Financial Accounting Standards Board

Abstract. The article reviewed was Creative Accounting: Some Ethical Issues of Macro- and Micro-Manipulation. The abstract emphasizes the manipulative behavior of regulators and company management. The macro- and micromanipulation is considered as attempts to modify financial statements (p. 55). Introduction. The authors studied ethical considerations and manipulative behavior of prepares of financial statements. Financial statements should be reliable so interested parties can make adequate…

The update about revenue recognition is a result of the ongoing convergence between FASB and IASB. Both accounting bodies have different rules and guidelines on how to report revenue. Under each body, there are different standards for various kinds of revenue. The FASB has topic 605 (Revenue Recognition). The IASB has IAS 18 (Revenue) and IAS 11 (Construction Contracts). The result was absence of uniformity in revenue recognition method across industries and geographical locations. The update…

Financial accounting is used to keep track of money movement within an organization. Businessmen and women must have some familiarity with the world of accounting to prevent problems or mistakes from getting out of control. In the global market of today, an organization’s inability to accurately report financial standing can cause major ripples through the global economy. An underperforming accounting department can ruin a business’ prospects for success in the future. Business leaders must…

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) are defined as the common set of accounting principles, standards and procedures that companies must follow when they report their financial statements. It is aimed at improving the clarity of the communication of financial information. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on the other hand, is referred to as a single set of accounting standards, created and enhanced by the International Accounting Standards Board (IAS) to provide…

International Financial Standard Reporting (IFRS) of the International Accounting Standard Board has gained strong support worldwide, IFRS should not be adopted as a global reporting standard. First, the IFRS adoption does not cause rising of globalization, as it supporters may have claimed. Second, IFRS is not superior to other national general accepted accounting principles (GAAP), in particularly to the U.S. rules-based GAAP. Third, IFRS fails to deliver uniformity as a single-set globalized…

Derivatives tend to be an intricate topic in accounting. So to begin, a basic understanding of derivatives is that they are a binding contract between two or more parties. The contract is for a future transaction of some underlying financial asset. The purpose for companies to implement derivatives are to aide them in managing risk by using a type of financial forwards, futures, options, or swaps. For example, a forward contract is when Company A believes Company B’s stock price will…

Recognition standards as we all know has been codified or updated several times in an effort to improve the usefulness and relevance of the reporting information. The trial and error concept of identifying what criteria works across business industry in recognizing revenue instigate several opportunities. The fact that there is not going to be a general standard on recognizing revenue that is commonly suitable to all business types turn out to be the downfall of the usefulness of the financial…

negligence exist. Duty of Care “Duty of care is the duty of all persons, as established by tort law, to exercise a reasonable amount of care in their dealings with others. Failure to exercise due care, which is normally determined by ‘reasonable person standard,’ constitutes the tort of negligence.” (Roger, Clarkson, Cross 2012 p. G-12)…

As we know, directors are appointed by shareholders to manage a business. According to the law, directors have general power of management and members cannot override the decisions of the board. Directors have great power to control business activities. The law designs a series of directors’ duties to make sure the directors manage the company responsibly basic on interests of the company. However, whether those duties are effective in legal practice is a debate. In my opinion, the duty to act…

consolidated financial statements which we have audited, consists of the consolidated balance sheets as at December 31, 2015, and changes in total equity and cash flows for the years then ended Management’s Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements At Creamy Chill, it is the responsibility of the Management team to prepare a fair consolidated financial statement. According to the International Financial Reporting Standards, it is important that the consolidated financial…