First published in 1997. This volume is a collection of studies that look at the ‘conceptual framework’ undertaken initially for the UK’s Accounting Standards Committee (‘ASC’), and to consider how far the views expressed in them have stood the test of time as standard setters around the world have followed in the FASB’s footsteps.
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The GAAP Guide Level A, in both the text and on the accompanying easy-to-use CD-ROM, analyzes authoritative GAAP literature contained in Level A of the GAAP hierarchy, established by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 69, which include FASB Statements and Interpretations, as well as APB Opinions and Accounting Research Bulletins. It is written in clear, comprehensible language. Each pronouncement is discussed in a comprehensive format that makes it easy to understand and apply. Practical illustrations and examples demonstrate and clarify specific accounting principles.
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Providing an analysis of authoritative GAAP literature contained in Level A of the GAAP hierarchy, this resource discusses each pronouncement in a comprehensive format that makes it easy to understand and apply.
Riahi-Belkaoui examines the crucial issues involved in the determination and uses of earnings as a measure of financial performance. He points out that the nature and measurement of earnings are subject to various interpretations, that determination of earnings follows determination of net value added, and that earnings is subject to management manipulation (earnings can be smoothed, for example.) A succinct, penetrating, illuminating treatment of earnings in general as well as its particulars, the book will be especially useful to upper management and accounting professionals, and to their colleagues in the academic community. Riahi-Belkaoui argues that the interest in earnings and its related issues of measurement, determination, management, and usefulness stems from three factors: 1) the crucial importance of earnings as the shareholders' share of the corporation's wealth; 2) the reliance of investors and users on earnings and the transformation of earnings for resource allocation decision making; and 3), the direct association between the efficiency of the capital markets and timely provision of earnings data. Each chapter identifies the nature of the issues surrounding the concept of earnings and presents empirical evidence that can be used to make enlightened corporate decisions or to aid in the development of public policy.
The Tangled Web of Price Variation Accounting covers a wide range of topics in the area of price variation - from purchasing power, prices and inflation, to price level variations and serviceability.
