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IAS 16 applies to property, plant and equipment (PPE). The standard itself defines PPE as "tangible items that are held for use in the production or supply of goods or services, for rental to others, or for administrative purposes; and are expected to be used during more than one [accounting] period."
A fixed asset (also known as long-lived assets or property, plant and equipment (PP&E)) is a term used in accounting for assets and property that may not easily be converted into cash. [1] Fixed assets are different from current assets, such as cash or bank accounts, because the latter are liquid assets. In most cases, only tangible assets are ...
The FASB expects that the new system will reduce the amount of time and effort required to research an accounting issue, mitigate the risk of noncompliance with standards through improved usability of the literature, provide accurate information with real-time updates as new standards are released, and assist the FASB with the research efforts ...
The accounting equation is the mathematical structure of the balance sheet. It relates assets, liabilities, and owner's equity: Assets = Liabilities + Equity (in financial accounting, the term equity, not Capital, is used) Liabilities = Assets − Equity Equity = Assets − Liabilities. Assets are reported on the balance sheet. [11]
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment (or FF&E) (sometimes Furniture, furnishings, and equipment [1] [2]) is an accounting term used in valuing, selling, or liquidating a company or a building. FF&E are movable furniture , fixtures , or other equipment that have no permanent connection to the structure of a building or utilities. [ 3 ]
In computerized accounting systems with computable quantity accounting, the accounts can have a quantity measure definition. Account numbers may consist of numerical, alphabetic, or alpha-numeric characters, although in many computerized environments, like the SIE format , only numerical identifiers are allowed.
The FASB expected the system to reduce the amount of time and effort required to research accounting issues, mitigate the risk of noncompliance with standards through improved usability of the literature, provide accurate information with real-time updates as new standards are released, and assist the FASB with the research efforts required ...
The Australian Accounting Standards Board included examples of intangible items in its definition of assets in Statement of Accounting Concepts number 4 (SAC 4), issued in 1995. [8] The statement did not provide a formal definition of an intangible asset, but did explain that tangibility was not an essential characteristic of an asset.