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Why Does The U.S. Continue To Use Gaap And Will It Ever Converge To Ifrs?, Hester Lam
Why Does The U.S. Continue To Use Gaap And Will It Ever Converge To Ifrs?, Hester Lam
CMC Senior Theses
The United States has a long history of doing things differently than other countries. Its accounting standards are no different; to date, it continues to use its own Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and have yet to converge to the International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as set by the International Accounting Standards Board. In 2008, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Chairman Christopher Cox published a press release in which the SEC published for public comment a roadmap towards convergence by 2014. However, in subsequent years, Memorandum of Understandings published by the IASB and the United States' Financial Accounting Standards …
Market Value Vs Historical Cost Valuations Of Fixed Assets In The Context Of International Convergence, Alexander Y. Varga
Market Value Vs Historical Cost Valuations Of Fixed Assets In The Context Of International Convergence, Alexander Y. Varga
CMC Senior Theses
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the differences between accounting for fixed assets under IFRS and U.S. GAAP. Primarily the discussion will be driven by the question: which standard should the FASB lobby for in its joint effort with the IASB to converge U.S. GAAP with IFRS? The paper will start by establishing that financial reporting, as it has evolved in the United States, was developed primarily to assist in the accountability relationships between management and both credit and equity investors. From there the paper will look at which standard is better suited to fulfill this goal and …