sunrise and opened all the windows and
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IFRS – One World One Accounting Introduction to IFRS Currently‚ more than 100 countries requires or adopt IFRS and it is expected that by 2012‚ more than 150 countries will adopt IFRS. India has also taken the step towards convergence of Indian Accounting Standards with IFRS. This article details the need for harmonization of local GAAP with IFRS‚ challenges for Corporate India etc. 1. Importance of Accounting Standards 2. Accounting Standards Across the world 3. Need of Harmonization
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International Accounting Standards Board Dawn Becker University of Phoenix- ACC440 Mike Raponi September 5‚ 2005 International Accounting Standards Board History "The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) was preceded by the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC)‚ which operated from 1973 until 2001." http://www.lasb.org/about/history.asp . The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) was founded on April 1‚ 2001. Its role is to encourage companies
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MCQs in lecture from ch 2 1. Accounting theories should be A. Inductive B. Deductive C. Descriptive D. None of the given options is correct 2. Which of the following statements is true about accounting measurements such as profits and assets? A. They are subject to professional judgment B. They would not vary if prepared by different accountants‚ providing they were based on the same set of accounting standards C. They are based on hard‚ objective‚ evidence
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learned a lot of knowledge and I made a lot of friends. Some of them are foreigners. This year’s study is very effective for me. In the United States‚ I found some phenomenons are different between my country and the U.S. Now I mainly want to talk about love in the U.S. and China. The United States is a free country. The United States advocates free development. It pays attention to every person’s personality. Some American friends told me that love is very easy in the United States. Both men
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history‚ 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
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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 statements of UK companies and comparing them with US financial statements. U.K was one of the initial and first countries in the world to expand and have Companies acts containing
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According to google.com (web definitions) Accounting Standards can be defined as a set of rules governing how accounts are drawn up. Would there be more positive effects than negative if a country develops its own accounting standards? I totally disagree with this statement‚ instead should be read‚ ‘A country should ‘NOT’ develop its own accounting standards’. To support my statement I will substantiate on five points stating why there is one accounting standards for everyone to follow; these include:
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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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