<br />
IFRS Guidance<br />
Preparing for the Transition<br />
Featuring<br />
· First-time Adoption of International Standards<br />
· Fair Value Hedge Accounting · Auditing Under IFRS<br />
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C ONTENTS<br />
march 2010<br />
20 Accounting & Auditing<br />
❙ International Accounting<br />
Auditing Considerations in an IFRS<br />
Reporting Environment<br />
By Joseph M. Langmead and Alfred R. Michenzi<br />
❙ Accounting<br />
Reserves: Misleading Use<br />
of Terminology Is Increasing<br />
By Matthew C. Calderisi and Frederic M. Stiner, Jr.<br />
❙ International Accounting<br />
Practical Impli<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=1"> IFRS Guidance Preparing for the Transition </a>
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<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=4"> C ONTENTS march 2010 </a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=5"> vol. LXXX/no.3 6PERSPECTI</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=6"> Publisher LOUIS GRUMET Associate Pu</a>
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<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=8"> P ERSPECTIVES international accounting Tra</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=9"> publisher's column Living Up To the Pecora </a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=10"> (Continued from page 6) creditors need to accurat</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=11"> The current economic downturn is not only affe</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=12"> Essentials of Business Ethics: Creating an Organi</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=13"> inbox: letters to the editor Ethics: An U</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=14"> In Focus </a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=15"> Adopting IFRS Guidance for U.S. Entities Under IF</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=16"> Like first-time adopters of IFRS around the wo</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=17"> policies in its opening IFRS statement of financi</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=18"> IAS 21, The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exch</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=19"> time adopter for its separate financial state- me</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=20"> ment or intangible assets (IAS 16, IAS 38); ■ C</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=21"> FAE's Discount Programs Can Save You </a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=22"> A CCOUNTING & AUDITING international accoun</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=23"> IFRS still contains alternative treatments, t</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=24"> and financial management personnel close to the f</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=25"> such important inconsistencies in the first insta</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=26"> A CCOUNTING & AUDITING accounting Rese</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=27"> seen a sharp jump. Use of the term in the asset s</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=28"> Banks and insurance companies have ble tha</a>
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<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=30"> A CCOUNTING & AUDITING international accoun</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=31"> provide a hierarchy for determining fair value. </a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=32"> possible efforts to obtain information abou</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=33"> term hedging, when the hedging instrument has a l</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=34"> Subsequent to the hedge, adjustments to the ca</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=35"> Reset Date 3-Month Libor Ju</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=36"> bonds, whereas the original method dis- aggregate</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=37"> assumes that the hedging relationship is not high</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=38"> T AXATION federal taxation </a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=39"> and (2) (section 183[c]). Thus, taxpay- ers canno</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=40"> </a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=41"> notes were issued with little likelihood of repay</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=42"> </a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=43"> (Treasury Regulations section 1.183- 2[b][4]). A </a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=44"> a profit (Krebs). Another court ruled against an </a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=45"> never been a prerequisite to deductibility” (Jack</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=46"> T AXATION international taxation Personal </a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=47"> national students to file the form—even if they d</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=48"> taxation on certain items of income (IRS Publicat</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=49"> </a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=50"> EXHIBIT 2 (Continued) Country Amounts Received f</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=51"> EXHIBIT 2 (Continued) Country Amounts Received f</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=52"> EXHIBIT 2 (Continued) Country Amounts Received f</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=53"> T AXATION tax incentives Going Green with Pr</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=54"> Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS)</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=55"> and boats for business purposes. Effective Octobe</a>
<a title="CPAJ March 1, 2010 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d005a42e?page=56"> 825). The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act </a>
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