Advancement of Accountancy Profession in Nigeria: A Collaborative Effort of Practicing Accountants and the Academia By Abubakar Salisu B. Sc‚ M.Sc‚ MBA‚ ACA‚ AMNIM Lecturer‚ Department of Accounting‚ Ahmadu Bello University‚ Zaria. ABSTRACT The Nigerian environment of accountancy profession has found it difficult to bring together accountants in the academics and in practice for the advancement of the profession. Whereas the accountants in practice are viewed as the real professional
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ASSIGNMENT BANK MANAGEMENT FIN 32043 LECTURE INCHARGE: MR AM SHEHAM APS DILRUKSHI SEU/IS/08/MG/019 3rd YEAR-2nd SEMESTER
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Problem 1 The Commonwealth Company uses a job-order cost system and applies manufacturing overhead cost to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate basedon the cost of materials used in production. At the beginning of the year‚ the following estimates were made as a basis for computing the predetermined overhead rate: manufacturing overhead cost‚$186‚000; direct materials cost‚$155‚000. The following transactions took place during the year (all purchases and services were acquired on account): a
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HomeWork Week 4 3.2 If a problem is discovered during the budgeting process the manager will be able to create a different plan‚ which will allow them to avoid the problem. 3.12 Predicting anticipated cash shortages is vital for a business. Budgeting allows us to gain an understanding of when these cash shortages might arise and how to best manage them. For example predicting a cash shortage ahead of time will allow applications for loans to be made and hopefully approved depending on current
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Chapter 2 Discussion Questions 1. What is the meaning of cost behavior and how does the variable cost behave differently than fixed cost (per unit & total)? Cost behavior is the change of cost relative to change in some extent of activity. The total fixed cost remains constant regardless of change in the volume of activity. However‚ the fixed cost per unit is inversely related to the change in the volume of activity. As the change in the volume of activity increases‚ the fixed cost per unit
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Individual Assignment 30% (40 marks) Question Spears Limited is engaged in manufacturing of special component (KWQ 12) be used in for calculators. As a step towards reducing uncertainty over the finance needs of the new business‚ the finance manager has asked you to prepare a cash budget for Spears Ltd for the nine (9) months period from 1 January 2014 till 30 September 2014. You have collected some raw data from the concerned department heads and tabulated them as follows: a)
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THE HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING By: The Brenna Hillard ANCIENT ACCOUNTING Ancient Egyptian bookkeepers kept meticulous records of the inventory of goods kept in royal storehouses. The accuracy of these records was assured by the swift and severe penalty that came if mistakes were ever discovered. ANCIENT ACCOUNTING (CONTINUED) In Mesopotamia scribes kept records of commerce on clay tablets. In ancient Greece‚ the account books of bankers show that they changed and loaned money and helped people
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The purpose of this report is discussing the case of Wilkerson Company that confronting tough competition in price cutting in pumps which caused to a big drop of pre-tax operating income from 10% to 3%. After observing the existing costing allocation‚ we found out there is an issue on the existing costing report that the manager could not be able to see the real situation. In light of this‚ there will be brought to the discussion on the feasibility of using an alternative costing method – Activity
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International Journal of Trade‚ Economics and Finance‚ Vol. 2‚ No. 6‚ December 2011 Use or Abuse of Creative Accounting Techniques Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah‚ Safdar Butt‚ and Yasir Bin Tariq India who are always short of this product. It takes three years for a cement plant to start production. By the time the new plants came into production in late nineties‚ the country’s economic scenario had changed. The government had no money for development‚ the economy was generally in recession‚ and
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The Principles of Islamic Accounting Definition and discussion of some accounting principles and how they are fit into Islamic framework to furnish an accounting system and procedures for Islamic Financial institutions will be considered here. The plan to study accounting principles From an Islamic perspective is to review these principles from the viewpoint of the Major Islamic principles which govern financial dealings and contracts‚ as mentioned In the Qur ’an. These are: 1- Realization
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