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Profit-oriented
companies
Not-for-profit
entities
Households
External
User Groups
Relevant
Financial
Information
Investors
Creditors
Employees
Labor unions
Customers
Suppliers
Government
agencies
Financial
intermediaries
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Accrual Accounting
Revenue is recognized when earned.
Expenses are recognized when incurred.
Concepts,
principles, and
procedures
developed to meet the
needs of external
users (GAAP).
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Foundation
Seven full-time, independent voting
members
Members not required to be CPAs
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Progress:
September 2002: FASB and IASB sign Norwalk
Agreement.
November 2008: SEC issues a Roadmap with
milestones.
May 2011: SEC issues discussion paper describing a
condorsement approach.
November 2011: SEC issues two studies comparing
U.S. GAAP to IFRS and analyzing how IFRS are applied
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Qualitative
Characteristics
Elements
Constraints
Financial
Statements
Recognition and
Measurement
Concepts
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Qualitative Characteristics of
Accounting Information
Decision usefulness
Relevance
Faithful representation
Predictive Confirmatory
Materiality
value
value
Comparability
(Consistency)
Verifiability
Completeness Neutrality
Timeliness
Free from
error
Understandability
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Measurement
Process of associating
numerical amounts with the
elements.
Disclosure
Process of including
additional supplemental
information.
Criteria:
1. Definition
2. Measurability
3. Relevance
4. Reliability
Measurement
Attributes:
1. Historical cost
2. Net realizable
value
3. Current cost
4. Present value of
future cash flows
Examples:
5.
value
1. Fair
Parenthetical
amounts
2. Notes to FS
3. Supplemental FS
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