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Under most financial accounting standards (Standard Accounting Statement (SAS) 3 and IAS 16), the value of fixed assets are recorded and reported at net book value. Also, carrying assets at net book value is the most meaningful way to capture asset values for the owners of the business and potential investors.
IAS 13 Presentation of Current Assets and Current Liabilities 1979 January 1, 1981: July 1, 1998: IAS 1: IAS 14: Reporting Financial Information by Segment (1981) Segment reporting (1997) 1981 January 1, 1983: January 1, 2009: IFRS 8: IAS 15 Information Reflecting the Effects of Changing Prices 1981 January 1, 1983: January 1, 2005: N/A IAS 16
IAS 16 permits two accounting models for measurement of the asset in periods subsequent to its recognition, namely the cost model and the revaluation model. [ 7 ] Under the cost model , the carrying amount of the asset is measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and eventual impairment (similar to the inventory's Lower of cost or market ...
The International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) had been established in 1973 and had issued a number of standards known as International Accounting Standards (IAS). As the organization was reformed in 2001, it changed the name of the standard-setting body from IASC to IASB, and established a foundation to oversee it, initially known as ...
IAS 16 applies to property, plant and equipment (PPE). The standard itself defines PPE as "tangible items that are held for use in the production or supply of goods or services, for rental to others, or for administrative purposes; and are expected to be used during more than one [accounting] period."
Asset impairment was first addressed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in IAS 16, which became effective in 1983. [2] It was replaced by IAS 36, effective July 1999. [2] In United States GAAP, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) introduced the concept in 1995 with the release of SFAS 121. [3]
The MANIAC's arithmetic unit nearing completion in 1952. The MANIAC I (Mathematical Analyzer Numerical Integrator and Automatic Computer Model I) [1] [2] was an early computer built under the direction of Nicholas Metropolis at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Avi Wigderson (Hebrew: אבי ויגדרזון; born 9 September 1956 [1]) is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician.He is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the school of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America. [2]