Reference no: EM132637851

Financial Statements

The objectives of the assignment are to give you hands on experience examining the financial statements of companies that use IFRS and to introduce IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements.

Obtain the most recent Form 20-Fs for three non-US companies. At least two of the companies must use IFRS.

Question a. For each of your companies, identify what accounting standards the company uses (e.g., IFRS, local GAAP [name of country], U.S. GAAP)

Question b. For all of your companies that use either IFRS or U.S. GAAP, review the companies' balance sheets to answer the following questions:

i. Comparing the IFRS balance sheets to the balance sheet for Apple, are the IFRS balance sheet classifications the same as Apple's U.S. GAAP balance sheet classifications? If different, which presentation do you believe is better? Explain why.

ii. What does IFRS (IAS 1) require for a particular presentation format or order of items on the balance sheet? Does this requirement agree with your observations? Discuss any differences.

iii. Comparing the IFRS balance sheets to one another, are the IFRS balance sheet classifications the same for each of the companies? Explainand provide details.

Question c. For each of your three companies, compare the reporting of comprehensive income with Apple. Discuss how it is presented by each company.

Question d. Do you believe that one presentation format for any or all of the financial statements should be required of all companies throughout the world? Explain why or why not.