Commercial Accounting and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Dan Markwell ACC/290 12/18/12 Anita Renee’ Johnson Commercial Accounting and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Commercial accounting is an accurate account of business transactions‚ it can only be acquired if both cash and credit transactions are performed‚ recorded‚ and recognized in such a way that there can be no duplication and the transactions are recorded under commercial accounting. The system
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regulations set by the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or GAAP. Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF): Their responsibility is to establish and improve financial accounting‚ the administration and finances of the financial accounting of its standard-setting board‚ the financial accounting standards advisory council‚ the governmental accounting standards board or better known as GASB and their advisory council. Standards of non-government financial accounting and reporting like not-for-profit
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Accounting Regulatory Bodies The success of an organization relies heavily on accounting. Investors are extremely important to publicly traded companies‚ and they rely on accurate accounting documents when choosing whether or not they want to invest in a company. Several accounting regulatory bodies exist‚ and each of them plays an important role in accounting and the effects that accounting has on an organization. The primary goal of these regulatory bodies is to establish a set of rules and
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CHAPTER 1 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTING STANDARDS IFRS questions are available at the end of this chapter. TRUE-FALSE—Conceptual Answer F T T T F T T F F T T F T F T T F F F F No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Description Definition of financial accounting. Purpose of financial statements. Definition of financial accounting. Capital allocation process. Objective of financial reporting. Decision-Usefulness
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of Accounting The Joint Project Revenue recognition requirements in US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) differ from those in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs); the former consists of broad concepts whereas IFRSs contain fewer standards‚ but applying the two main standards to complex transactions were difficult and needed improvement (Australian Accounting Standards Board‚ 2010). Accordingly‚ the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting
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University of Wollongong Research Online Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers Faculty of Business 2006 Regulation: Standardising Accounting Practice M. Gaffikin University of Wollongong‚ gaffikin@uow.edu.au Publication Details This working paper was originally published as Gaffikin‚ M‚ Regulation: Standardising Accounting Practice‚ Accounting & Finance Working Paper 06/22‚ School of Accounting & Finance‚ University of Wollongong‚ 2006. Research Online is the open access
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Classification of Accounting Systems Critically evaluate to what extent past research into classification of accounting systems has become irrelevant because of international harmonization efforts. Let us remind that IASC was replaced in 2001 by IASB (International Accounting Standards Board). We are going to start this paper with the different classification researches‚ taking for example Hofstede and Gray’s studies. Then we will draw the main differences between GAAP (Generally Accepted
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language of accounting. Doubtless‚ this endeavor would prove helpful for many affected. In the United States‚ the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have worked tirelessly to create a system that works; our Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) provide guidelines that we can trust. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) seeks to accomplish the same mission on a global scale through the International Financial Reporting
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CHAPTER 1 Financial Accounting and Accounting Standards ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE Topics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Subject matter of accounting. Environment of accounting. Role of principles‚ objectives‚ standards‚ and accounting theory. Historical development of GAAP. Authoritative pronouncements and rulemaking bodies. Role of pressure groups. Ethical issues. Questions 1 2‚ 3‚ 29 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7 8‚ 9‚ 10‚ 11 12‚ 13‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16‚ 17‚ 18‚ 19‚ 20‚ 21‚ 22‚ 23 23‚ 24‚ 25‚ 26‚ 27‚ 28 30 Cases 4 6‚ 7 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 5 8
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Accounting Assumptions‚ Principles‚ and Constraints The basic assumptions of accounting provide a foundation for recording the transactions and preparing the financial statements. There are two main assumptions of accounting: Monetary unit assumption and Economic entity assumption (Weygandt‚ J. J.‚ Kimmel‚ P. D.‚ & Kieso‚ D. E. (2008)). The monetary unit assumption requires a company to include accounting records that show transaction data. Next‚ is the Economic entity assumption. It requires
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