CHAPTER ONE: Accounting Information Systems and the Accountant DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 3. Advances in IT are likely to have a continuing impact on financial accounting. What are some changes you think will occur in the way financial information is gathered‚ processed‚ and communicated as a result of increasingly sophisticated IT? Advances in IT that allow transactions to be captured immediately‚ accountants and even the AIS itself can produce financial statements almost in real-time. Interactive data
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FIN-516 WEEK 1 – HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT Problem Based on Chapter 14‚ Residual Dividends Middlesex Plastics Manufacturing had 2011 Net Income of $15.0 Million. Its 2012 Net Income is forecast to increase by 8%. The company’s capital structure has been 35% Debt and 65% Equity since 2010‚ and the company plans to maintain this capital structure in 2012. The company paid $3.0 Million cash dividends in 2011. The company is planning to invest in a major capital project in 2012. The capital budget
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Questions Chapter 1 1. How does managerial accounting differ from financial accounting? The essential difference between managerial accounting and financial accounting is that managerial accounting attends the needs of managers inside the organization‚ while financial accounting serves the needs of those outside the organization. There are also specific guidelines that are used (GAAP/IFRS) in financial accounting and is mandatory whereas there are no guidelines in managerial accounting and is
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Act I Scene 1 Homework – Graphing a Wave Name: A vibration is a wiggle in time; a wave is a wiggle in space and time. In this exercise‚ you will explore that connection by transferring the motion of the second hand of a clock (a vibration‚ even if a slow one)‚ to a wave. Print out the image of a clock and open the spreadsheet called Grapher. You will find both of them in the same item where you found these instructions. Use a metric ruler to measure the displacement of the tip of the
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MGNT 3430: Operations Management Fall 2014 Homework 1 Answers Discussion Questions Q6 (p. 25). Although all nine of the competitive priorities discussed in this chapter are relevant to a company’s success in the marketplace‚ explain why a company should not necessarily try to excel in all of them. What determines the choice of the competitive priorities that a company should emphasize for its key processes? Answer. It is often not a good idea for a company to try to excel in all of the competitive
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Week 3 Assignments Chapter 7 7. Differentiate between the following: active income‚ passive income‚ and portfolio income. 13. Briefly‚ what is "material participation"? Why is the determination of whether a taxpayer materially participates important? 46. Mary Beth is a CPA‚ devoting 3‚000 hours per year to her practice. She also owns an office building in which she rents out space to tenants. She devotes none of her time to the management of the office building. She has a property management
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Topic 1 Introduction UBEQ 2013 Basic Econometrics January 2015/16: Week 1 1 1.1 What is Econometrics? Econometrics is an amalgam (a mixture) of (i) economic theory‚ (ii) mathematical economics‚ (iii) economic statistics‚ and (iv) mathematical statistics. UBEQ 2013 Basic Econometrics January 2015/16: Week 1 2 1.2 Why Econometrics? Economic theory makes statements or hypotheses that are mostly qualitative. Example: In theory of demand‚ a reduction in the price of a commodity is expected to
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Week 1: Introduction - Class Discussion Discussion The purpose of this discussion board is to provide you with a forum to discuss your newly discovered production and operations management concepts in light of current issues and real world situations with others in the class. In essence‚ it is a practice ground for ensuring that your reasoning and foundation of these concepts are secure. This portion of the course requires you to interact with your fellow classmates. After completing the textbook
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6-19. The following questions concern the reasons auditors do audits. Choose the best response. a. Which of the following best describes the reason why an independent auditor reports on financial statements? (1) A misappropriation of assets may exist‚ and it is more likely to be detected by independent auditors. (2) Different interests may exist between the company preparing the statements and the persons using the statements. (3) A misstatement of account balances may exist and is generally
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LEARNING ACTIVITY WORKSHEET - Week One Develop a detailed outline of your first main point. (For assistance with your writing skills‚ check out the Ashford Writing Center at https://awc.ashford.edu/essay-dev-essay-structure.html.) 1. The Constitution: a. Provide a topic sentence that briefly describes one strength and one weakness of the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Constitution has its strengths and weaknesses. What makes the US Constitution great is that it’s solely based upon the will of the people
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