Unearned revenues are revenues that are received before the company delivers goods or provides services. Some industries that have unearned revenues would include magazine publishers as they only receive checks from customers once the magazine is ordered. Until then the company awaits payment and does not have this in advance. Another company would be airlines because they receive cash once the tickets are sold for future flights. Unearned revenue is used by any company that accepts payments or deposits
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------------------------------------------------- 1) The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that all publicly traded companies maintain a system of internal controls. Internal controls can be defined as a plan to A.safeguard assets B.monitor balance sheets C.control liabilities D.evaluate capital stock ------------------------------------------------- 2) The purchase of treasury stock A. decreases common stock authorized B. decreases common stock issued C. decreases common stock outstanding D
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Part I. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) The common set of accounting principles‚ standards and procedures that companies use to compile their financial statements are called Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. GAAP are a combination of authoritative standards (set by policy boards) and simply the commonly accepted ways of recording and reporting accounting information. “Published accounts have to follow the GAAP for the particular country. Some global companies that
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DECOMMISSIONING COSTS [pic] |GAAP Switch | | |IAS 37.19 |Decommissioning costs are those that arise‚ for example‚ where an oil installation or nuclear | | |power station has to be dismantled at the end of its life. The impact of IAS 37 on the accounting| | |for such costs is profound. | |IAS 37 Appx C |The accounting for decommissioning costs
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IFRS 10 VS. IAS 27 1 IFRS 10 - OBJECTIVE To establish principles for the presentation and preparation of consolidated financial statements (CFS) when an entity controls one or more other entities. 2 IFRS 10 – OBJECTIVE(STANDARDS) Requires a parent entity to present CFS Defines the principle of control and establishes control as the basis for consolidation Set out how to apply the principle of control to identify wheteher an investor controls an investee and
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The Benefits of Adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) In The United States by Michelle Minor Accounting 203 5/20/09 Most people believe that the conversion from each country’s GAAP to IFRS is inevitable‚ though there is nothing conclusive of how effective or successful this would be. In short‚ making the switch to IFRS is a great leap of faith by all who participate. Ideally IFRS is designed to be used by all companies worldwide‚ which is highly unlikely unless they
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Essay Comparing Prometheus to Christ Prometheus Bound is a Greek mythological play written by Aeschylus. Prometheus was a Titan who gave the gift of fire to humans‚ fire not only meant little things like heating and cooking food‚ but it also represented a move forward for humans. Prometheus also gave humans the gift of hope. There is a man who can be compared to that of Prometheus‚ Christ. Both have mad an enormous impact on the human race. Although Christ was a human and Prometheus a Titan
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XACC/291 – Week 4 Assignment Complete Exercises E10-6‚ E10-8‚ & E10-18. And Problems 10-3A & 10-6A. E10-6 Payroll Tax Expense $352.16 FICA Taxes Payable 198.40 Federal Unemployment Taxes Payable 19.84 State Unemployment Taxes Payable 133.92 (To Record Payable Taxes for the week) E10-8 1. True 2. True 3. False 4. True 5. False 6. False 7. True 8. True 9
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Project Assignment (IFRS 10) Cheong Wang Shen Gordon Prepared for: Prof Bernardine Low Prepared by: Gordon Cheong Wang Shen Jason Tan Zhu En Twain Teo Wei Ren Wee Huixiang (G4) Table of Contents Question 1: IFRS 10 flowchart 3 Question 2 5 (a) Identifying ambiguity of control 5 Background 5 Control issues 5 Co-owning of subsidiaries 5 Inter-company director relations 6 Same platform manufacturing 6 (b) & (c) Application of IFRS 10 flowchart to determine
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constant tension between organic view and enlightened view on the interpretations of political institutions is apparent. The chasm between organic view and enlightened view of politics was the most apparent on the concept of social hierarchy. This essay therefore seeks to analyze why Burke and Wollstonecraft‚ the prominent thinkers of each stream of thought‚ maintained different perspectives on what impact the system of social hierarchy would pose to the society as well as to the civilization. Burke
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