Q3: Should Apple lobby the FASB to change the revenue recognition rules for smartphones? In our opinion‚ Apple should lobby FASB to change the revenue recognition rules for smartphones‚ given the following reasons:- 1. Under “non-GAAP measures”‚ Apple’s performance looked much better than that under GAAP measures. Please find below a table1 summarizing the differences of key financial data between GAAP and non-GAAP measures for the fourth quarter of 2008:- Q4 2008 GAAP ($ billions) Non-GAAP
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ASC Clubhouse: A Path to Success Modeled after “Santa Barbara County: Lone Ranger of the Islands” by Charles Hillinger George Mooradian is one of the 302 members part of the renowned ASC Clubhouse. He shares this honor with other prominent cinematographers who are all masters in the field of filmmaking. It was his dream to get in and the ASC Executive Board gladly granted it. The ASC Clubhouse is one of the oldest buildings in Hollywood. Since the ASC took possession of it in 1936 from silent-film
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influence does the SEC have over the FASB pertaining to setting accounting standards? Do the SEC and FASB work together as believed by the authors of The Accounting Standards Setting Process in the U.S.: Examinations of the SEC-FASB Relationship ? Or is the FASB in complete control of the standard setting process? The SEC has the legal responsibility to set accounting standards‚ but gave this duty to the FASB. According to the article a lot of what the FASB does is a reaction to the immense pressure
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The FASB should consider economic consequences in the standard setting process; “The Board cannot cease to be concerned about the cost-effectiveness of its standards. To do so would be a dereliction of its duty and a disservice to its constituents”. (SFAC No.2 P. 144) FASB member Victor H. Brown identified the economic costs to consider: “The costs of introducing a new standard‚ of course‚ include the out of pocket costs of converting to the new standard‚ the costs of processing and reporting the
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On September 28 2010‚ the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) had declared they had completely conducted the first stage of The Conceptual Framework joint project. The purpose of this joint project is to further improve an advanced conceptual framework for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) (Norwalk 2010). Basically‚ the conceptual framework is an attempt to express
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RESEARCH: Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) 1. FASB had four primary goals in developing the codification. List these four goals: 1. Simplify user access to all authoritative U.S. GAAP by putting them all in one place with codification 2. Assist FASB with the research and international convergence efforts required during the standard-setting process 3. Become the authoritative source of literature for the completed extensible business reporting language (XBRL) taxonomy 4. Clarify that
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Edita Mercado Su Jane Acct 301 FASB Codification Assignment 3/13/2013 Professional Research: FASB Codification A. Identify relevant Codification section that addresses transfers of receivables. The relevant codification section that addresses transfers of receivables is the following: FASB ASC 860-10-05-15. C. Provide definitions for the following: 1) Transfer: The conveyance of a noncash financial asset by and to someone other than the issuer of that
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FASB Accounting Standards Codification Case 1 ACC 310 – Section 2 1. The topic number that addresses the accounting for agricultural production activities in the FASB Accounting Standards Codification is‚ FASB ASC 905. The title of this topic is Agriculture. 2. Entities that must apply the guidance contained in topic FASB ASC 905‚ are noted in FASB ASC 905-10-15-3‚ “The Agriculture Topic provides guidance for all entities in the agricultural industry‚ including agricultural producers and agricultural
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members following IPO. The receivable support provided by the client doesn’t specify interest payment terms for these notes. During our preparation to test accounts receivable we reviewed the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codifications (ASC) and identified special presentation and disclosure requirements for these sorts of receivables. We also reviewed above described situation from International Financial Reporting Standards’ (IFRS) standpoint. When determining
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relate to forecasted transactions where the effective portions of the hedge is initially reported in other comprehensive income and are later reclassified into earnings any portion of the hedge that is ineffective is reported currently in earnings (FASB ASC 815-30‚ 2010). Fair value hedges can be associated with
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