accounting standards accounting standards Introduction to Accounting Standards Accounting is the art of recording transactions in the best manner possible. Accounting Standards are the policy documents issued by recognized expert accountancy bodies relating to various aspects of measurement‚ treatment and disclosure of accounting transactions and events. Every country has its own standards. Accounting Standards in India are issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
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Companies that use the same standards to prepare their financial statements can be compared to each other more accurately. This is especially important when comparing companies located in different countries‚ as they might otherwise be using different rules and methodologies to prepare their statements. This increase in comparability has helped investors better determine where their investment dollars should go. Not Globally Accepted The United States has not yet adopted International Financial Reporting
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throughout the world has differed widely. The International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation (IASCF) is committed to developing‚ in the public interest‚ a single set of high quality‚ understandable and enforceable global accounting standards that require transparent and comparable information in general purpose financial statements. The various pronouncements of the IASCF are sometimes collectively referred to as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) GAAP. Required: (a) Describe
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Compendium of Accounting Standards (including Interpretations as on July 1‚ 2006) THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA NEW DELHI COPYRIGHT © THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated‚ reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form either in whole or in part or by any electronic‚ mechanical or other means‚ including photocopying and recording‚ or in any information storage and retrieval system‚ without
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ACCOUNTING Harmonization of Accounting Standards Samir S. Mogul < E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y > ◆ International community has long back recognised the need for moving towards harmonisation of the accounting standard across the globe. Obviously on individual country is always entitled to costomise the existing international accounting Standards according to its specific needs. Among other advantages of harmonisation of accounting standards‚ the two benefits which tops the list are (a)
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Case 3-6 Accounting Standards A. Given the income statement effects of LIFO versus FIFO‚ how will the balance sheet inventory amounts differ between General Motors and Ford versus Honda and Daimler-Benz? In other words‚ will inventory be reported amounts representing recent costs or older historical costs? In your opinion‚ which balance sheet amounts would be more useful to financial statement users in making decisions to buy or sell shares of a company’s stock? Inventory is an asset that
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CASE ASSIGNMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS EK337EPERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING SPRING 2013 CANDIDATE NUMBERS: 28 32 76 87 UniversitetetiNordland 1 CONTENT Introduction……………………………………………………..3 Theoretical Framework………………………………………….5 Advantages……………………………………………………....5 Disadvantages…………………………………………………....6 Challenges………………………………………………………..6 Analysis………………………………………………………….7 Conclusion………………………………………………………10
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On September 28 2010‚ the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) had declared they had completely conducted the first stage of The Conceptual Framework joint project. The purpose of this joint project is to further improve an advanced conceptual framework for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) (Norwalk 2010). Basically‚ the conceptual framework is an attempt to express
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Nature of Accounting and the Accounting Standard Background Accounting is an important part for business and it is dubbed “language” of business activities conducted by firms. People think it is used to communicate business transactions per se to all stakeholders. However‚ some people argue that the functions of accounting are not that easy. Except the communication tool‚ accounting acts as many other difference roles in business. When doing accounting‚ different standard may be used. There are
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Harmonization of International Accounting Standards Need for Harmonization of International Accounting Standards Introduction As there has been a tremendous growth in the market place with the existing accounting practices‚ this leads us to question why do we need harmonization of International accounting standards‚ what are its advantages and what are the barriers that hinder harmonization? Although accounting may be the "language of business‚" a common language has never been necessary
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