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11/21/10

Gaap vs. IFRS

For many years now there has been a struggle to converge both the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and international generally accepted accounting principles (IGAAP), which is also known as the international financial reporting standards (IFRS). For the most part they are very similar however do have a few key differences that need to be addressed. ?The mission to converge US GAAP with IFRS had begun in? 1988 when the Security and exchange commission (SEC) first made a motion to establish worldwide accounting Women's Packers Matthews Red Jersey principles that were the same.

Generally accepted accounting principles were developed over the past 60 years and are so in depth there are over 2,000 documents to contain all for the information. ?GAAP consists of things such as the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the Accounting Principle's Board (APB), Accounting Standards Executive Committee (AcSEC), as well as many other accounting principles.

One major difference is the cash taxes, which could seriously effect international business and seriously effect the way some companies do business. IFRS does not permit one to use last Women's Packers Matthews Red Jersey in first out method to cost inventory and would have to cost items at actual cost. This could hurt many small companies when tax season comes around. This is switching over but it will be a several year process. As it is stated that the earliest the SEC would even allow public companies to converge would be 2015.?? Currently there are more then 100 countries that are required Women's Packers Matthews Red Jersey to use the IFRS.