The requirements of IAS 38 in respect of Research and Development expenditure are theoretically dubious and practically unnecessary. All such expenditure should be treated as an expense in the Income Statement and its amount disclosed in notes to the accounts.” International Accounting Standard (IAS) 38 Intangible Assets The current version of IAS 38 (Hereinafter “The Standard”) was adopted in 2001. This standard replaced IAS 9 Research and Development Costs, which was issued in 1993 and preceded the earlier version of Accounting for Research and Development Activities, which was issued in 1978. The Standard deals with intangible assets that are not dealt with by other standards, and defines an intangible asset as “an identifiable non-monetary asset without physical substance” (International Accounting Standard Board, 2001)[IAS 38 para 8]. Fundamental assumptions underlying The Standard with respect to intangible assets are that they are controllable, identifiable, and measurable. While it is easier to determine whether control over intangible asset exists, it is much harder to satisfy identifiability and measurability criteria required to recognize intangible assets, or in other words satisfy the recognition criteria stipulated by The Standard. As a result, The Standard poses a great deal of theoretical challenges and practical issues in terms of application to various situations. In paragraph 5 of The Standard mentions that research and development cost within the scope
Regulations at 2 CFR 225 Appendix A (C) provide that to be allowable under an award, costs must be necessary and reasonable for the proper and efficient performance and administration of the award, be allocable to the award, and be adequately documented.
The field of accounting is constantly evolving. This is true not only for the theory of accounting itself but also the entities that govern its theory and practice. Presently, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are faced with some of the biggest challenges to date. To understand the significance of these two boards, it is necessary to understand their histories, relations between the boards, and the standards that they set. Also how the knowledge of these boards and the field they lead, gained through the masters of science in accountancy
2 CFR 225 Appendix A (C) provides that to be allowable under an award, costs must be adequately documented
expenditure that is a proposed annually. It is a proposal spending plan not the final decision.
In addition to that other products required along with the departmental capital improvement proposals includes cost estimation, project justification statements, citation
6. The ability to reliably measure the costs associated with and attributed to the intangible asset during its development
Under-IFRS (IAS-38), important to distinguish research-costs from development-costs. Development costs capitalized as assets, research costs expensed. Carroway-cool-top is in research-stage, as products developed haven't been successful, so cost $975,000 should be record as expense instead of deferred-development-cost.
recognition requirements in U.S. GAAP are different from those in IFRSs and both are considered in need of improvement. U.S. GAAP comprises broad revenue recognition concepts and numerous industry or transaction-specific requirements that can result in different accounting for economically similar transactions. Although, IFRSs contain less guidance on revenue recognition, its two main standards IAS 18 Revenue and IAS 11 Construction Contracts can be difficult to understand and apply beyond simple transactions. Also, they lack guidance on important topics such as revenue recognition for multiple-element arrangements.
IASB. 2010, "The Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting" IFRS, pp. A21- A38, viewed 23 April 2014,
Under International Accounting Standard (IAS) 41, we presume fair value can be reliably measured for a biological asset, or a living animal or plant, and IAS 41 requires measurement at fair value less costs to sell (FVLCTS) from initial recognition of biological assets up to the point of harvest. The only expectation to the presumption is when initial recognition for a biological asset for which quoted market prices are not available as well as for which alternative fair value measurements are determined to be clearly unreliable. Under this situation, IAS 41 requires an entity to measure that biological asset at its cost less any accumulated depreciation
IAS 18 considers the accounting procedure of potential components of revenue organization primarily from transactions involving the sale of goods, rendering of services, as well as through other organizations or individuals property of the reporting organization, giving interest, dividends or royalties. If the probability of the economic
The requirements of IAS 38 in respect of Research and Development expenditure are theoretically dubious and practically unnecessary. All such expenditure should be treated as an expense in the Income Statement and its amount disclosed in notes to the accounts.
AASB 138 defines intangible assets as “identifiable non-monetary assets without physical substance”. Such assets include but are not limited to goodwill, trademarks, patents and research and development. AASB 138 Intangible Assets has been implemented to prescribe the accounting treatment for intangible assets that have not been specifically dealt with in any other standard. Therefore, this standard only applies to intangible assets that have not been previously dealt with. Furthermore, it can be established that this standard is an example of normative accounting theories because the standard prescribes what should be done, rather than predicts what people may do. According to AASB 138 Intangible Assets, in order for an asset to be recognised in the financial statements it must meet specific criteria. The required criterion states that the asset must be identifiable, the entity has control of the asset, future economic benefits are probable and the cost of the asset can be measured reliably.
ACC307 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT TASK 1: Contemporary Issues of Accounting Theory Fair Value Measurement Overview After the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) released the IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement in May 2011 for the purpose of completing its joint project with the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on fair value, the Australian Accounting Standard Board (AASB) released the Australian equivalent - AASB 13 Fair Value Measurement in the September of the same year. This standard permitted early adoption but generally started to take effect for the financial reporting periods beginning from 1 January 2013. This new standard requires no new requirement for the adoption and but it was accompanied with the issuing of AASB 2011-8 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from the AASB 13 which has made consequential changes to 32 standards and 9 interpretations for the adoption in Australia. The new standard attempts to unify IFRS and US GAAP by specifying how entities should apply the fair value measurements that applied in previous IFRS standards. It clarifies and redefines fair value as “the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date”, sometimes referred to as an “exit price”. It also sets out a single source guidance for a robust measurement framework to ensure that the requirements are applied consistently and have clear
The accounting world is shaped by stringent and clear rules, principles, standards and guidelines. These are all meant to define accounting operations and reporting discipline. With the emergence of International Accounting Standards (IAS), which was later replaced by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the accounting concepts, analysis, disclosures, reporting and presentation became easier and practical. Currently, accountants, managers and related parties find it concrete and consistent in protecting professional boundaries.