By D. Myddelton
Margins of blunders in Accounting covers the most the explanation why released corporation bills can't be thoroughly 'accurate' and the most probably volume of the ensuing error. Separate chapters disguise: the 'interim-ness' of accounts; the use of present price estimates; the cumulative impact of inflation on cash because the unit of account.
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In 1990 the seven FASB members comprised three Certified Public Accountants [CPAs] from public practice, two preparers of accounts, one academic and one user of accounts. But Gore (1992, p. 97) pointed out that the so-called 'user' was Clarence Sampson, the ex Chief Accountant of the SEC. It seems very strange to include an ex-regulator as the sole 'user' representative, especially if decision-usefulness for users is supposed to be the main purpose of accounts. Of the IASB's 14 initial members in 2001, only two could be described mainly as 'users' of accounts, even though the International Accounting Standards Committee's [IASC] constitution called for at least three (Flower and Ebbers, 2002, p.
And internally the distinction between an 'expense' (= a write-off) and an 'investment' (= an asset) may be less vulnerable to spin. 7. Taxation a. Current The rules concerning the taxation of company profits are complex; and there may be doubt about how some rules apply to specific items. So even if the rates of tax are known in advance, the amount to provide for tax payable on profits is nearly always only an estimate. Companies will not have agreed to the corporation tax assessment at the date they 'finalise' the annual accounts.
Ii) Stocks A business which makes goods for stock (rather than to order), does not recognise revenue (and therefore profit) as soon as the production process is complete. Instead, on the assumption that selling is often the critical event, it waits until it has actually sold the goods. Accounts do not recognise income where there is doubt - instead they follow the rule: don't count your chickens until they are hatched. Meanwhile balance sheets normally value the stock of finished goods at cost (not at selling price).