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What is meant by each of the IAS - SAP - GRAP - NON.GAAP - FASB - IFRS - GAAP - GAAS ?

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Date Posted: 2014/09/26
Khaled Abdelrehim ACCA DipIFR CMA
by Khaled Abdelrehim ACCA DipIFR CMA , Financial Analysis Assistant General Manager , Khalda Petroleum Company

IAS international accounting standard which comprises the IFRS

SAP is an ERP system

GRAP Generally Recognized Accounting Principles

NON.GAAP  a practice not supported by the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

FASB Financial Accounting Standard Board

IFRS international Financial Reporting Standard

GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

GAAS Generally Accepted Auditing Standards

Abdallah Abu Zeyad CMA
by Abdallah Abu Zeyad CMA , Finance Account Manager , Toyota - Abdul Latif Jameel Motors - KSA

I am with Mr. Khaled Abdelrehim answer.

Asim Azaldeen Abdalrahman Mhammed
by Asim Azaldeen Abdalrahman Mhammed , Property Manager , TAAM PROPERTY

Thanx teachers really all answer are fully corect

Mohamed Esam Mohamed Kamel
by Mohamed Esam Mohamed Kamel , Financial Analyst , Egyptian Water & Wastewater Regulatory Agency (EWRA)

This is complex question & should've been divided into4 or5 questions. But the answers are more than enough.

Ahmed Abd Alwahab Awad Ibrahim
by Ahmed Abd Alwahab Awad Ibrahim , Chief Accounting , ICCDP

IAS = International Accounting Standards

An older set of standards stating how particular types of transactions and other events should be reflected in financial statements. In the past, international accounting standards (IAS) were issued by the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC).

SAP = System Application Product

It is an ERP system for “Enterprise Resources Planning” that provides users with a soft real-time business application. It contains a user interface and is considered extremely flexible. In an SAP audit the two main areas of concern are security and data integrity.

 

IFRS = International Financial Reporting Standards

(IFRS) are a set of accounting standards developed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) that is becoming the global standard for the preparation of public company financial statements.

GAAP = Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

The common set of accounting principles, standards and procedures that companies use to compile their financial statements. GAAP are a combination of authoritative standards (set by policy boards) and simply the commonly accepted ways of recording and reporting accounting information. 

 

FASB = Financial Accounting Standards Board 

A seven-member independent board consisting of accounting professionals who establish and communicate standards of financial accounting and reporting in the United States. FASB standards, known as generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), govern the preparation of corporate financial reports and are recognized as authoritative by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 GAAS = Generally Accepted Auditing Standards

A set of systematic guidelines used by auditors when conducting audits on companies' finances, ensuring the accuracy, consistency and verifiability of auditors' actions and reports.GRAP = Generally Recognized Accounting PracticesThe term Generally Recognized Accounting Practices, sometimes referred to as GRAP, is a set of concepts that function as guidelines for the accounting processes. This is the public counterpart of the GAAP, or Generally Accepted Accounting Practices, which is a set of rules used by private entities.

 

Non-GAAP

Computationsusedtoreportcorporateincomeandearningsthatarenotdefinedbygenerallyacceptedaccountingprinciples(GAAP)aredescribedasnon-GAAPmetrics.

 

IASIAS or International Accounting Standards were the group of standards that decide structure of financial statements in terms of transactions and other financial events. These IAS standards were established by IASC (International Accounting Standard Committee), but after2001 these standards were altered by IASB (International Accounting Standard Board).SAPSAP or Statutory Accounting Principles are applied only on insurance companies and decide their basis for making financial statements. These principles are governed by NAIC (National Association of Insurance Commissioner).GRAPGRAP or Gender Reform Action Plan is the set of policies and procedures that are being developed to empower women and gender perspectives in public sector by means of administrative and institutional restructuring. This program was governed by Asian Development bank on special request of Government of Pakistan.Non-GAAPNon-GAAP are those financial measures or financial statements that are prepared on permamant basis rather than accepted generally.FASBFASB or Financial Accounting Standard Board is the non-profitable private organization that established the accounting standard in United States, just for public companies. FASB was designated by SEC or Securities and Exchange Commission in1973.IFRSIFRS or International Financial Reporting Standard comprises such the accounting principles, framework and interpretations that were developed by IASB (International Accounting Standard Board).GAAPGAAP or Generally Accepted Accounting Principles is the name of such framework that comprises standards and rules for financial accounting. These accounting principles are used in making of financial statements by recording and summarizing the accounting standards.GAASGAAS or Generally Accepted Auditing Standards means such group of standards that decide the procedure and quality of audits. In US GAAS, there are ten auditing standards and in different countries these numbers vary to some extent.

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