FASB ASC CITATION: Adjustments to Lower of Cost or Market 330-10-35-1 A departure from the cost basis of pricing the inventory is required when the utility of the goods is no longer as great as their cost. Where there is evidence that the utility of goods‚ in their disposal in the ordinary course of business‚ will be less than cost The inventory has a financial importance as it is purchased and recorded at its historical cost or original cost. With respect to a perpetual inventory system
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Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Will it Protect Investors? The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was created by Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This board was created to oversee the audit of public companies‚ subject to the securities laws‚ in order to protect the interests of investors (15 USC 7201‚ 2002). It was created in wake of the recent financial scandals of Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Global Crossing to name a few. This "Act" established by Congress is to create an oversight
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Transaction Cash Net Income a) Purchased $100 of supplies for cash. -100 0 b) Recorded an adjusting entry to record use $20 of the above supplies. 0 -20 c) Made sales of $1‚300‚ all on account. 0 1‚300 d) Received $800 from customers in payment of their accounts. 800 0 e) Purchased equipment for cash‚ $2‚500. -2‚500 0 f) Recorded depreciation of building for period used‚ $600. 0 -600 a)
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Reporting Council (FRC) announced that Australia would adopt the accounting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) from 2005(Baxter 2005). After the first of July 2005‚ the new standards (IFRS) start to use across national border. companies would be required to report current results under IFRS and restate recent results. They will also have to report their latest results under the old accounting standard‚ which should make comparing results on a like-for-like basis
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Sunset Boards. Sunset Boards is a small company that manufactures and sells surfboards in Malibu. Tad Marks‚ the founder of the company‚ is in charge of the design and sale of the surfboards‚ but his background is in surfing‚ not business. As a result‚ the company’s financial records are not well maintained. The initial investment in Sunset Boards was provided by Tad and his friends and family. Because the initial investment was relatively small‚ and the company has made surfboards only for
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Introduction Schipper (2003) who is a member of FASB conducted a study on the rules-based and principles-based accounting standards. The aim of this article is to discuss the attributes and potential effects of transferring from rules-based standards to principles-based standards. To some extent this article is critical‚ but several limitations need to be discussed‚ such as implementation guidance. Summary Schipper (2003) demonstrated that there was a long-running debate on whether U.S. GAAP
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performance (T/F) | | Definition True | | | Term A well-developed budget can operate and enforce itself. (T/F) | | Definition False | | | Term The budget itself and the administration of the budget are the responsibility of the accounting department. (T/F) | | Definition False | | | Term The flow of input data for budgeting should be from the highest levels of responsibility to the lowest. (T/F) | | Definition False | | | Term Effective budgeting requires clearly
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom Vanessa Gail Woods Strayer University Connor-Green/ACC 576 March 21‚ 2010 Accounting Fraud at WorldCom The break up of AT&T opened the long distance service market to small companies during the mid- to late-1980s and 1990s. Long Distance Discount Service (LDDS) opened in 1983 with moderate growth until its stock went public in 1989. CEO Bernie Ebbers decided to grow the organization through acquisitions (70 companies over the course of its lifetime)
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CHAPTER 2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK UNDERLYING FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IFRS questions are available at the end of this chapter. TRUe-FALSe—Conceptual Answer No. Description F 1. Nature of conceptual framework. T 2. Conceptual framework definition. F 3. Levels of conceptual framework. T 4 International conceptual framework. F 5. Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts. T 6. Decision usefulness.Objective of financial reporting. F 7. Financial statement users. T 8. Relevance and
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Introduction The parade of corporate accounting scandals of the last decade‚ with lion’s share occurring in 2002‚ has developed deep antipathy and distrust towards corporations and their reporting practices‚ and casted doubts on the opinions of audit firms. As majority of these accounting frauds occurred in the US (See Appendix)‚ there was a widely-held view that rules-based accounting standards have allowed failure of large corporations like Enron and World Com‚ since US GAAP is perceived to
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