The WorldCom Accounting Scandal WorldCom was started in Mississippi as a long distance telephone service provider in 1983 (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). Over the next decade and a half‚ the company expanded to offer a whole range of telecommunication services through a series of mergers and acquisitions (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). At its height‚ WorldCom was the largest long distance phone company in the United States and was one of the leading companies in the telecommunication market in the world‚ providing
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Glasson Holding Ltd is a group of companies. Use the financial report to identify 3 companies in the group. The three companies are: Hallenstein Bros Limited Hallenstein Properties Limited Glassons Limited. Question 4: a) What is meant by the accounting term "consolidation"? Consolidation means combining two or more organizations fund‚ etc into one. b) Explain briefly how it will apply with the Hallenstein group of companies. This will apply with the Hallenstein group of companies because there
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NATURE AND SCOPE OF ACCOUNTING TERMINOLOGIES As an introduction to the course in accounting‚ it may be useful to define the following terms : - Accounts : These are the financial records in the organization. Every business transaction‚ or accounting entity‚ may be represented in an account by itself‚ e.g. wages‚ telephone expense‚ motor vehicle‚ Cash at bank‚ Investment - Book-keeping : This is the recording of the financial transactions of a business
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Commercial Accounting and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Dan Markwell ACC/290 12/18/12 Anita Renee’ Johnson Commercial Accounting and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Commercial accounting is an accurate account of business transactions‚ it can only be acquired if both cash and credit transactions are performed‚ recorded‚ and recognized in such a way that there can be no duplication and the transactions are recorded under commercial accounting. The system
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Purchase Method of Accounting All business combinations must be accounted for by applying the purchase method. This involves 3 key steps: a) Identifying an acquirer‚ b) Measuring the cost of the business combinations and c) Allocating the cost of the business combination to the identifiable assets and liabilities acquired. a) Identifying the Acquirer The acquirer should be identified for all business combinations‚ The acquirer is the entity which obtains controls over the other entity‚ There
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AB1102: Accounting 2 Notes Objective of Financial Statements – objective of general purpose financial reporting is to provide financial information about the reporting entity that is useful to existing and potential investors‚ lenders and other creditors in making decisions about providing resources to the entity. 2 roles of financial reporting: Contracting (backward looking) and Valuation (forward looking) Qualitative Characteristics (QC) of Useful Financial Information - Relevance o Predictive
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Unit 5 Business Accounting P5 Introduction In this assignment I will be using the profit and loss accounts and balance sheet for SIGNature ’s business to work out the Profitability‚ Liquidity and Efficiency Ratios. Profitability Gross profit Percentage sales Gross Profit Sales Turnover ×100 244200 444000 ×100=53% Net Profit Percentage Net ProfitSales turnover×100 73960444000×100=16.66% Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) Net Profit before interest and taxCapital Employed×100 73960149160×100=49
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Accounting decisions Case: Accounting at MacCloud winery Methodological note We want to distinguish between Economic “facts/data” – No need to discuss them – Taken for granted Accounting “issues” – The topic of our discussion – We will follow the order of the case questions Accounting at McCloud Winery The MacCloud winery 5 acres of land One building Accounting at McCloud Winery 1: The building Worth $32‚000 Leased for 10 years for $5‚000 per year How
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Chapter 1 Notes: Accounting & the Business Environment Accounting: The information system that measures business activities‚ processes the information into reports‚ and communicates the results to decision makers. Two Major Fields of Accounting: 1) Financial Accounting: The field of accounting that focuses on providing information for external decision makers. 2) Managerial Accounting: The field of accounting that focuses on providing information for internal decision makers. Certified
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Masters of Business Administration – MBA Semester 1 MB 0041 – Financial and Managerial Accounting – Assignment Roll No. 1305015785 Name of the Student: Pallab Kakoti Email id: ksetrajna@gmail.com Mobile : 958 256 3250 Q1. Accounting is one of the oldest‚ structured management information system. Give the meaning of accounting and book keeping? Explain the objectives of accounting? Accounting‚ as an information system is the process of identifying‚ measuring and communicating the economic
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