1st‚ 2010 they signed a contract of an amphitheatre‚ which will be finished at the end of 2012. The price of 10.5 million dollars is assigned to the contract. We‚ as their auditors‚ are asked by a company partner‚ to identify and analyze several accounting issues relating to this project. Issue #1 - Issue Identification The main issue is when to record the “safety bonus” of 1 million dollars as revenue. This additional condition will be granted only if PPBJ completes the project without safety
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account is a source document.| C)|An account consists of three parts.| D)|An account has a title.| 2.|Which statement about an account is true?| A)|In its simplest form‚ an account consists of two parts.| B)|An account is an individual accounting record of increases and decreases in specific asset‚ liability‚ and stockholders’ equity items.| C)|There are separate account for specific assets and liabilities but only one account for stockholders’ equity items.| D)|The left side of an account
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Parmalat Accounting Scandal Summary After eluding financial analysts and investors for a long time‚ Parmalat went bankrupt later in December‚ 2003 and many of their board of directors have been arrested since then. Here is a brief summary of the events: In the late 1980’s‚ Parmalat’s financial situation was poor due to investment in side businesses. i.e. TV network‚ Parmatur‚ football teams (Palmeiras‚ Parma‚ etc). Cash siphoning through these companies was estimated to be
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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy The case at hand is primarily to discuss the financial reporting strategy adopted by Microsoft Inc. for the period 1996-1999 and the subsequent litigation that arose out of the accounting practice followed by Microsoft. Microsoft’s primary operations has been developing and manufacturing of the software products. As a company‚ it has shown a very stable growth in terms of revenues and profits‚ thus enabling better than industry share price increase over
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capitalize the interest costs associated with the construction of your new manufacturing facility‚ and if you are obligated to do so. After extensive research‚ and by examining the procedures for capitalizing interest laid out by the Federal Accounting Services Board (FASB)‚ ARC can capitalize the interest‚ and is most likely required to do so. Capitalization of Interest Interest on an asset must meet various criteria to be eligible for capitalization. First‚ the asset must require a period
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CHAPTER Accounting for Income Taxes OBJECTIVES After careful study of this chapter‚ you will be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Understand permanent and temporary differences. Explain the conceptual issues regarding interperiod tax allocation. Record and report deferred tax liabilities. Record and report deferred tax assets. Explain an operating loss carryback and carryforward. Account for an operating loss carryback. Account for an operating loss carryforward. Apply intraperiod tax allocation
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VEL TECH DR.RR & DR.SR TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES P1BAA03 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS Time: 3 Hrs Maximum: 100 marks PART-A (10 x 2 marks = 20 marks) Answer ANY TEN Questions. Each question carries 2 marks 1. Define Accounting. 2. Explain accounting cycle. 3. What are current assets? 4. What is net working capital? 5. What Trial Balance? 6. State any two advantages of fund flow
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The Lucent Accounting Scandal Abstract The case discusses the accounting frauds committed at the US-based telecommunications giant‚ Lucent Technologies Inc. (Lucent) during early 2000. It provides an insight into the ways by which the financial statements were manipulated at Lucent. It examines the loopholes in the financial management of the company and the price it had to pay for circumventing the provisions of law. The case examines the allegations against Lucent and its officers with reference
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309 Accounting Standard (AS) 17 (issued 2000) Segment Reporting Contents OBJECTIVE SCOPE DEFINITIONS IDENTIFYING REPORTABLE SEGMENTS Primary and Secondary Segment Reporting Formats Business and Geographical Segments Reportable Segments SEGMENT ACCOUNTING POLICIES DISCLOSURE Primary Reporting Format Secondary Segment Information Illustrative Segment Disclosures Other Disclosures APPENDICES The following Accounting Standards Interpretations (ASIs) relate to AS 17: Revised ASI 20 - Disclosure
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Acknowledgement I would like to pay my sincere thanks to‚ University of Delhi‚ South Campus for endowing me with the precious insights needed for working out this Project. He has been very instrumental in communicating the core of this project study and thus without his direction‚ the very inception of this work would not have been possible. Q1. Whether a country’s capital market is debt –oriented or equity oriented has a significant impact on the financial reporting that develops in the
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