International labour standards

One of the main new changes regarding how companies recognize revenue is how revenue should be recognized with regards to customer contracts not just relying on performance obligations. Specifically does the company control the goods or services before it is transferred to the customer in which case they would be the principal otherwise they are most likely an agent. Where classification becomes murky, is when there are multiple items included in a contract, some of which are goods, some are…

copies of the reviewed International Auditing Standards that considered the integration of the United States auditing standards. The board also completed its project on integrating the United States auditing process and the International auditing Standards and announced the availability of the revised edition handbooks (Jaruga, Fijalkowska, Jaruga-Baranowska & Frendzel 2007, p. 70) The Implication of the International Standards on the U.S Companies The International Audit Standards was issued…

Next, the process of setting IFRS as the international accounting standard is restricted by the environment, regulation and culture of the country. Depending on its region, every country practices its own culture which eventually build the society’s behaviour. Nobes and Parker (2012, page 29) note that: “Culture in any country contains the most basic values that an individual may hold. It affects the way that individuals would like their society to be structured and how they interact with its…

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…

The system of accounting regulation is divided between the corporate law and promulgated standards. Over the years, non-government organizations had a significant influence on accounting settings. One of their responsibilities is to address technical issues of accounting activities, enforce adequate auditing mechanisms, and build ethical standards to guarantee the fairness of financial reporting (p.…

For instance, to support their assertion, Buthe & Mattli (2008) further stated that differences in financial reporting as a result of disparities in local standards lead to differences in the kind of information that would be available to the potential investors which in effect hinders an efficient allotment of investment capital from outside the country. In confirmation, Daske and Gebhardt (2006) revealed that…

March 20, 2016 Accounting 2102 International Financial Reporting Standards Say you want to buy stocks in a cell phone manufacturing company. How do you know which company to invest in? A good business plan would be to compare the financial statements for each competing company. A task as such would be nearly impossible if there were not a standard system of financial records. In 1973, with the growing amount of international trade, the International Accounting Standards Committee decided to…

Swieringa wrote an article shortly after the exposure draft was released listing some of the major criticisms. From the article, Dolde and Swieringa noted that, “Many public accountants and financial executives believe that the proposal [derivative standard] is too complex to be understandable, creates too many accounting anomalies, and would create artificial volatility in earnings and equity” (Dolde). Other concerns, were with the potential disclosure of sensitive competitive data. It has been…

make sure that they took into account this impact and started to carry out the beforehand of this working. As per the exposure draft that sets new standards regarding the way the income tax is supposed to be calculated (Lee & Swenson, 2016). One of the major changes is that how the tax basics are supposedly changed with the application of the new standards (Karampinis & Hevas, 2013). There have also been some changes in the way the definition of the tax basics and the way temporary differences…

By: 309714 Unit title: Hospitality Accounting 1 Unit leader: Mr. Matthias Pfeiffer Unit Code: 33HA9001 Abstract This report gives an in depth analysis of what depreciation is and why is it used by various business firms. It also reflects on the different types of methods used to determine the depreciation and how it impacts on various financial statements/accounts like cash flow, profit and loss and assets. Table of contents Abstract 1. Introduction 2. What is…