Financial Statements Prepared for Use in Other Countries 2205 the United States, the auditor may report using either (a) a U.S.-style reportmodiï¬ed to report on the accounting principles of another country (see para-graphs.09and.10)or(b)ifappropriate,thereportformoftheothercountry(seeparagraphs .11 and .12).
The cost method of investment accounting. The cost method of accounting is by far the most common approach for reporting investment gains and losses. That's true for retail investors and institutional investors alike. With this method, the actual cost of the investment is used as the baseline, with the profit or loss determined by the final sales price of the stock. For example, you buy a stock at $10, sell it at $15, netting a $5 profit.
The two aspects of accounting for treasury stock are the purchase of stock by a company, and its resale of those shares. We deal with these treasury stock transactions next. The Cost Method. The simplest and most widely-used method for accounting for the repurchase of stock is the cost method. The accounting is: 1  Repurchase. 2  To record a repurchase, simply record the entire amount of the purchase in the treasury stock account. 3  Resale.