Reporting Entity: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Reporting Entity

  • any organization, such as a limited company, which reports its accounts to its stockholders

Additional Resources

Component Unit Reporting in the New Reporting Model
The Government Accounting Standards Board GASB recently decided to reevaluate the reporting requirements of GASB 14, The Reporting Entity, which established component unit reporting. The paper propose a new definition of major discretely present component units DPCU. They believe that their proposal merits consideration and that GASB should change the...
Tags: Certified Public Accountant, Asset Management, Government, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2001-01-01
Evaluating Internal Controls - Considerations for Evaluating Internal Controls at the Entity Level
Documenting and evaluating internal control at the entity level does not by itself provide a complete perspective of internal control of an entity. However, it is an important starting point because the assessment of entity-level controls - particularly when weaknesses are identified - can have a significant effect on the...
Tags: Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Control
White papers 2003-01-07
GASB Issues Exposure Draft On Affiliated Organizations.(Governmental Accounting Standards Board)(Brief Article)
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board GASB has issued a revised Exposure Draft, The Financial Reporting Entity - Affiliated Organizations, to amend Statement No. 14, The Financial Reporting Entity. The proposal is intended to provide additio The Governmental Accounting Standards Board GASB has issued a...
Tags: financial, financial reporting, Governmental Accounting Standards Board
Research articles 2001-10-01
INVISTA Weaves Greater Insight Into Reporting With Hyperion Software; Fiber, Apparel and Interior Industry Leader to Use Hyperion Financial Management for Legal Entity and Management Level Reporting
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Hyperion (Nasdaq:HYSL), the global leader in Business Performance Management software, today announced that INVISTA, one of the world's largest integrated fiber, resin and intermediates companies, will use Hyperion Financial Management to consolidate legal entity and management reporting into a unified financial management platform.
Tags: fiber, financial management, Hyperion Solutions Corp., software
Research articles 2005-07-25
International Financial Reporting Standards: Illustrative Corporate Consolidated Financial Statements 2004
This report provides a realistic set of financial statements for a corporate entity. Certain types of transaction have not been included as they are not relevant to the Group's operations. The example disclosures for some of these additional items have been included in the Appendices. It also provides an illustrative...
Tags: Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Financial Statements, Financial Statement, Financial, International Financial Reporting Standards
White papers 2004-12-31
Building A Unified Reporting System.
In every organization, Reporting System plays a very crucial role. It is very essential to have a unified reporting system. This will help an organization to have a clear understanding of the terms. In a merger, developing a common set of metrics and a unified reporting system is a major...
Tags: M&A, Penton Media Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Management
White papers 2000-12-01
Neptune Industries, Inc. Completes Merger, 1 for 6 Stock Reduction and Is Now a Fully Reporting Company
Neptune Industries, Inc. (OTC: NPNI), said today it has completed a previously announced reverse merger with Move Films, Inc., a fully reporting company for SEC purposes. Neptune Industries is the surviving entity in the merger. According to Ernest Papadoyianis, President of Neptune Industries, "The purpose of the transaction...
Tags: merger, stock
Research articles 2005-06-14
Choosing A Structure For Your Business
Selecting the right business opportunity to match your needs and abilities is a vital decision for an aspiring entrepreneur. Just as important, from a legal and financial perspective, is the type of entity you choose for your new business venture. Also, choosing an entity at the outset is important, but...
Tags: Business Structures, Entrepreneurship, Financial Accounting, C/C++, Entity, Management, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Finance
White papers 2003-01-01
Evaluating Internal Controls
The review is acting as a help to the companies. Rather it is an guideline. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 makes reporting on internal controls mandatory for SEC registrants and their independent auditors. Section 404 of the Act directs the SEC to adopt rules requiring annual reports of public companies...
Tags: Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Control, Financial Planning, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Statements, Sarbanes-Oxley
White papers 2003-01-01
Proposed Statement on Standards for Attestaion Engagements
The article is for reporting on an entity’s internal control over financial reporting. This Statement establishes standards and provides guidance to the practitioner who is engaged in issuing or does issue an examination report on the effectiveness of an entity's internal control over financial reporting as of a point in...
Tags: Business Operations, Finance, Quality, Financial Reporting, Financial Planning, Standards, AICPA, Article, Practitioner
White papers 2003-01-01
Resident-Entity Based Simulation of Batch Chamber Tools in 300mm Semiconductor Manufacturing
This paper describes a resident-entity based pilot simulation study of a class of tools used in 300mm semiconductor manufacturing known as the wets tools or the wet benches. The paper develops a simulation model for the wets processing area that is based on the resident-entity paradigm, but makes use of...
Tags: Hardware, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Productivity, Institute For Operations Research, Tool, Manufacturing, Semiconductors
White papers 2003-10-31
Basis Technology Delivers Entity Extraction to Microsoft Live™ Search
Rosette([R]) Entity Extractor Scans News and Locates Key Information
Tags: Microsoft Corp.
Research articles 2007-06-26
Interim Financial Reporting
Financial information is more useful if it is frequent and timely. Although there is no requirement under IFRS for interim financial information to be prepared, however regulators increasingly require either semi-annual or quarterly reports. An entity whose annual financial statements are prepared in accordance with IAS follows the guidance in...
Tags: Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Information, Choice, Financial, Financial Reporting
White papers 2002-01-01
New CICA Section 1100, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
This article is about Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, which has been issued, effective for years beginning on or after October 1, 2003. The new Section establishes standards for financial reporting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles GAAP. It clarifies the relative authority of various accounting pronouncements and other sources...
Tags: Finance, Financial Accounting, GAAP, Section, Accounting
White papers 2003-08-18
International Financial Reporting Standards: Illustrative Interim Consolidated Financial Statements 2005 - For First-Time Adopters of IFRS
International Accounting Standards IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting, allows entities preparing interim financial reports under International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS the choice of presenting full IFRS financial statements or condensed financial information. The report, for condensed financial information included in IAS 34, presumes that the reporting entity has published full...
Tags: Free Trade, Financial Statements, Financial Statement, Financial, International Financial Reporting Standards, Finance, Financial Accounting
White papers 2005-06-30
Tax Implications of the Limited Liability Company
"The limited liability company has created some confusion and uncertainty for entrepreneurs considering their choice of entity for doing business. Initially, most legal and tax practitioners were concerned about how the LLC would be treated by the IRS for tax purposes. In the past, the Internal Revenue Service used a...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Income, Finance, Operational Accounting, Taxes, Entity, Financial Planning, Free Trade
White papers 1998-01-01
Insurance Requirements for Various Activities
This white paper throws light on the need of insurance. The paper requires insurance from outside contractors, consultants, student groups, vendors and others because it is generally the responsibility of the company to pay for liability claims on UCCSN's premises or involving the same if the party responsible for the...
Tags: Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
White papers 2004-03-29
ISO Announces Pending Acquistion of the Assets of Urix, a Leading Provider of Healthcare Analytics and Reporting Solutions
Urix and DxCG Assets To Be Combined, John J. Farrell To Be Named President of New Entity
Tags: asset, health care, ISO
Research articles 2006-10-06
Control, Joint Control And Significant Influence
The scope of a group's consolidated financial statements includes those entities that the parent entity controls, all joint ventures where the parent has joint control and all associates where the parent exercises significant influence. The determination of whether one entity has control of another, exercises joint control over another or...
Tags: Financial Accounting, Finance, Financial Planning, Financial Statements, Entity, Influence
White papers 2002-01-01
Enterprise Risk Management - Integrated Framework
The underlying premise of enterprise risk management is that every entity exists to provide value for its stakeholders. All entities face uncertainty, and the challenge for management is to determine how much uncertainty to accept as it strives to grow stakeholder value. Uncertainty presents both risk and opportunity, with the...
Tags: Business Security, Business Operations, Enterprise Risk Management, Uncertainty
White papers 2004-09-01
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