Unit VII Case Study – International Business
1. What key financial ratios will be affected by the adoption of FAS 141R and FAS 160? What will be the likely effect?
2. Could any of the recent and forthcoming changes affect the company’s acquisition strategies and potentially its growth?
3. What were FASB’s primary reasons for issuing FAS 141R and FAS 160?
4. What are qualifying SPEs? Do they exist under IFRS? What is the effect of FAS 166 eliminating the concept of qualifying SPEs on the convergence of accounting
standards?
5. If the company adopts IFRS, what changes should management be aware of?
6. What are the principle differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP?
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The key financial ratios to be affected by the adoption of FAS 141R and FAS will be seen in the issue of cost of the business combination. In the past, the direct costs were capitalized as part of acquisition cost, but with the new rules, the direct costs are expensed during the year of acquisition. Acquisition in stages part will also be affected having kept in mind that in the past the measurement was based on values at the time of individual equity acquisition but in the latter, it was remeasured when the acquiring….
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