a) -Revenues are inflows of assets or settlements of liabilities or both. Revenues come from activities of the entity’s central operations. -Gains are increases in net assets and from peripheral or incidental transactions of an entity. -The difference between gains and revenues depend to a great extent on the typical activities of a company. For example‚ when McDonald’s sells a hamburger‚ it records the selling price as revenue. However‚ when Mc Donald’s sells land‚ it records any excess of
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Revenue Recognition: IFRS and FASB Convergence With the growth of international business there is a need to standardize financial statements globally. Presently there are “approximately 120 foreign private issuers currently that report to the Commission using IFRS financial statements.” By standardizing accounting practices investors will be able to make informed decisions based on comparability and accuracy of financial statements. The SEC released this statement in 2008‚ “We believe that
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Revenue Enhancement action plan and strategy Assignment project: Business strategy Prepared By : Ajmal Rasheady Date: 2013 Introduction Municipalities in Afghanistan are created for management of city affairs and to provide for the general welfare of their inhabitants. In spite of this huge responsibility toward city and citizens‚ municipalities are the non-budgetary units of government and are authorized to generate their own revenues. Given this fact‚ we realize that urban development
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Why Are Cost‚ Revenue & Profit Important? Cost‚ revenue and profit are the three most important factors in determining the success of your business. A business can have high revenue‚ but if the costs are higher‚ it will show no profit and is destined to go out of business when available capital runs out. Managing costs and revenue to maximize profit is key for any entrepreneur. Definition of Terms Revenue is the same as total income for a business and measures all money taken in through
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Sales How does Groupon generate revenue? - Because Groupon relies on its merchants to provide its consumers with products or services‚ they must continue to grow their merchant relationships to provide their customers with new products. Merchants provide the foundation of Groupon’s business‚ so without merchants‚ Groupon wouldn’t have anything to offer to its consumers and therefore not be able to generate revenue - the graph shows the importance of Groupon’s relationships with its merchant. Since Groupon’s
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uncertainty of collection of the sales price is so great that even use of the installment method cannot be justified. Under the cost recovery method‚ both revenues and cost of sales are recognized at the point of sale‚ but the related gross profit is deferred until all costs of sales have been recovered. Each installment must also be divided between principal and interest‚ but unlike the installment method where a portion of the principal recovers the cost of sales and the remainder is recognized as
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Ended December 31‚ 2004 2003 2002 Revenue (pre-tax) $99.6 $73.4 $56.1 Cost of sales (Revenue x 40%) ($39.8) ($29.4) ($22.4) Selling expense ($23.3) ($18.5) ($17.5) General and Administrative expense ($19.9) ($13.2) ($14.2) Depreciation and Amortization ($0.9) ($0.6) ($0.7) Other Income (expense) $0.0 ($1.4) $0.2 Net profit (loss)--GAAP $15.7 $10.3 $1.5 Add back amount eligible for capitalization Under SAB 104 (40% of total costs X 85%) $33.9 $25.0 $19.1
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perform its basic functions (Contact; 2007). By this‚ Tax administrations can mobilize financial resources in order to secure the provision of public services such as education‚ infrastructure‚ health services‚ or social protection. This is to say that revenue administrations occupy a pivotal position in the mobilization of domestic financial resources (Contact; 2007). But over the years‚ many developing countries lack an efficient tax collection system‚ leaving in some cases more than 60% of the tax potential
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COMM 391 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS AND REVENUE MODEL Introduction to Management Information Systems Winter 2013 – Term 2 Learning Objectives For discussion … 1. Describe Porter’s five forces model and explain each of the five forces. 2. Demonstrate how a company can add value by using Porter’s value chain analysis. 3. Describe the major revenue models. COMM 391 - W2013 Term 2 © 2013 – Kafui Monu‚ Y.M. Cheung 3 What is the Most Important Strategy Question
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Top-up Degrees (Entry to year 3 – UK Universities) Acceptance to a university programme is at the discretion of the individual university Top-up degrees are of one year duration‚ entering onto the final year of the full time undergraduate BA / BSc Honours degrees. Students who have an HND (Higher National Diploma) may progress onto the final year of a degree programme‚ subject to unit grade performance at HND‚ and English language capability (usually IELTS 6.0) The following universities
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