Financial Accounting Standards Board

A common problem in the world of accounting is the differing set of standards, the U.S. GAAP and the IFRS. It causes both confusion and turmoil when the United States does business with foreign countries. That is why the IASB and FASB have been working towards converging in an attempt to have universal accounting standards. In the year 2002, the IFRS and the U.S. GAAP came to an agreement to officially begin the convergence process. This agreement was officially established in a Memorandum of…

1. Introduction The financial statements prepared by a firm must be based on certain concept. Accounting concept is a guideline or regulation standards have been generally accepted and recognized in the processing and presentation of accounting data. The aim of concept is to ensure that financial reports were made honestly and fairly and to avoid distortion in the practice of accounting. Thus, the concept must be known to understand the accounting process. We want to discuss about meaning,…

about the new joint revenue recognition principles that were unveiled by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), which standardizes generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS) on recognition of revenue in the United States. The new joint revenue recognition principle was created to increase the financial transparency and the comparability within the industries in the…

International Financial Reporting Standards are a set of high quality and complex accouting standards for the preparation of consolidated financial statements. International Accounting Standards Board set a mission to develop IFRS to promote transparency, accountability and economic efficiency in global capital markets (IFRS 2015). By regulating the financial reporting globally, IFRS enhance financial reporting transparency. Adopting IFRS, euqities are required to disclose financial performance…

organizational issues at an international level, one must consider the language and culture differences, currency, and legalities regarding the alien country. Different countries follow different accounting principles, GAAP is only used in the U.S., which led to the formation of IFRS that works as a common set of accounting principles used at an international level, between many different countries. One of the main challenges faced when expanding globally is the language and culture…

policies, course expectation and requirements. It is a valuable source for the students and teachers to assess their readiness, performance and procedure for the course. Dr. Jan Williams is one of the honored accounting professor in University of Baltimore. Her syllabus of advanced accounting reporting class is no exception. She has full detail of events and activities that she is going to organize during the period of semester.…

We used the new revenue recognition standards to identify the performance obligation. In this case, CoAx’s performance obligations to CableCo are the production of 1,500 feet of fiber-optical cable for $3 a foot and delivery of the cable to the carrier. According to Deloitte’s Heads Up: Revenue Standard Finally Recognized: Boards Issue Guidance on Revenue from Contracts with Customers, “Under the ASU, a performance obligation is satisfied…

comparison guide can be found at this link: http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/EY-US-GAAP-vs-IFRS-the-basics-2013/$FILE/EY-US-GAAP-vs-IFRS-the-basics-2013.pdf) Case Study 13.1 Project: A current project on the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) agenda is “Subsequent Accounting for Goodwill for Public Business Entities and Not-for-Profit Entities”. This project deals with the discussion as to whether any other changes should be considered in the subsequent measurement of goodwill…

ACCOUNTING FOR AIRLINE FREQUENT FLYER PROGRAMS: MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES AND FINANCIAL REPORTING IMPACTS May 2012 Brian J. Franklin, BBA Accounting ‘12, College of Business and Public Policy, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, 907-268-4233 Ext. 401, bfranklin@frontiertutoring.com ABSTRACT The obligation to provide free or reduced-fare travel to passengers who redeem their accrued frequent flyer program (FFP) benefits represents a significant liability on…

a) IASB stands for International Accounting Standards Board. The IASB is a standard-setting board whose main role is to ‘develop and approves ‘International Financial Reporting Standards’ so that all financial reports and financial statements globally are detailed and can be easily read by all users. With constant regulation and development, it ensures all business’ financial records are formatted the same and easy to transfer information to and from them. To become an IASB member isn’t an easy…