Information Needs and Setting Accounting Standards The Financial Accounting Standards Board requires companies to supplement their consolidated
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Information Needs and Setting Accounting Standards The Financial Accounting Standards Board requires companies to supplement their consolidated financial statements with disclosures about segments of their businesses. To comply with this standard, Marriott International’s 2006 annual report provides various disclosures for the six segments in which it operates: North American Full-Service Lodging, North American Limited-
Service Lodging, International Lodging, Luxury Lodging, Timeshare, and Synthetic Fuel.
Required Which users of accounting information do you think the Financial Accounting Standards Board had in mind when it set this standard? What types of disclosures do you think these users would find helpful?
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Financial Accounting The Impact On Decision Makers
ISBN: 9780324655230
6th Edition
Authors: Gary A. Porter, Curtis L. Norton