Strategic Experts and Improvising Regulators: Explaining the IASC's Rise to Global Influence, 1973–2001

2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Securities And Exchange Commission ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
The Us ◽  
Global Influence

This article traces the ascent of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) from an obscure group with little influence in the early 1970s to a pre-eminent position as global accounting standard-setter in 2001. I argue that the rise of the IASC can be explained by several factors, including the IASC's ability to build legitimacy through technical expertise, to embed itself in a network of international organizations, and to benefit from rivalries among developed and developing countries and among European and American regulators. But the most important reason for the IASC's success is that its core values aligned strongly with the interests of the most powerful regulator-the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE US FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD AND THE INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD SETTERS: 1973–2008

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Kirsch
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Accounting Standards Board ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT Utilizing archival materials as well as personal interviews and correspondence with personnel of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Committee/Board (IASC/B), including former Board chairmen and staff members, this paper examines the development of the working relationships between the FASB and the IASC/B from their earliest interactions in 1973 through the transformation of the IASC into the IASB and the Convergence Program rooted in the 2002 Norwalk Agreement up to 2008.

scholarly journals ONE FINANCIAL REPORTING GLOBAL LANGUAGE: THE ULTIMATE GOAL?

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia Limijaya
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Financial Reporting Quality ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Political Aspect ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
The Us ◽  
Global Language ◽  
Accounting Standard Setting

This article aims to analyse the extent to which international accounting standards is applied and whether it is the ultimate goal. Up until the end of 2016, approximately there are 84% of the 149 jurisdictions analysed which require IFRS for all or most domestic publicly accountable entities. This may indicate that we are not that much further from having a single set of globally-accepted accounting standards. However, there is more to financial reporting than just accounting standards alone, such as the political aspect of accounting standard-setting, translation issues surrounding IFRS adoption, the US position and the complexity of financial reporting. Improving financial reporting quality needs more than just having global accounting standards, rather, it is also essential to consider the preparers’ incentives and other institutions surrounding the firm. Stakeholders need to broaden the perspective when viewing financial reporting, so that it will not be focused merely on accounting standards alone.

Accounting Standards and Earnings Quality — Evidence from Registered ADRs

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850022
Author(s):  
Yaseen S. Alhaj-Yaseen ◽  
Kean Wu ◽  
Leslie B. Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Earnings Quality ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Securities And Exchange Commission ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Reporting Standard ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standard ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Gaap

This paper examines the changes in earnings quality of registered American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) as a result of switching accounting standards. We aim to shed light on the potential impact of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) adoption on US firms. A suboptimal approach to achieve this goal is through examination of US firms’ surrogates such as ADRs. Unlike previous studies, we made a distinction between registered and unregistered ADRs and affirmed that registered ADRs are the closest surrogates with which to conduct our analysis because they are exclusively required to adhere to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s stringent disclosure requirements. When cross-listing their equity on the US exchanges, foreign issuers can file their financial reports with the SEC using IFRS, US GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles), or their domestic GAAP with reconciliation to US GAAP. An improvement in earnings quality is documented when ADRs adopt US GAAP or IFRS versus domestic GAAP. However, when the comparison is made between US GAAP and IFRS, no difference in earnings quality is documented. These results indicate that switching to high-quality accounting standards is likely to improve earnings quality. This improvement is maximized when the difference between reporting standards is high and minimized if otherwise. Our conclusion is that the adoption of IFRS in the US is unlikely to change earnings quality of local issuers. Moreover, we drew a distinction between reconciliation with and adoption of high-quality accountings standards and find that while the former can enhance earnings quality, the latter can further improve it.

scholarly journals MENGUPAS PERSOALAN STANDAR AKUNTANSI KEUANGAN - GOODWIL DI BERBAGAI NEGARA : SUATU PENDEKATAN STUDI LITERATUR

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deddy Kurniawansyah
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Fair Value Accounting ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Accounting Standard

This literature study explains and describe the development of the concept of goodwill from the perspective of accounting by observing and describing until the development at this time, discusses differences in accounting standards of goodwill applicable in some countries, and explains the things that contradict the goodwill. This research method used qualitative with literature study. The results of this study are in some countries, the concepts and rules on goodwill accounting have undergone various changes, including international accounting standards issued by the IASC. Initially goodwill is capitalized and amortized over no more than 20 years. But, along with the increasing use of fair value accounting in accounting standards, thetreatment for goodwill also experienced a shift that is eliminated by the amortization method is replaced by doing impairment test to goodwill. The results of this study contribute as add to the treasury of financial accounting literature, especially accounting treatment of goodwill as intangible assets in the financial statements of various countries such as Indonesia, America and the England.Keyword :Goodwiil, Impairment, Financial Accounting Standard

The Case Analysis of Presentation and Disclosure about other Comprehensive Income

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 4691-4694
Author(s):  
Xing Wei
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Comprehensive Income ◽  
Other Comprehensive Income ◽  
China National Petroleum Corporation ◽  
Year 2013

This article selects the financial statement established by the CNPC(China National Petroleum Corporation) for the year 2013 according to the Chinese accounting standard for business enterprises as an example, analysis of the problems of presentation and disclosure of other comprehensive income in our country, and contrast and analyze the stipulation about other comprehensive income presentation and disclosure stipulated by the IAS (International Accounting Standards) and FASB statements.

scholarly journals De invloed van het niet of niet volledig waarderen van actieve belastinglatenties op de nettowinst

2016 ◽  
Vol 90 (11) ◽  
pp. 471-485
Author(s):  
Alidus Dannenberg ◽  
Chantal de Bruin ◽  
Peter Epe
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Standards ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
International Accounting Standard ◽  
International Accounting Standards Board

Actieve belastinglatenties moeten in de jaarrekening worden gewaardeerd tot het bedrag waarvoor het waarschijnlijk is dat voldoende fiscale winst wordt behaald om de actieve belastinglatenties te verrekenen. De vraag is welk effect deze norm van de Raad voor de Jaarverslaggeving (RJ) en de International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) heeft op de gepubliceerde nettowinst van een onderneming. Zo raken tussentijdse op- en afwaarderingen van de actieve belastinglatentie de effectieve belastingdruk en daarmee de nettowinst. Richtlijn 272 en International Accounting Standard (IAS) 12 geven de onderneming de ruimte om de nettowinst te beïnvloeden door het al dan niet volledig tot waardering brengen van actieve belastinglatenties. Dit onderzoek richt zich op de vraag in hoeverre deze situatie invloed heeft op de gepubliceerde nettowinst. De invloed van het al dan niet volledig tot waardering brengen van actieve belastinglatenties op de gepubliceerde nettowinst bedraagt ruim 17%.

scholarly journals NCP 5 – Tangible Fixed Assets

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 133-144
Author(s):  
Adalmiro Andrade Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
September 11 ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Fixed Assets

2015 saw an important step in the accounting reform in Portugal. On September 11, 2015, the Accounting Standardization System for Public Administrations (SNC-AP) was approved through Decree-Law No. 192/2015, which revokes the Official Public Accounting Plan (POCP) and establishes an accounting standard aligned with international accounting standards. The development of this work is based on content analysis focused on Public Accounting Standard 5, NCP 5, which was broken down into the respective chapters of the regulations. In this way, to reach the objective of the study, work was developed on several themes, which are essentially based on the chapters of NCP 5. In this way, the topics covered are: Objectives, Scope and Definitions, Measurement, Recognition and Derecognition; and, in order to better contextualize and exemplify the practical application of the standard, we will find, at the end of this work, some practical situations.

scholarly journals THE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND FINANCIAL REPORTING IN ALBANIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 092-097
Author(s):  
Rezarta Shkurti ◽  
Brunilda Duraj
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Current Status ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
National Accounting ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Albania implemented its first set of 14 National Accounting Standards (NAS), which were prepared in compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards, in 2009. The 15th standard, specifically the Accounting Standard for financial reporting by micro-entities, was added to this set in 2011 and a 16th standard, relating to the reporting for non-profit enterprises, was added in 2015. In 2014, the National Accounting Council of Albania (NACA) performed a major revision of this existing framework of NAS. The focus of this paper is to analyze the current status, as well as the development of accounting and financial reporting in Albania for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). An international standard of financial reporting for SMEs was issued by the International Accounting Standards Board but was not fully endorsed by the European Community, nor by the NACA, who instead chose to revise their current NAS. In this study, we provide a general overview of the accounting regime and platforms currently applied in Albania, by focusing on the changes over the recent years. We also depict the main differences between the IFRS for SMEs and the NAS in Albania in treatment of several elements of the financial statements.

scholarly journals Review of accounting for goodwill: Historical to current perspectives

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-241
Author(s):  
Yousef Shahwan
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Regulations ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

Accounting for goodwill is one of the most controversial issues in financial reporting. It has been on the agenda of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) as well as the Accounting Standards Board of Australia, the UK, and the US. IASB has also identified accounting for intangible assets (including goodwill) as a high priority. The objective of the present paper is to review the developments of accounting standards for goodwill made by the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and the IASB. Reference to accounting and financial regulations is made to explore the effect of standard developments in promoting uniformity of practice in accounting for goodwill. Content analysis approach is adopted in this study. It concludes that the current regulations to account for goodwill provide little and further developments are still ahead.

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