US GAAP Versus IFRS

Writea paper that addresses the following scenario and questions:

Your aunt recently received the annual report for a company in which she has invested. The report notes that the statements have been prepared in accordance with "generally accepted accounting principles." She has also heard that certain terms have special meanings in accounting relative to everyday use. She would like you to explain the meaning of terms she has come across related to accounting.

• Go to theFASB websiteand access the FASB Concepts Statements and use theIASB websiteto respond to the following items. (Provide paragraph citations.)
• Explain how "materiality" is defined by both FASB and IASB.
• The concepts statements provide several examples in which specific quantitative materiality guidelines are provided to firms. Identity at least two of these examples. Do you think the materiality guidelines should be quantified? Why or why not?
• The concepts statements discuss the concept of "articulation" between financial statement elements. Briefly summarize the meaning of this term and how it relates to an entity's financial statements.