Reference no: EM132947222 , Length: word count:2500
BUSM054 Financial Reporting - Queen Mary University of London
"In recent years the IASB has increasingly favoured the use of ‘Fair Value' in its standards. In the light of this critically discuss the use of ‘Fair Value' for valuing assets and liabilities in financial statements."
The assignment should consist of no more than 2,500 words (excluding the bibliography/references), and must be uploaded via QMPlus, as a Word or pdf file. Please ensure your ID number (but not your name) is clearly noted.
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You may well be using the Internet as a resource for your work, but you must always reference the sites you use. Be very careful when you download materials from the Internet: you must either quote material if you use it directly, or put the substance in your own words. Copying from the work of another student, or getting another student to write something which you hand in as your own work, is also plagiarism and is subject to the same penalties as the unacknowledged use of printed sources.
References: This is a research-based assignment and as far as possible you should refer to appropriate books, professional journals and academic journals. All sources of information should be fully cited in a list of references. Some possible sources are provided on QMPlus (see READINGS FOR LSR RESIT COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT) but these are suggestions only, there is no requirement to read all (or any) of these sources. Find (and use) others instead of (or as well as) these.
Academic accounting journals that you might find useful:
• AOS - Accounting, Organizations and Society
• AAAJ - Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
• Abacus
• ABR - Accounting and Business Research
• CPA - Critical Perspectives on Accounting
• EAR - European Accounting Review
• AF - Accounting Forum Professional Journals:
• Economia
• Accounting and Business
• Financial Management
A list of all the references used should be included at the end of your work in list in alphabetical order of author surname. References should follow the Harvard system.
Other notes
• Your answer must be in essay form, making suitable use of sub-headings. Pay attention to spelling and grammar
• You must include a word count at the end
• The coursework must be typed and double-spaced in font size 12 (either Times Roman or Arial)
• Use paragraphs appropriately
• Do not rely solely on the internet for research
• Ensure that you answer the question
• Insert page numbers
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Some sample assignments (answering a different question!) are also available on QMPlus (see READINGS FOR LSR RESIT COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT) which may help to establish the standard of work that is expected.