International Accounting
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259747984
Author: Doupnik, Timothy S., Finn, Mark T., Gotti, Giorgio
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 2, Problem 3EP
Using their most recent annual reports, access the financial statements of two foreign companies located in the same country to complete this assignment.
Required:
- a. Determine the GAAP the two foreign companies use to prepare financial statements.
- b. Determine whether the financial statements provided by the two foreign companies include the same components (e.g., consolidated
balance sheet , consolidated income statement, consolidatedcash flows statement, and so on). - c. List any format differences (up to five) in the companies’ income statements.
- d. List any format differences (up to five) in the companies’ balance sheets.
- e. Note any terminology differences (up to five) that exist between the two companies’ income statements and balance sheets.
- f. In very general terms, assess whether the scope and content of the information provided in the notes to the financial statements is similar between the two companies.
- g. Provide your overall impression (no detail) of how the two companies’ sets of financial statements compare.
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