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Reasons for business combinations:
Cost Advantage
Lower Risk
Fewer operating delays
Avoidance of takeovers
Acquisition of intangible assets
Other reasons, such as tax advantages. The ego of company management and takeover specialists may play an important role in some business combinations.
Factors That Can Influence a Country’s Accounting Standards:
The role of taxation
The level of development of capital market
Ties between countries
Inflation levels
The process of developing GAAP is political. Financial statements should cater to the needs of the users. All accounting practices should be able to traced back to and supported by the conceptual framework. Lots of judgment is involved when preparing financial statements. Judgment is involved when adopting accounting policies, making estimates and writing the notes to the financial statements. Financial statements should present what really happened during the period: that is, they should tell it how it is.