Corporate Financial Accounting
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Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
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Chapter FS, Problem 6DQ
To determine
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): IFRS are a set of international accounting standards which are framed, approved, and published by International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) for the preparation and disclosure of international financial reports.
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP): These are the guidelines necessary to create accounting principles for the implementation of financial information reporting in the Country U.
To examine: The differences between valuing of property, plant, and equipment under IFRS and GAAP
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Discuss the primary differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS with respect to the acquisition of property, plant, and equipment and intangible assets.
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Describe how IFRS and U.S. GAAP treat increases in the value of plant assets subsequent to their acquisition (but before their disposition).
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