Examples of intangibles include: Health Plans customer relationships, such as employer groups or members provider networks trademarks trade names software licenses favorable leases non-compete agreements goodwill Hospitals and other health care facilities licenses certificates of need managed care contracts goodwill Physician practices medical charts non-compete agreements managed care contracts goodwill 6.02 6.03 Supplies inventories are generally not very significant to the financial position
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“Codification” means the FASB Accounting Standards Codification electronic research system developed and released by the FASB which houses, reorganizes and indexes United States financial accounting standards and related literature (FASB Accounting Standards Codification®). The codification can basically be referred to as a one stop complete authorized source of reference for GAAP framework in order to adhere to the requirements of fair financial reporting by non-governmental entities. The codification
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goodwill and intangible assets ............................................................18 Financial instruments .....................................................20 Foreign currency matters ...............................................28 Leases ...........................................................................30 Income taxes..................................................................33 Provisions and contingencies ..........................................35 Revenue recognition
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matters Leases Income taxes Provisions and contingencies Revenue recognition Share-based payments Employee benefits other than share-based payments Earnings per share Segment reporting Subsequent events Related parties Appendix — The evolution of IFRS Introduction It is not surprising that many people who follow the development of worldwide accounting standards today might be confused. Convergence is a high priority on the agendas of both the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the
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where noted] |and Example pp. 3-1 to 3-7] | | | |FASB, Standard Setting; GAAP; |Table 3.1 Accounting Standards; |1: How Many Standards Have Been |Case 12: Emerging Issues: The | |Governance; FARS [Chapter 1 – |Table 3.39 Regulated Industry; |Issued by FASB?; 2: Dissents |Agenda of FASB; [Case 8 Related:| |The Financial Accounting |Table 3.40 Specialized Industry |Portending Future?; 32: What |Does It
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FinaNCIAL aCCOUNTING tHOERY FIN420 Assignment 1 FinaNCIAL aCCOUNTING tHOERY FIN420 Assignment 1 Case 3-8 IASB vs. FASB Conceptual Frameworks Q. Discuss the similarities and differences between the FASB and IASB conceptual frameworks with respect to the definitions of the elements of financial statements. INTRODUCTION At the October 2004 joint IASB-FASB meeting, the Boards agreed to add to their respective agendas a joint project to develop a common conceptual framework—a single
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BaylessR@sec.gov. Supplementary Information: The statements in the staff accounting bulletins are not rules or interpretations of the Commission, nor are they published as bearing the Commission's official approval. They represent interpretations and practices followed by the Division of Corporation Finance and the Office of the Chief Accountant in administering the disclosure requirements of the Federal securities laws. Jonathan G. Katz Secretary Date: December 3, 1999 [pic] Part 211 - (AMEND) Accordingly
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Operating Lease Running head: DEATH OF THE OPERATING LEASE 1 Death of the Operating Lease and its Impact on Leading U.S. Companies Mark S. Lynn Mount St. Mary’s University Copyright 2010, Mark S. Lynn Death of the Operating Lease Abstract The proposed elimination of operating lease treatment by the IASB and FASB, as outlined in 2 their discussion paper, Leases – Preliminary Views, will have a varying degree of impact on U.S firms. After a review of the evolution of lease accounting
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The road to international reporting The Convergence of GAAP and IFRS | Leroy Meadows Advanced Accounting | The road to international reporting The Convergence of GAAP and IFRS | Leroy Meadows Advanced Accounting | The Road to International Reporting The convergence of a rules-based approach and a principles-based approach in relation to accounting and the dissemination of financial information is not something to be taken lightly. With the need for convergence increasing due to globalization
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Board (FASB) incorporating IFRS requirements of non-US subsidiaries. into US GAAP over an extended US companies are also becoming period of time (the “endorsement” increasingly aware of IFRS, as key method). Under this method, the aspects of US generally accepted FASB would remain the US stanaccounting principles (US GAAP) dard setter and potentially endorse and IFRS continue to be the focus of new IFRS into the US financial ongoing joint projects. reporting system. Additionally, the FASB would also
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