Creative Accounting AC4001 12/13/2013 ‘Many investors now believe that companies can manipulate their accounts more or less at will‚ with the aim of producing profits that increase steadily over time. Provisions are bumped up in good years and later released‚ or the value of an acquisition is slashed; there are plenty of tricks.’ In your opinion is it possible to eliminate creative accounting? I do not think that creative accounting practice can be eliminated completely. However‚ I do
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comprehensive analysis of financial accounting topics involved in preparing financial statements and in external reporting. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: ACCT 310 or BMGT 310. Course Goals/Objectives This course should help you develop the ability to apply GAAP to a variety of complex accounting and financial reporting situations. The specific goals of this course are to: • provide a more extensive understanding of financial accounting principles and procedures
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Activity Based Costing Introduction This term paper of advanced management accounting discusses the basic concepts of activity based costing. The major focus of this work is to examine activity based costing in small hospitality businesses in UK. For this purpose‚ information is extracted from various articles‚ journals and web to gain in depth insight of the cost accounting concept. In addition to this‚ it discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the activity based cost method. Discussion
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Origins All types of businesses‚ whether service‚ manufacturing or trading‚ require cost accounting to track their activities.[1] Cost accounting has long been used to help managers understand the costs of running a business. Modern cost accounting originated during the industrial revolution‚ when the complexities of running a large scale business led to the development of systems for recording and tracking costs to help business owners and managers make decisions. In the early industrial age‚
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THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE LARRY M. WALTHER & CHRISTOPHER J. SKOUSEN DOWNLOAD FREE TEXT BOOKS AT BOOKBOON.COM The Accounting Cycle © 2009 Larry M. Walther‚ under nonexclusive license to Christopher J. Skousen & Ventus Publishing ApS. All material in this publication is copyrighted‚ and the exclusive property of Larry M. Walther or his licensors (all rights reserved). ISBN 978-87-7681-486-1 Download free books at BookBooN.com 2 Contents The Accounting Cycle Contents Part 1:
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ACCOUNTING THEORIES 1. What is the difference between a positive theory of accounting and a normative theory of accounting? 2. What do we mean when we say that ‘theories are abstractions of reality’? Do you agree that theories of accounting are necessarily abstractions of reality? 3. Identify and explain 5 different criteria we might use to establish a theory as being suitable for use in our research. 4. Is the study of financial accounting theory a waste of time for accounting
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Accounting Ethics Accounting ethics is primarily a field of professional ethics‚ the study of moral values and judgements which are applied to the accountancy. “Accounting ethics can be defined as a set of distinct guidelines for a business to maintain clean balance sheets‚ accounting for their profits‚ losses and expenses incurred and prevent it from mishandling financial reports and statements” (Buzzle 2011). The nature of the work carried out by accountants and auditors requires a high level
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questions‚ but it is up to you (2 copies of the solution manual to the textbook are on reserve at the Rotman library). 5. The exam will not ask questions directly about the cases or assigned readings in the course package. However‚ you are expected to be able to apply the concepts you learned from those readings and cases to other settings. 6. You will need to know both IFRS and U.S. GAAP‚ as discussed in the textbook and my lecture notes. However‚ you are NOT responsible for the following
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convergence of IFRS and GAAP‚ it will cover some of the similarities and differences between the two‚ go over risk for companies as well as ways for companies to prepare. | IFRS and GAAP and what convergence means. In financial surprise accounting the objective for financial reporting are to provide useful information for potential investors and creditors‚ assessing cash flow‚ and about claims and changes to company resources. The problem with this is that‚ without standards each company
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4011 APRIL 7‚ 2009 CRAIG CHAPMAN Biovail Corporation: Revenue Recognition and FOB Sales Accounting Background Late on October 9‚ 2003‚ David Maris‚ an analyst at Banc of America Securities (BAS)‚ was trying to interpret the shocking events of the previous few days and finish the write-up of his first report on the Canadian pharmaceutical firm‚ Biovail Corporation. Maris didn’t like what he saw at the company‚ but he never liked writing “Sell” recommendations. In any event‚ he wanted to make
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