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Happy 10th birthday to us! - Our online community became 10 years old on 1 April (no - not an April fool - we really have been doing it this long and our newswire - Double Entries - was going for some years before this and is now in its 15th volume!)
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IVSC PUBLISH REVISED GUIDANCE FOR THE VALUATION OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS
04 March 2010
The International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) has published an updated Guidance Note on the valuation of intangible assets. The revised GN 4 identifies the principal techniques that are recognised for the valuation of intangible assets such as brands, intellectual property and customer relationships, and gives guidance on how these are applied. Click through for further details. [AL]
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GLOBAL ACCOUNTANCY LEADERS SUPPORT IFAC FOCUS ON SMES AND THEIR FINANCIAL ADVISORS
04 March 2010
Global accountancy leaders have declared their support for the International Federation of Accountants’ (IFAC) recommendations to intensify its efforts to strengthen small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and accounting practices (SMPs), IFAC announced this week. Click through for further details. [AL]
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IASC FOUNDATION PUBLISHES SECOND BATCH OF TRAINING MATERIAL FOR THE IFRS FOR SMES
04 March 2010
The IASC Foundation has published the second batch of training material for the IFRS for SMEs. The training material is designed to assist companies and accounting practitioners in applying the IFRS. It will also, they say, assist educators in teaching how to apply the IFRS for SMEs. See further deails in our full news story. [AL]
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RELEASE OF THE RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC PRACTICE EXAMINATION OF IRBA
04 March 2010
The South African Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) has released the results of its latest Public Practice Examination (PPE). Of the 2798 candidates who wrote the 2009 PPE, 2320 passed resulting in a record pass rate of 83%. Of the 1849 candidates who wrote for the first time, 1596 passed, representing a first time pass rate of 86%. See further details in our news item [DG].
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FASB ISSUE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE NO. 2010-10, CONSOLIDATION: AMENDMENTS FOR CERTAIN INVESTMENT FUNDS
04 March 2010
The FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-10, Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments for Certain Investment Funds. This defers the effective date of the amendments to the consolidation requirements made by FASB Statement 167 to a reporting entity’s interest in certain types of entities. The Update also clarifies other aspects of the Statement 167 amendments. Click through for more detail. [AL]
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A CORPORATE RPEORT IN LESS THAN 30 PAGES?
04 March 2010
Making corporate reports more readable is a view that few, if any, would argue with. The annual reports of listed companies have become too complex and focused on compliance, rather than providing useful information on the business to investors. A potential solution is ‘Making Corporate Reports Readable’, from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS). This contains a pro forma short form report which uses the example of a fictional universal bank as the underlying business and produces – in less than 30 pages – the key information of interest to investors. Click through for more details. [AL]
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FRC GETS TOP MARKS FROM INDEPENDENT HAMPTON REVIEW
04 March 2010
The UK's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has welcomed the very positive outcome of the Better Regulation Executive’s assessment of their regulatory performance against the Hampton Principles of effective regulation. The assessment by the BRE, part of the UK Government's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, was published last week. More details in our full news item. [AL]
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SEC APPROVES STATEMENT ON GLOBAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
04 March 2010
The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to issue a statement that lays out its position regarding global accounting standards and makes clear that the Commission continues to believe that a single set of high-quality globally accepted accounting standards would benefit U.S investors. Click through for further details and to access the full statement. [AL]
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OUTCOMES - FASB FEBRUARY 24, 2010 BOARD MEETING
26 February 2010
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has released a summary of its February 24, 2010 Board meeting. Please click through to our full news item for the summary and links to the related project pages [AP].
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SEC REAFFIRMS 2011 DECISION DATE, APPROVES STATEMENT AND STAFF WORK PLAN
25 February 2010
The SEC voted to issue a statement that lays out its position regarding global accounting standards, in which it reaffirms the original "roadmap" timeframe of 2011 for making a decision regarding the adoption of IFRS for U.S. domestic filers. Click through for more information. [GC]
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Journal of the Month
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
SPECIAL OFFER! - Emerald is pleased to offer all users of AccountingEducation.com FREE access to selected articles from AAAJ. The journal, now in its 22nd volume, published eight issues in 2009, and at least one article from each issue will be freely accessible!
Latest addition - "Ethical climate,organizational-professional conflict and organizational commitment: A study of Chinese auditors" by William E. Shafer (AAAJ - Vol. 22 Iss. 7)
Access other articles from the 2008 and 2009 volumes here.
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