Response to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s and the International Accounting Standard Board’s Joint Discussion Paper Entitled Preliminary Views on Financial Statement Presentation

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Moehrle ◽  
Thomas Stober ◽  
Karim Jamal ◽  
Robert Bloomfield ◽  
Theodore E. Christensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
Financial Accounting Standards Board ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Financial Decision ◽  
International Accounting Standard

SYNOPSIS: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (hereafter, FASB) and the International Accounting Standard Board (hereafter, IASB) issued a joint discussion paper titled Preliminary Views on Financial Statement Presentation. The Boards are seeking comments on whether their proposed model for financial statement presentation would improve the usefulness of the financial statement information for financial decision makers. This paper sets forth the American Accounting Association Financial Accounting Standards Committee (hereafter, the committee) summary comments as well as responses to several of the FASB’s and IASB’s (hereafter, jointly mentioned, the Boards) specific objectives and principles-related questions. Overall, the committee believes that the model has several appealing features, but also has several potential problems. Many of the problems discussed related to potential learning impediments for users to adapt to the new presentation format.

scholarly journals What The CPAs Think About The Proposed Financial Statement Presentation

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Shough
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Accounting Standards Board ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
International Accounting Standards Board

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board jointly issued a Discussion Paper soliciting comments on a proposed financial statement presentation. This paper presents the results from 605 CPA’s responses to selected questions asked in the Discussion Paper.

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 The Differences Of Ijarah Financing and Conventional Lease On Islamic Law and Accounting Perspectives

IQTISHADUNA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-148
Author(s):  
Fitriani .
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Accounting Principles ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
International Accounting Standard

The main objective of this study is to explore the nature of accounting for Ijarahfinancing and its differences with conventional lease financing from the Islamic law and accounting perspectives.The study makes a comparison between the International Accounting Standard on leasing (IAS 17); the accounting standard for Ijarah (FAS 8) as developed by the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI); and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (Pernyataan Standar Akuntansi Keuangan/PSAK 107). The study found that there are major differences as to the nature of leasing and Ijarah, and as a result accounting principles that have driven all the three standards as well as accounting techniques developed for leasing and Ijarah are significantly different.

scholarly journals Proposed Financial Statement Changes: Reactions To The FASB-IASB Discussion Paper

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Don E. Giacomino ◽  
Michael D. Akers
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
User Learning ◽  
Learning Issues

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The purpose of this study was to obtain the opinions of future users of the financial statements: current undergraduate and graduate students in accounting and academia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>We found that the students show greater agreement with the proposed model than do the CPA&rsquo;s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In addition, we found that academia, as represented by the Financial Accounting Standards Committee of the American Accounting Association has a number of concerns regarding timing, user learning issues and impediments to learning, objectives and terminology and categorizing activities and assets and liabilities.</span></p>

scholarly journals Comments by the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on FASB Exposure Draft of Proposed Accounting Standard Update: Notes to Financial Statements (Topic 235): Assessing Whether Disclosures Are Material

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. C1-C9
Author(s):  
Urton L. Anderson ◽  
Marcus M. Doxey ◽  
Marshall A. Geiger ◽  
Willie E. Gist ◽  
Diane J. Janvrin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Financial Accounting Standards Board ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Stated Objective ◽  
Auditing Standards ◽  
The Way

SUMMARY On September 24, 2015 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) solicited public comments on a proposed Accounting Standards Update of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. The stated objective is to improve the effectiveness of footnote disclosures to financial statement users. The focus of the Update is to clarify the way materiality should be considered when assessing requirements for providing information in the notes. The comment period ended on December 8, 2015. This commentary summarizes the contributors' views on these amendments. Data Availability: The exposure draft of Proposed Accounting Standard Update: Notes to Financial Statements (Topic 235): Assessing Whether Disclosures Are Material is available at: http://www.fasb.org/cs/ContentServer?c= Document_C&pagename=FASB%2FDocument_C%2FDocumentPage&cid=1176166402325

The American Accounting Association’s Financial Reporting Policy Committee’s Response to the Preliminary Views on Financial Statement Presentation

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Bradshaw ◽  
Carolyn Callahan ◽  
Jack Ciesielski ◽  
Elizabeth Gordon ◽  
Mark Kohlbeck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Income Taxes ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Accounting Standards Board ◽  
Discussion Paper

SYNOPSIS: The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board (hereafter, the Boards) issued the discussion paper Preliminary Views on Financial Statement Presentation in late 2008. The Boards propose to significantly reconfigure the presentation of financial statements to offer parallel statements with standardized partitions of each financial statement into five categories: business activities, financing activities, income taxes, discontinued operations, and equity. The allocation of transactions within these partitions will depend crucially on management’s assessment of each transaction (i.e., the management approach). In this paper we comment on the proposal, with particular emphasis on empirical evidence and relevant theories from academic research. We highlight benefits of the proposed changes as well as some possible concerns. We conclude that the objective of providing a cohesive picture of activities through a uniform standardization of each financial statement by activity is desirable, but the proposed criteria for how activities are categorized results in potentially aberrant or confusing outcomes. Thus, any dissatisfaction with the current financial statement format may be replaced with other criticisms. Finally, the current proposal relies on the effectiveness of the management approach, which can only be successful if managers embrace the proposed structure.

Besser Pharma: International Accounting for Pensions

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Michael Geary ◽  
Donna L. Street
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Pension Plans ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Employee Benefits ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
Pension Accounting ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
International Accounting Standard

The purpose of the Besser Pharma case is to bring an international perspective to the coverage of pension accounting. Students are required to read U.S. and international pension accounting standards, complete financial statement research on the pension plans of Besser's competitors, and answer, in a memo to Besser Pharma's CFO, a series of questions about alternative accounting approaches permitted by International Accounting Standard No. 19, Employee Benefits.

scholarly journals Strijdende of complementaire doelstellingen van de jaarrekening?

2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 455-461
Author(s):  
Saskia De Bruijn ◽  
Dick Van Offeren
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Accounting Standards Board ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Decision Usefulness ◽  
International Accounting Standards Board

Medio 2006 is in het kader van het convergentie- en verbeterproject van de Financial Accounting Standards Board en de International Accounting Standards Board het eerste Discussion Paper over het verbeterde conceptual framework gepubliceerd. Hierin komen de doelstelling van financiële verslaggeving en de kwalitatieve kenmerken aan bod. Bij de bespreking van de doelstelling van financiële verslaggeving staat de decision usefulness-benadering centraal. Traditioneel wordt evenwel ook de stewardship-benadering van belang geacht. De vraag is of deze twee doelstellingen, enerzijds de decision usefulness-benadering en anderzijds de stewardshipbenadering, strijdig of complementair zijn. Geconcludeerd wordt dat de stewardship-benadering vooral is gekoppeld aan de juridisch gerichte, enkelvoudige jaarrekening en dat de economisch gerichte, geconsolideerde jaarrekening nuttig is voor de decision usefulness-benadering.

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