Bioscience Company: Accounting for Idle Plant Assets

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Dickinson ◽  
Paul Kimmel ◽  
Terry Warfield
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Fair Value Accounting ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Technical Examination ◽  
Productive Assets ◽  
Measurement Approach

ABSTRACT: Bioscience Company and its auditors have been in discussions with the SEC concerning the accounting for its long-lived assets. Among the issues being discussed is the company’s discontinuation of depreciation on productive assets that it had used previously, but it was not currently using. The case permits a technical examination of depreciation and impairment accounting issues with consideration of the FASB’s asset/liability measurement approach, fair value accounting, use of the FASB Codification, and comparisons to International Financial Reporting Standards. The case requirements are divided into basic requirements, which would be appropriate for intermediate level students; and advanced requirements, which would be more appropriate for accounting seniors, as well as M.B.A. and fifth-year accounting students.

scholarly journals Fair Value Accounting: Implementation Challenges Facing Small and Medium-Sized Entities in the Agricultural Sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Joseph Kwasi Agyemang ◽  
Owusu Acheampong ◽  
Wiafe Nti Akenten
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Fair Value Accounting ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Regulatory Bodies ◽  
Value Reporting

Nowadays, the relevance of fair value in financial reporting is gaining impetus and recent discussions are moving in the trend of full fair value reporting. Small and medium-sized entities are not ignored in this instance. The move to new reporting standards results in various challenges for different interest groups such as auditors, preparers and regulators. The main objective of the study was to establish the fair value implementation challenges facing SMEs in the agricultural sector with evidence from regulatory bodies in Ghana. The study established that there is lack of methodological relationship between existing local laws and IFRS and absence of involvement of regulatory bodies in financial reporting standards setting. In light of these challenges, the study recommends involvement of regulatory bodies in standard setting and consideration should also be given to local laws when setting international standards.

Transparency of Fair Value Accounting and Tax

2014 ◽  
pp. 476-494
Author(s):  
Eva Eberhartinger ◽  
Soojin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Fair Value Accounting ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Comprehensive Income ◽  
Accounting Measurement ◽  
Other Comprehensive Income

This chapter examines transparency in fair value accounting (measurement, presentation, additional disclosure), with special emphasis on tax disclosure and on the presentation of fair values in the statement of other comprehensive income. After considering the international relevance of the International Financial Reporting Standards, the chapter discusses fair value accounting in the context of accounting standards. It then reviews prior research to determine whether fair value accounting adds to accounting transparency. It also looks at the measurement and presentation of the transparency of fair value accounting based on relevance and reliability, along with issues of earnings management and procyclical effects.

Accounting Concepts in Company Law

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 398-427
Author(s):  
Jesper Seehausen
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
Company Law ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Eu Legislation ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Pros And Cons

Abstract Taking as a starting point Peter Hommelhoff’s argumentation that accounting law is, in many respects, linked to company law, the purpose of this article is to discuss one perspective of the links between accounting law and company law: accounting concepts in company law. After a brief outline of the existing EU legislation on accounting and a discussion on whether accounting law is part of company law, some examples of accounting concepts in company law – i. e. examples of accounting concepts that have been ‘implemented’ in company law – are discussed, drawing on the Consolidated Company Law Directive (CCLD) and the Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD 2) as well as the International Accounting Standards (IAS) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). These examples are related party transactions, consideration other than in cash and fair value, serious loss of the subscribed capital as well as a few other examples. It is also discussed whether accounting concepts in company law are a ‘good’ or a ‘bad’ thing. Balancing the pros and cons, in the author’s opinion, it is mostly positive that accounting concepts are used in company law in areas where this makes sense – and hence, in the author’s opinion, accounting concepts in company law are mainly a ‘good’ thing.

scholarly journals El modelo de valor razonable: La aproximación de las cifras contables a los valores de mercado (The fair value model: The aproach of the accounting figures to the market values)

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Eduardo Sosa Mora
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Theory Of The Firm ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Market Prices ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Market Values ◽  
Future Events ◽  
Value Model

<p>Desde hace muchos años, en el ámbito académico y en el profesional de la contabilidad, se debate acerca de la importancia de que los estados financieros presenten los activos y pasivos de acuerdo con sus valores de mercado, con el fin de lograr una mejor aproximación a los valores económicos de las empresas. Esto ha propiciado que, en las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF), haya adquirido relevancia el modelo del valor razonable, según el cual los activos y pasivos se miden por sus valores <br />de mercado. La adopción de este modelo significa la instrumentación de la teoría del valor de la empresa y una mayor aproximación de la contabilidad a la teoría de las finanzas, cuyos beneficios deben sopesarse con los riesgos asociados a la obtención de cifras contables a partir de precios de mercado y de supuestos acerca de eventos esperados en el futuro. Este artículo expone los alcances de la adopción de ese modelo en el esfuerzo por lograr que los estados financieros representen fielmente las realidades económicas de las empresas.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstract </strong></p><p> </p><p>Since many years ago in the Accounting academic and professional circles there is a debate about the importance that the financial statements represent the assets and liabilities according with their market values, in order to get a better approximation to the economic values of the enterprises. Because of this the fair value model has gained relevance in the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). According with this model, the assets and liabilities are measured by their market values. The adoption of <br />this model means the implementation of the theory of the firm and a greater approximation the Accounting to the Financial Theory, whose benefits must be weighted with the risks of getting accounting figures by using market prices and assumptions about future events. This paper expounds the scopes of adopting this model in the effort to assure that the financial statements represent faithfully the economic realities of the enterprises.</p>

scholarly journals ANALISIS BIAYA DAN MANFAAT ALIRAN KAS INVESTOR: TELAAH LITERATUR KEWAJARAN DARI NILAI WAJAR

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-65
Author(s):  
Frida Fanani Rohma
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Primary Users

IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) menekankan penyajian informasi berdasarkan nilai wajar (fair value) yang dinilai mampu meningkatkan relevansi. Beberapa literatur dan hasil penelitian empiris mengkaji masalah pengukuran dan perubahan informasi akuntansi berdasarkan nilai wajar dalam meningkatkan relevansi informasi. Namun, hal tersebut masih menjadi kontroversi. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk melakukan analisis kewajaran dari nilai wajar dengan tolok ukur penyajian yang seharusnya dan kebermanfaatan informasi berdasarkan sudut pandang seluruh pihak yang berhubungan dengan laporan keuangan, tidak hanya primary users. Hasil telaah menunjukkan “kewajaran” dari nilai wajar membantu meningkatkan relevansi, namun kemampuan prediksi dan tujuan utamanya untuk mendapatkan respon harga investor masih menjadi masalah yang perlu dipertanyakan, sehingga pertimbangan biaya dan manfaat nilai wajar masih perlu diperhatikan untuk mencapai tujuan “kewajaran” dari nilai wajar.

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