2 Information gathering and Accounting/Business techniques 2.1 Sources of Information: 9 2.1.1 Primary source: 9 2.1.2 Secondary sources: 9 2.2 Description of the methods used to collect information 10 2.2.1 Interviews 10 2.2.2 Annual reports and ACCA manuals 11 2.2.3 Online access 11 2.3 The limitations of information gathering 11 2.3.1 Primary source 11 2.3.2 Secondary sources 12 12.4 Ethical issues that arose during information gathering: 13 2.5 The accounting / business
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our economy well but significant parts are outmoded or have become redundant‚ and they are enshrined in law that is often unnecessarily complicated and inaccessible. Therefore‚ in July 2001 the Company Law Review Steering Group published a Final Report called "Modern Company Law for a Competitive Economy" which aim was to provide a legal framework for all companies which reflect the needs of the modern economy and to ensure that framework can be kept up-to-date in the future. A White Paper‚ "Modernising
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Financial Statements For Tesco Plc Analysis of Tesco Plc Annual Financial Statements in Comparison with J Sainsbury Plc By: Douglas Lonnroth‚ Vincent-Louis End‚ Niccoló Trivelli & Andrea Arnaud Module: 2013.4.ACC4A1.R_T1 – Financial Reporting Seminar Teacher: Peter Thomas Regents University of London 29th of November 2013 Word Count: 1415 Table of Content Page 1. Introduction 3 2. Profitability & Efficiency Year on Year 3-4 2.1 Liquidity 4 2.2 ACID Test Ratio 4 2.3 Gearing
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ACCT2202 Advanced Corporate Accounting Week 1: Unit introduction ACCT2202 Advanced Corporate Accounting: Unit staff • Lecturer-in-charge and tutor • Dr Rick Newby • Tutors • Mr Val Chin (Val.Chin@uwa.edu.au) • Mr Kevin Burns (Kevin.Burns@uwa.edu.au) Unit overview: Learning outcomes • Completion of this unit should help you to: • interpret and apply specific requirements of a range of Australian Accounting Standards (AASBs) • critically evaluate accounting requirements
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Phoenix Health Care Financial Accounting HCS/405 December 06‚ 2010 Health Care Case Study: Financial Statements This paper is a health care case study of financial statements for Patton-Fuller Community Hospital. This summary is a review of the annual report and financial statements and the differences between the audited and the unaudited statements. The financial ratios are examined to determine if there has been improvement from 2008 to 2009 and to explain the cause. This paper will also summarize
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Introduction Within this report we have aimed to compare and contrast the remuneration plans and sustainability reporting between three companies‚ CRH‚ Kingspan and Marshalls. In doing this we aim to devise an appropriate remuneration plan and suggest sustainability reporting practices for Carminho Building Products considering Watts and Zimmermans Positive Accounting Theory and in line with the cultural and financial reporting context of UK. 2.0 Remuneration Comparison We aim to compare and
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This pack contains ACC 497 Week 2 Individual Assignment Financial Statements Paper Part I Resources: Appendix A: The Home Depot‚ Inc. Annual Report in Fundamentals of Financial Accounting Write a 1‚050- to 1‚750-word paper in which you answer the following questions: What does the Consolidated Statements of Earnings the income statement tell you about the company? Why is this statement important? What business decisions could be made using the income statement? What does the balance
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BBA Semester IV BB0017 Question 1- Which stakeholders require financial reports and why? Answer 1- Accounting reports are designed to meet the common information needs of most decision makers. These decisions include when to buy‚ hold or sell the company shares. It assess the ability of the company to pay its employees‚ determine profits to be distributed. 1. Investors: Broadly classifieds as retail investors‚ high net worth individuals‚ Institutional investors. As a chief provider
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McDonalds’ Malaysia is very concerned about what they can provide to their stockholders‚ the public‚ customers and even the suppliers. Since McDonalds’ Malaysia first came to Malaysia on 29 April 1982‚ they are well-known for their high commitment in their corporate social responsibility. McDonalds’ cares about human rights and their customers. They do not employ forced labourers or child labourers. Besides that‚ McDonalds’ has anti discrimination policy‚ especially the discrimination against
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company The Annual Report The company website Industry sources SEC records 3 Information Sources NGOs Libraries - Local libraries - University libraries - Copyright and specialist libraries The Web - Search engines - Useful web techniques The Media - Media sources on the web - CD-Roms and indexes Industry sources - Company sources - Trade associations and professional institutes - Trade journals - Market research - Business directories - Business websites - Analysts’ reports Government sources
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