TY - BOOK AU - Walton,Peter TI - An executive's guide for moving from U.S. GAAP to IFRSPeter Walton T2 - Financial accounting collection SN - 9781606490242 AV - HF5626 .E943 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - [New York, N.Y. (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) PB - Business Expert Press KW - International Accounting Standards Board KW - Accounting KW - Standards KW - United States KW - Convergence KW - Adoption of IFRS KW - Global standard KW - International Financial Reporting Standards KW - U.S. GAAP KW - SEC requirements N1 - 1 (pages 121-122) and index; Chapter 1: The worldwide move to IFRS --; Chapter 2: Moving from U.S. GAAP to IFRS --; Chapter 3: Canadian GAAP and IFRS --; Chapter 4: Major technical differences --; Chapter 5: IASB's standard-setting process --; Chapter 6: The origins of the IASB --; Notes --; References --; Index; 2; b; Also available in printing N2 - The book reviews different issues relating to the possibility that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may eventually mandate the use of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for use by listed companies and delegate to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) the task of providing accounting standards for the United States. The first chapter reviews the international movement to converge on a single global basis of accounting for listed companies. It also discusses the experience of European companies, where 25 countries adopted IFRS in 2005. The second chapter analyzes the position in the United States. It looks at the advantages and disadvantages for corporations and explains the convergence program being followed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the IASB. It also looks at the SEC's activities in this area and then sets out the challenges to be addressed by U.S. corporations if IFRS are adopted. Canada has made the decision to switch in 2011, and the Canadian experience is discussed as offering a blueprint for the United States. This is followed by an extensive analysis of the technical differences between IFRS and U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The last two chapters explain the organizational structure of the IASB and its standard-setting process, and then the evolution of the international standard-setter from its beginning in 1973 UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ciu.edu?url=https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/BEPB0000015.html ER -