How Do US GAAP and IFRS Differ with Regard to Reporting Prior

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Essay

How do U.S. GAAP and IFRS differ with regard to reporting prior service costs?

Understand and calculate dividend yield and price-earnings ratio and their significance to investors.

Identify the reasons for and the accounting treatment of prior period adjustments.

Compute and interpret the book value per share of a company’s common stock.

Understand the significance of dividend per share and how it relates to market price per share and earnings per share.

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