Week 2: Topic 1: Financial Accounting Theory & the Reporting Environment GHTHH Chapter 2 5. Researchers who develop positive theories and researchers who develop normative theories often do not share the same views about the roles of their respective approaches to theory construction. (a) How do positive and normative theories differ? (b) Can positive theories assist normative theories‚ or vice versa? If yes‚ give an example. If not‚ why not? Normative accounting research makes policy recommendations
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APPLIED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TUTORIAL SOLUTIONS Question 1 (a) Define expropriation The taking of foreign property‚ with or without compensation‚ by a government. (b ) When expropriation does occur – how can a company respond? Broadly the company can offer to allow more local involvement in the project‚ offer to support the local government (legal issues?)‚ work in political opposition to the local government‚ try to use local (due to sovereign immunity) legal solutions‚ lobby the firm’s
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The primary role of management accounting is to information in a timely manner to the company’s provide relevant management to help them plan and control the activities of the organization and with which optimal and sound decisions can be made. All the topic areas examined relate to this primary role. Although this role and its related topics covered are clearly understood by most‚ if not all candidates or even managers in the organizations‚ different types of relevant information are needed for
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Financial Management Thursday 9 June 2011 Time allowed Reading and planning: Writing: 15 minutes 3 hours ALL FOUR questions are compulsory and MUST be attempted. Formulae Sheet‚ Present Value and Annuity Tables are on pages 7‚ 8 and 9. Do NOT open this paper until instructed by the supervisor. During reading and planning time only the question paper may be annotated. You must NOT write in your answer booklet until instructed by the supervisor. This question paper must not be removed
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CHAPTER 4 CHANGES FACING MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS IN POSTMODERN TIMES 4.1 INTRODUCTION In seeking answers to typical questions associated with morphogenic change (see paragraph 3.2)‚ it becomes apparent that business‚ and consequently management accountants‚ have been faced by a confluence of forces of change during the past decade. Chapter 3 defined change‚ and more particularly the concept of morphogenic change. The three major drivers of change were discussed in paragraph 3.3‚ namely computer
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Advantages of management accounting information The provision of management accounting information are for the intention of planning‚ control and decision making which may contribute to the success of an organization. Management accounting is the process of gathering information about economic activity that will be advantageous for the organization. For the planning of an organization‚ the manager can use the historical‚ present and future information obtained from management accounting which based
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Inventory Cost of Goods Sold $40‚000 $16‚000 $20‚000 $50‚000 Inventory Turnover 12) handling of incoming checks oversight of the internal control systems 2.78 Control activities Monitoring 13) An Audit Opinion is an evaluation of the company’s financial statements performed by an independent accountant or auditor. 14) Credit Sales Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Estimated Uncollectibles $235‚000 $7‚250 7% Estimated Uncollectible Accounts $16‚450 15) Bestway‚ Inc. Credit Sales Allowance for
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TUTORIAL WEEK 13 – MANAGEMENT OF ACCOUNT RECEIVABLES & INVENTORY MANAGEMENT PART A: MULTIPLE CHOICES QUESTION 1. The conditions under which a firm sells its goods and services for cash or credit are called the: a) terms of sale. b) credit analysis. c) collection policy. d) payables policy. 2. The basic factors to be evaluated in the credit evaluation process‚ the five Cs of credit‚ are: a) conditions‚ character‚ capital‚ control‚ and capacity b) capital‚ collateral
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Financial Statements Study Objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Describe the primary forms of business organization. Identify the users and uses of accounting information. Explain the three principal types of business activity. Describe the content and purpose of each of the financial statements. Explain the meaning of assets‚ liabilities‚ and stockholders’ equity‚ and state the basic accounting equation. Describe the components that supplement the financial statements in an annual
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is the manager’s responsibility to invest temporary funds into money market instruments and to provide for temporarily excess funds into money market instruments and to provide for temporary cash needs through borrowing. Income based on accrual accounting methods will not capture daily cash surpluses and deficits. 7-4. Float represents the difference between a corporation’s recorded cash balances and the amount credited to the corporation by the bank. It is the latter item that is of particular
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