Regulation is defined as a set of rules that is designed to control and govern conduct by authority (Deegan 2009‚ p.59). On the basis of this definition‚ Deegan (2009‚ p.59) has defined regulations relating to financial accounting as rules that are developed by independent authoritative body to govern the preparation of financial statements which are accounting standards. Since decades ago‚ there have been arguments for and against the existence of accounting regulations. With a stance of pro-regulation
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CHAPTER 2: REGULATION IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Chapter 2 regulation in Financial accounting LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of this chapter you should be able to understand: • The difference between management and financial accounting. • Why accounting regulations are important and required. • The need for and the structure of professional regulation‚ company law‚ stock exchange legislation and EU Directives. • How the different aspects of regulation work together
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Leir Center Financial Bubble Research Working Paper #7 2007-2009 Financial Meltdown William Rapp New Jersey Institute Of Technology In the Fall of 2007 the Dow Jones Industrial index reached an all time high over 14‚000. By November 2008 it had fallen under 8000. Other stock market indices worldwide including the high growth emerging economies of India and China saw similar or greater drops. Those predicting these economies had developed an Asian regional economy that would prove relatively
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REGULATIONS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Regulation of accounting information is aimed at ensuring that users of financial statements receive a minimum amount of information that will enable them take meaningful decisions regarding their interest in a reporting entity. The bodies responsible for these regulations are often statutory agencies such as the Financial Reporting Council‚ Securities and Exchange Commission and the
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2 6 Q2.3 7 Q2.4 8 Task 3 8 Q 3.1) 8 3.2) 9 3.3) 9 3.4 (a) 10 Income Statement 10 Statement of Division of Profit 11 3.4 (b) 11 Task 4 11 4. A 11 Profitability Ratios 12 Liquidity Ratios 12 Solvency Ratio 13 Asset Management Ratio 13 Assessment of Market Value 14 4. B 14 Comparison of Liquidity Ratio 14 Asset Management Ratio 15 Profitability Ratios 15 Solvency Ratio 16 Decision of Selection 16 Task 1 Q: 1.1 A single person or group of person who are concerned with the day to day operations
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1. Sources of GAAP and basic framework and concepts ........................................................... 3 2. Reporting net income ................................................................................................... 14 3. Income statement: Income from continuing operations ................................................................................ 17 Discontinued operations ...............................................................................
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ACCOUNTING 592 Financial Accounting & Reporting Seminar Spring 2010 Instructor: Office Hours (subject to adjustment): Teresa Gordon Office Hours: W 8:30–11:00 AM Albertsons Bldg. 118 and T‚W‚Th 1:15 - 3:00 PM 885-8960 or by appointment E-mail: tgordon@uidaho.edu Course web page: http://www.cbe.uidaho.edu/Acct592 ------------------------------------------------- MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY – LEARNING GOALS ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
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Financial Reporting Google is a publicly traded company which means that customer and stakeholders have access to the company’s financial information. The balance sheet and income statements are the two financial statements which gives a brief summary of a company’s overall financial condition. The balance sheet focuses and report figures of assets‚ liabilities and owner’s equity of the business. Assets are anything that a business has with a value such as furniture‚ liabilities are monies owe to
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The Regulation of Financial Reporting Contents Part 1 Financial Statement Analysis of JD Wetherspoon plc Executive summary.............................................................................4 1.1 Company profile................................................................................4 1.2 History and development...................................................................4 Introduction....................................
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Exam Number: Word Count: 1961 MSc in Finance & Management Programme 2012/2013 Financial Markets‚ Regulation and Ethics Term 2 Ethics in Finance This assessment is all my own work and conforms to the University’s regulations on plagiarism | | An identical copy of this document has been submitted to the Turnitin system | | Hoople Consultants has won a contract to provide engineering advice and support to a city in a developing country. The contract is funded by an international
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