system to replace the existing hodgepodge of record-keeping. QUESTION 2 Islamic accounting can be defined as the “accounting process” which provides appropriates information (not necessarily limited to financial data) to stakeholders of entity which will enable them to ensure that the entity is continuously operating within Islamic Sharia’ ah while “conventional” accounting can be defined to be the identification‚ recording‚ classification‚ interpreting and communications economic events to permit
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Accounting Fraud: A White Collar Crime Accounting Fraud: A White Collar Crime The CEO and CFO of a Swiss security systems company named Tyco‚ stole 150 million dollars from their company before being caught in 2002. At the height of the scandal‚ the CEO threw a 2 million dollar birthday party for his wife on a private island with guest performer Jimmy Buffet. After being caught‚ the CEO and CFO were sentenced to 8-25 years in prison and Tyco had to repay its investors 2.92 billion dollars (The
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PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING 1 ACCOUNTING THEORY NOTES (a) International Accounting Standards and International Financial Reporting Standards. The foreword to accounting standards defines Accounting Standards as Authoritative statements of how particular types of transaction and other events should be reflected in financial statements. Accounting Standards are developed to achieve comparability of financial information between and among different organizations. International Accounting Standards (IAS’s)
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within maintaining the integrity of the profession; * Having in place a robust disciplinary system for those who fail to comply with this standards BY-Laws; * To enhance the status of members. Question 2: Briefly explain the following users of accounting information: Question 2(a): Shareholders (2marks) Answer 2(a): Any person‚ company‚ or other institution that owns at least one share in a company
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Accounting is often referred to as the language of business. It is a special-purpose tool for communication about the financial statements and the performance of a company. This can happen through written‚ natural language by selecting words from a standard vocabulary combining them in meaningful ways. These words are then organised into financial reports according to relatively flexible rules of presentation. Accounting dates back to 1494 when Luca Pacioli published a book called Summa de Arithmetic
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INTRODUCTION The accounting concepts are rules and guidelines which the accountant follows and uses when deciding between differing options to make. They help to ensure the accounting information is presented accurately and consistently. All formal accounting statements should be created‚ preserved and presented according to the concepts and conventions’. The following will look at each of the concepts and conventions and relate them to the profit and loss account for a sole trader. GOING
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Question 1 Discuss the accounting principles and concepts that were violated in the case. Explain the appropriate accounting treatments that should be used. Accounting is a systematic recording of business transactions and statements relating to assets‚ liabilities and summarizes the financial events that occur in a business. There are certain accounting principles and concepts to preparing reports on financial statements. These accounting principles and concepts are usually referred to as
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EST1 Task One While evaluating Company Q’s attitude toward social responsibility it seems they made some decisions based on the severe lack of revenue over a period time‚ which motivated them to close a couple of stores. Those stores‚ which were located in a major metropolitan area‚ were also characterized as high-crime areas. By closing those stores‚ it no doubt had a negative economic impact both directly and indirectly on the people in those store locations. For the now unemployed people
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The legislative tasks and the overall role of the judiciary in shaping public policy was that the legislative branch main task is to create laws. All laws‚ regulations‚ and policies are designed by‚ voted upon by‚ signed by‚ and enacted by the federal legislature and the chief execute. They apply a variety of subdivisions to collect information in order to decide what the effects of bills will be and if it is a reasonable explanation to the problems. The judicial branch outlines public policy through
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CH3 -The accounting treatment of goodwill impairment/ detailed two-step impairment test – apart from qualitative assessment (1) if CV of reporting unit is > than FV of reporting unit‚ take step 2; if opposite‚ stop. (2) compare CV of goodwill w/ FV of goodwill; if CV is > FV‚ there might be potential impairment. CH4 -Determine the fair value of sub/the fair value of NCI – FV allocation; FV of sub = FV of CI + FV of NCI; go by mkt price if there is; use parent if there isnt -Determine goodwill
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