4/18/2015 Cloud Computing: What Accountants Need to Know Journal of Accountancy Cloud Computing: What Accountants Need to Know BY ALEXANDRA DEFELICE October 1‚ 2010 There’s no arguing that “cloud computing” is gaining a great deal of momentum. Worldwide‚ cloud services revenue is forecast to reach $68.3 billion in 2010‚ a 16.6% increase from 2009 revenue of $58.6 billion‚ according to analyst firm Gartner Inc. So what does this mean to the accounting profession? What are the benefits and risks
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The Role of Forensic Accountants in the Development of Judicial Process By: Nnoruem Timothy O. M.Sc Accountancy PROBLEM STATEMENT In recent times‚ the world has witnessed the failure of large corporate organizations which has been attributed to large scale fraud by Directors in connivance with auditors. There is the case of Enro in the U.S‚ Parmalat in Italy and many cases in the U.K such as Polly Peek‚ Maxwell communications and BCCI. This development brought about in
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Ethical Standards for Management Accountants Ethics in any industry is important‚ but for Accounting professionals and those in need of their services‚ it is a particularly stressed element. Information provided by accountants is used to make major decisions‚ including investing‚ downsizing‚ expanding‚ etc‚ so accountants are expected to be competent‚ reliable‚ and have a high degree of professional integrity. Because of these high expectations‚ the professional accountancy industry‚ like many
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Accounting‚ Organizations and Society journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/aos The strategic competence of accountants and middle managers in budget making Bertrand Fauré a‚⇑‚ Linda Rouleau b‚1 a b University Toulouse III‚ LERASS‚ 115 Route de Narbonne‚ 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4‚ France HEC Montréal‚ 3000 Chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine‚ Montréal‚ Canada H3T 2A7 a b s t r a c t This paper aims to advance the notion of the ‘‘situated functionality of numbers’’ (Ahrens & Chapman‚ 2007)
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given jurisdiction which are generally known as Accounting Standards. GAAP includes the standards‚ conventions‚ and rules accountants follow in recording and summarizing transactions‚ and in the preparation of financial statements. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)‚ which is the national professional organization of practicing Certified Public Accountants (CPAs)‚ designated Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) as the body that establishes generally accepted accounting
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APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants [Supersedes APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (Issued in June 2006 and subsequently amended in February 2008)] ISSUED: December 2010 Copyright © 2010 Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board Limited (“APESB”). All rights reserved. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of study‚ research‚ criticism and review as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968‚ no part of these materials may be reproduced‚ modified‚ or reused
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Bernie Ebbers should have gone to jail. I disagree with the 25 year length of his sentence but he is at least partially to blame for the WorldCom fiasco. I think the government used the length of the sentence to prove a point and the only prior sentence comparable to this was John J. Rigas from Adelphia Communications earlier in the year . I think the CFO Scott Sullivan got a light sentence and consciously knew what he was doing and could have put a stop to it. He should have been the good advisor
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Case # 4: 4.7 David Quinn‚ Tax Accountant Auditing problems: 1. The auditors are not comply with integrity standard. 2. The auditors allow client that claim wrong write-offs. 3. The auditors violate client confidentiality. 4. The auditors breach some ethics issues. All the auditor should comply with the following audit standards. 1. AS 8.04 Audit Risk In an audit of financial statements‚ audit risk is the risk that the auditor expresses an inappropriate audit opinion when the financial statements
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1) Explain the difference between the attorney-client privilege and the accountant-client privilege. Why is this important distinction? Why do you think that the law doesn’t provide the same level of privilege for accountants as it does for attorneys? • The different between the attorney-client privilege and the accountant-client privilege is the communication. The attorney is protected by law‚ and the accountant is protected by state statute. They both are required to have the permission of the
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are noticed‚ the same may be brought to the attention of the Director of Studies. The Council of the Institute is not in anyway responsible for the correctness or otherwise of the answers published herein. © The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India PAPER – 2 : STRATEGIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Question No.1 is compulsory. Answer any five questions from the remaining six questions. Working notes should form part of the answer. Question 1 (a) A Bank sold Hong Kong Dollars 40‚00
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