
Financial & Managerial Accounting 17th Edition by Jan Williams ,Susan Haka,Mark Bettner,Joseph Carcello
Edition 17ISBN: 978-0078025778
Financial & Managerial Accounting 17th Edition by Jan Williams ,Susan Haka,Mark Bettner,Joseph Carcello
Edition 17ISBN: 978-0078025778 Exercise 47
Financial Statement Harmonization
Refer to Exhibit 15-6 in this chapter. Assume a United Kingdom company, Brits International, lists on both the London Exchange using U.K. GAAP and the New York Stock Exchange. Brits International must prepare a reconciliation from U.K. GAAP to U.S. GAAP. This reconciliation shows the following difference associated with revaluations of fixed assets:
Required:
a. Explain why the adjustment to U.S. GAAP resulted in additions to net income.
b. Explain why there are additions to shareholders' equity and why those additions are greater than the additions to net income.
c. Explain why there is a deduction to shareholders' equity.
EXHIBIT 15-6 Global Variation in Accounting Practices

Refer to Exhibit 15-6 in this chapter. Assume a United Kingdom company, Brits International, lists on both the London Exchange using U.K. GAAP and the New York Stock Exchange. Brits International must prepare a reconciliation from U.K. GAAP to U.S. GAAP. This reconciliation shows the following difference associated with revaluations of fixed assets:
Required:
a. Explain why the adjustment to U.S. GAAP resulted in additions to net income.
b. Explain why there are additions to shareholders' equity and why those additions are greater than the additions to net income.
c. Explain why there is a deduction to shareholders' equity.
EXHIBIT 15-6 Global Variation in Accounting Practices

Explanation
a.
Adjustment of the additional deprecia...
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