investigate the major I have chosen‚ Accounting. Because my goal is to become a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)‚ I would like to know more of what it entails. Dealing with numbers‚ and recording and projecting the earnings of a company‚ accountants are placed with the responsibility of keeping track of the moneys of a business. God has blessed me with skills in the areas of mathematics and organization‚ which caused me to look for an occupation that utilizes both. Accounting seemed a logical choice since
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Jeremy Barker Accounting 201-001 Prof Abavana 9/17/12 CA1-18 a) The ethical issue is the corporate reporting department is not recording the late entries and reporting incorrect numbers on purpose. b) Troy Normand is acting immorally because as a manager he is not making sure that the numbers are being recorded correctly. c) I would have done what a manager supposed to do and make sure the numbers and late entries are being recorded correctly. d) The major stakeholders are the
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Bank Accounting Bank accounting consists in making written‚ permanent records of every transaction. Every penny must be accounted for. The statement of the bank‚ which we have just discussed‚ shows the general‚ or control‚ accounts of the bank‚ and the various books of the bank show the detail of these items. It would not be impossible‚ but it would be entirely impractical‚ to enter every figure directly on the statement of condition. We might imagine an enormous sheet on which the capital is entered
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The 10 biggest frauds in recent U.S. History Enron: The energy company’s bankruptcy in 2001 after allegations of massive accounting fraud wiped out $78 billion in stock market value and led to the collapse of Arthur Andersen and the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. A class action settlement of $7.185 billion was the largest of all time. Former President Jeff Skilling is serving a 24 year sentence. Bernard Madoff: New York money manager Bernard Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme‚ the
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not-for-profit organizations can operate at an accounting profit but still be considered a not-for-profit organization? Over the year’‚ not-for-profit organizations have had many changes in rules and regulations set forth for not-for-profit organizations to abide by. There are three major financial statements involved with not-for-profit organizations and one voluntary financial statement‚ plus four key governmental and federal agencies involved with not-for-profit accounting. There are some key differences between
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Chapter 21 Audit of the Inventory and Warehousing Cycle Review Questions 21-1 Inventory is often the most difficult and time consuming part of many audit engagements because: 1. Inventory is generally a major item on the balance sheet and often the largest item making up the accounts included in working capital. 2. The need for organizations to have the inventory in diverse locations makes the physical control and counting of the inventory difficult. 3. Inventory takes many different
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bankruptcy in the future. The accounting period of the business would be continuing as usual until the business is officially shut down due to bankruptcy. The time interval concept means the business life of all the company has to separate similarly into the same accounting period. CITATION woo12 \l 17417 (Wood & Sangster‚ 2012) For example‚ the accountants of the companies need to
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4011 APRIL 7‚ 2009 CRAIG CHAPMAN Biovail Corporation: Revenue Recognition and FOB Sales Accounting Background Late on October 9‚ 2003‚ David Maris‚ an analyst at Banc of America Securities (BAS)‚ was trying to interpret the shocking events of the previous few days and finish the write-up of his first report on the Canadian pharmaceutical firm‚ Biovail Corporation. Maris didn’t like what he saw at the company‚ but he never liked writing “Sell” recommendations. In any event‚ he wanted to make
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"Why I chose to major in accounting and what career path I plan to follow." There are two things in my life that I feel passion for‚ art and numbers. When I started at Miami Dade College‚ I always thought that I would study Architecture because even though I loved numbers‚ I was more inclined to the arts. I wanted to create models and design buildings because it seemed very interesting and it was a way to develop my creative side. So I began to study architecture and I must admit it is a beautiful
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QUESTION BTN 1-3 Identify the parties potentially affected by this audit and the fee plan proposed Accounting code of ethics guides those in the profession to behave in a respectful‚ controlled and moral way. Clients need to have confidence in the business practices of professional accounting firms. A clear ethical code ensures that accountants practice a high standard of business that is exceptional in integrity and professionalism (Maughan‚ 2011). According to Schreiber (2003)
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