Faces Facebook Fine * SEC Freezes A Swiss Account Over Heinz Trades * Payroll Tax Whacks Spending * Fed Sticks to Script, Bank Goes Off * Advisers Help Decide When to Fire an Accountant * China Audits Demand Hong Kong Rigor * FASB Proposes to Amend Guidance on Discontinued Operations * Regulators Close Banks in Kentucky, Florida Deal Trips Up Caterpillar in China Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 Last June, Caterpillar Inc. paid $700 million for ERA Mining Machinery Ltd
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record and prepare a summary of their transactions, for their financial statements. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) in the United States is responsible for codifying the rules of GAAP that is referred to as US GAAP. In the United States, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provide guidance, assistance, and enforcement of the standard acceptable practices
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organizations that are involved with the development of these GAAP standards. They are the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), and the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB). This hierarchy is important to maintain the current standards, develop new standards, and uphold these rules and regulations across for boards for reasons of legality and conformity. The GAAP are used in the industry
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH Discussion Questions 1. Research in general involves the investigation and analysis of an issue in question. The researcher usually applies reasonable and reflective thinking to develop an answer to the issue or problem at hand. Research requires a clear definition of the problem, using professional databases to search the authoritative literature, reviewing and evaluating the data collected, drawing conclusions and communicating your results
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Week 7 Assignment 2 The Impact of the Convergence of IFRS and GAAP on Auditors Acc 576 Auditing and Business Concepts Abstract The convergence of IFRS and GAAP continues to present professional challenges for U.S. auditors, it also presents career opportunities for auditors who encompasses the idea of globalized change. The convergence of accounting standards is changing the attitudes of CPAs and CFOs as far as internal accounting is concerned and how the quality of the International Accounting
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Introduction The globalization of the world economy led to the escalation of cross border investment opportunities. This, in turn, made the need of financial information essential in international capital market. Relevant and reliable financial information aids in making economic decisions relating to the reporting entity. Also enables its users to measure and quantify the economic and financial aspects of an enterprise. Kothari and Barone (2006:23) believe that 'accounting is becoming increasingly
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Glossary of School Finance Terms Published by Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators (WASDA) And Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials (WASBO) January 2003 Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge the efforts of Nicholas C. A. Alioto and Roger J. Dickson of the Public Business Consulting Group, LLC for their efforts in compiling and authoring this document. The authors express their appreciation to the following individuals, who provided assistance with its development:
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AN EXAMINATION OF INVENTORY COSTING CONVERGENCE UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS Casey Reineking Department of Accounting Murray State University Murray, KY 42071-3314 E-mail: casey.reineking@hotmail.com Don H. Chamberlain Department of Accounting Murray State University Murray, KY 42071-3314 Holly R. Rudolph Department of Accounting Murray State University Murray, KY 42071-3314 L. Murphy Smith* Department of Accounting Murray
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only a pledge) is received. Expenses should be recognized in an unrestricted fund when the funds are used. As the contributions are used, the restrictions are met, and the resources are released from the restricted to the unrestricted categories. The FASB reasoned that donors control only how contributed resources may be used. They do not control the timing of expenses or the specific activities in which the organization engages. 3. Pledges should be recognized in a restricted fund upon receipt and
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Accounting Standards Building international opportunities for Australian business Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Proposals for Reform: Paper No. 1 © Commonwealth of Australia 1997 ISBN 0 642 26110 5 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Australian Government Publishing Service. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction rights should be directed
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