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Pittsburgh
as
part
in
Australian
the
European,
and
Turkish
Context
1. Introduction
expected to be inclined to select the accounting policy
In today's worldwide accounting, the objective of
objective,
Standards
International
since
prepare
Reporting
International
Committee(IASC)
their
International
and
Accounting
subsequently
inception(Tarca
Accounting
2005,
and
67)
Financial
to
38.
entities.
2.
3.
Germa
Fran
Brita
Ital
Austra
Turk
ny
ce
in
lia
ey
25
25
29
25
25
52%
48%
97%
48%
52%
3%
13
12
28
Early
Adoption of
IAS 1(2007)
N = All
Entities
Early
Adopting
Entities
Non-Early
Adopting
Entities
24
%
76
%
33
60%
40%
15
94%
2 - Title of
Balance
Sheet
N = Early
Adopting
Entities
shown in Table 1.
Balance
100%
Sheet
100
%
100%
100
%
Statement of
Financial
6%
25
25
29
25
25
33
100%
Position
Country
Sectors /
Countries
Manufact
uring
Service
Retailing
Total
Germ
any
13
Fran
ce
14
Brit
ain
17
Ita
ly
15
Austr
alia
16
Turk
ey
23
8
4
25
8
3
25
8
4
29
8
2
25
5
4
25
7
3
33
Presentation
of
Balance
Sheet
N = All
Entities
Assets =
Liabilities +
Equity
100%
100
%
24%
100
%
Assets -
Flows from
Liabilities =
Operating
Net
76%
100%
Activities
Assets(Equit
N = All
y)
Entities
4 - Order of
Assets
Direct
and
Method
Liabilities
Indirect
N = All
25
Entities
29
25
25
16%
Decreasing
Liquidity
76%
8%
100%
%100
84%
100
%
24%
92
%
Plant
25
41%
100%
100%
100
%
59%
Entities
Cost Model
Cost +
Revaluation
Adopting
13
12
28
15
Undetermine
Entities
One -
10
Statement
Approach
25
29
100%
84%
100%
25
68
25
33
92%
88%
100%
Approach
100
%
100%
100
%
16%
25
25
29
100%
92%
97%
8%
3%
25
25
29
72%
44%
52%
24%
36%
48%
4%
20%
17
13
19
4%
8%
12%
28
%
Depreciation
Methods
Two Statement
25
N = Early
in
PPE
100%
N = All
Entities
Straight-line
Traditional
Income
25
80
%
25
33
88%
97%
8%
3%
Straight-line
Statement
N = All
Entities
By Function
By Nature
+ Units of
25
25
29
25
25
33
Undetermine
48%
52%
52%
48%
83%
17%
20
%
80
%
48%
100%
d
11
52%
Costs
Entities
Assumptions
Entities
WA, only
FIFO, only
WA + FIFO
Undetermine
d
Benchmark
25
29
25
25
33
Treatment
Alternative
52%
12%
32%
40%
20%
8%
32%
21%
32%
7%
32%
68
%
16
%
12
%
4%
N = All
25
20
Borrowing
Cost
N = All
Production
Flow
PPE)
ive Income
100
and
N = All
Comprehens
25
100%
Method
Statement of
29
Equipment(
Increasing
25
9 - Property,
Liquidity
25
33
33
25
25%
88%
Treatment
Undetermine
46%
3%
12
4%
6%
33
28%
58%
72%
39%
3%
16
13
12
%
40
%
Joint
Ventures
N = Entities
Cash
60
25
Investment
in
13%
25
with Joint
Ventures
Proportionate
Consolidatio
42%
85%
32%
58%
15%
58%
n
Equity
Method
Undetermine
d
13
10%
44
%
56
%
-
8%
83%
92%
17%
Intangible
Assets
N = All
25
Entities
Cost Model
Undetermine
d
14
25
29
100%
40%
97%
60%
3%
25
44
%
56
%
25
33
80%
97%
20%
3%
Investment
Property
N = Entities
with
Investment
100%
86%
100%
15
67%
Properties
Cost Model
Fair Value
Model
14%
100
%
-
33%
Financial Position.
2. Presentation of Balance Sheet: IAS 1 does
4.
order.
basis as follows.
IFRS.
Britain:
British
accounting system
has
been
practice.
in Britain.
32). Since our results show that all early adopting British
5. Presentation
of
Traditional
costing method.
however,
WA
method
is
common
under
local
following hypothesis:
preferred
method
under
local
accounting
A342).
The
following
1996: 65). For this reason, our results show that British
observations
indicate
that
Australian
entities
are
adopted; however,
it
was
regulated
by the
first
practice.
Valuation
after
initial
recognition:
cost model
is
allowed
under
exceptional
IFRS.
8.
specific circumstances
of production method.
Procedure
Law
allows
both
straight-line
Benchmark
treatment
and
alternative
A665).
That's
why,
we
questioned the
following
hypothesis.
This hypothesis was accepted by taking the
Both
hypotheses
were
accepted
within the
proportionate
consolidation
has
not
been
are
acceptable
under
local
accounting
proportionate consolidation.
for
Investments
in
Joint-Ventures
Australia:
Under
Australian
local
accounting
in
to proportionate consolidation.
Valuation
after
initial
recognition:
following:
results show that French and Italian entities prefer the cost
model.
IFRS practice.
Britain
&
Australia:
Both
countries
allow
at cost.
as
investment
properties
under
local
5.
CONCLUSION
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