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Clarification of the scope of the audit and accounting guide investment companies and accounting by parent companies and equity method investor for investments in investment companies: 2007 June 11 09-1: Performing agreed-upon procedures engagements that address the completeness, accuracy, or consistency of XBRL-tagged data full-text: 2009 ...
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), which promulgates accounting standards in the United States, also revised its consolidation rules in response to the 2007–2008 financial crisis, although its revised guidance is not identical to IFRS 10, 11 and 12. [1] However, IFRS 11 is very close to the FASB guidance for joint ventures. [1]
Regulation S-X and the Financial Reporting Releases (Staff Accounting Bulletins) set forth the form and content of and requirements for financial statements required to be filed as a part of (a) registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933 and (b) registration statements under section 12, [2] annual or other reports under sections 13 [3] and 15(d) [4] and proxy and information ...
Audits of investment companies, with conforming changes as of May 1, 2003 full-text: 34-16: 2004: Investment companies, with conforming changes as of May 1, 2004 full-text: 34-17: 2006: Investment companies, with conforming changes as of May 1, 2006 full-text: 34-18: 2007: Investment companies, with conforming changes as of May 1, 2007 full ...
An investment policy is required under virtually all investor circumstances, with the exception of individual investors. According to the US Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), for every qualified company retirement plan (e.g., 401[k], profit sharing, pension, 403[b]) there are certain fiduciary responsibilities for managing the plan assets with the care, skill ...
Equity method in accounting is the process of treating investments in associate companies.Equity accounting is usually applied where an investor entity holds 20–50% of the voting stock of the associate company, and therefore has significant influence on the latter's management.
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has issued guidance to accountants and auditors since 1917, when, at the behest of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and auspices of the Federal Reserve Board, it issued a series of pamphlets to the accounting community in regard to preparing financial statements and auditing (then referred to as "verification" and later "examination"). [4]
Investment companies invest money on behalf of their clients who, in return, share in the profits and losses. Investment companies are designed for long-term investment, not short-term trading. Investment companies do not include brokerage companies, insurance companies, or banks. In United States securities law, there are at least five types ...