IFRS vs. GAAP: Same or Different ACC407 January 27, 2013 Catherine McBride IFRS vs. GAAP: Same or Different The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are working on nearly a dozen joint projects designed to improve both U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and ultimately make the standards fully compatible. But in the mean time, the two predominant accounting
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Global Perspectives on Accounting Education Volume 3, 2006, 27-48 ENRON AND ARTHUR ANDERSEN: THE CASE OF THE CROOKED E AND THE FALLEN A Gary M. Cunningham Visiting Professor Department of Business Administration Åbo Akademi University Turku, Finland Jean E. Harris Accounting Department Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg Campus School of Business Administration Middletown, Pennsylvania USA ABSTRACT Outside the US, the failures of Enron and Arthur Andersen remain puzzles. How could the accounting
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Chapter 07 Foreign Currency Transactions and Hedging Foreign Exchange Risk Multiple Choice Questions 1. According to the World Trade Organization, what was the size of international trade in 2008? A) $7,000,000,000 (7 billion dollars) B) $70,000,000,000 (70 billion dollars) C) $37,000,000,000 (37 billion dollars) D) $16,000,000,000,000 (16 trillion dollars) Answer: D Level: Easy LO: 1 2. In the years between 1990 and
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Table of Contents 1.1 Accounting Concepts Definition............................................................................................... 2 1.1.1 Business Entity Concept ........................................................................................................ 5 1.1.2 Money Measurement Concept ............................................................................................... 6 1.1.3 Going Concern Concept ....................................................
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Introduction: This paper addresses the question how does the law impact the society and business and does this law really work. To attend to these questions, the essay is organized in two sections. In the first section, I analyze the relationship between the 1933 Act and the society by using the concept of libertarianism and the “vail of ignorance” of Immanuel Kant. In the second section, I examine the Securities Act of 1933 by using the accounting skill to argue that 1933 Act did not prevent the
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Chapter 8 Discussion Question #3, #5, and #11 3. The purchase method is used when one entity acquires another, whereas the pooling method accounts for the uniting of the ownership interests of two (or more) entities. The pooling-of-interest method provides distinct advantages to many firms entering into a business combination. The assets and liabilities of both parties are combined at book value and revenues and expenses are combined retroactively. With the purchase method
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Global Perspectives on Accounting Education Volume 3, 2006, 27-48 ENRON AND ARTHUR ANDERSEN: THE CASE OF THE CROOKED E AND THE FALLEN A Gary M. Cunningham Visiting Professor Department of Business Administration Åbo Akademi University Turku, Finland Jean E. Harris Accounting Department Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg Campus School of Business Administration Middletown, Pennsylvania USA ABSTRACT Outside the US, the failures of Enron and Arthur Andersen remain puzzles. How could the accounting
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1 CHAPTER ONE: ACCOUNTING IN BUSINESS Chapter Outline I. Importance of Accounting—we live in the information age, where information, and its reliability, impacts the financial well-being of us all. A. Accounting Activities Accounting is an information and measurement system that identifies, records and communicates relevant, reliable, and comparable information about an organizations business activities. B. Users of Accounting Information 1. External Information Users—those not directly involved
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J. Account. Public Policy 27 (2008) 455–461 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect J. Account. Public Policy journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jaccpubpol On the global acceptance of IAS/IFRS accounting standards: The logic and implications of the principles-based system q Salvador Carmona *, Marco Trombetta IE Business School, Calle Pinar, 15-1B, 28006 Madrid, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t The widespread acceptance of International Accounting Standards
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Chapter 8 Menganalisis Kinerja dan Posisi Kompetitif Memahami masa lalu perusahaan adalah penting untuk peramalan masa depan . Untuk itu Alasannya , komponen penting dari penilaian adalah analisis yang kuat dari sejarah prestasi. Selalu mulai dengan pendorong utama nilai : pengembalian investasi modal (ROIC ) dan pertumbuhan pendapatan . Memeriksa tren dalam panjang perusahaan menjalankan kinerja dan kinerja relatif dengan yang sejenis , sehingga Anda dapat mendasarkan perkiraan
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