what are the objectives of new revenue standard IFRS 15 and the corresponding issuance of FASB amending accounting standards codification by adding topic 606 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) initiated a joint project to clarify the principles for recognizing revenue and to develop a common revenue standard for U.S. GAAP and IFRS that would: 1. Remove inconsistencies and weaknesses in revenue requirements. 2. Provide a more robust framework for addressing revenue issues. 3. Improve comparability of revenue recognition practices across entities, industries, jurisdictions, and capital markets. 4. Provide more useful information to users of financial statements through improved disclosure requirements. 5. Simplify the preparation of financial statements by reducing the number of requirements to which an entity must refer.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 21:15:38 +0000