1.0 Introduction According to The Environment Agency in the United Kingdom (2006)‚ Environmental Accounting can be defined as: “The collection‚ analysis and assessment of environmental and financial performance data obtained from business management information systems‚ environmental management and financial accounting systems. The taking of corrective management action to reduce environmental impacts and costs plus‚ where appropriate‚ the external reporting of the environmental and financial
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significant because it is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting‚ and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management. (Page 13) b) What are the key issues addressed in the letter of transmittal? Major initiatives in the city of Charlotte are General Government‚ Water and Sewer‚ Aviation‚ Charlotte area transit system‚ and Storm water. (Pages 1-12) 3) Review the Financial Section c) Did
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managers need information as they strive to attain those goals. Managerial accounting is the process of identifying‚ measuring‚ analyzing‚ interpreting and communicating information in pursuit of an organization’s goals. It is an important part of any organization’s management information system. 1-1. The following changes should be in store for managerial accounting as a result of the explosion in e-commerce: a. Companies will have to invest in their security. Their private information could be at
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F-statistic 437.6863 Durbin-Watson stat 1.013062 Prob(F-statistic) 0.000000 Solution 1: The estimated coefficients show the proportional change in total cost that results from proportional changes in firm’s output‚ changes in wages‚ changes in rental price of capital and changes in prices of fuel. Estimated Coefficient β2 0.720394 β3 0.436341 β4 -0.219888 β5 0.426517 All the estimated coefficients are positive except for estimated rental
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Nature of Accounting and the Accounting Standard Background Accounting is an important part for business and it is dubbed “language” of business activities conducted by firms. People think it is used to communicate business transactions per se to all stakeholders. However‚ some people argue that the functions of accounting are not that easy. Except the communication tool‚ accounting acts as many other difference roles in business. When doing accounting‚ different standard may be used. There are
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AQ 7.2 Explain how the principle of separation of duties is violated in each the following situations. Also suggest one or more procedure to reduce risk‚ and exposure highlighted in each of example. Solving Problems: a. A payroll clerk recorded 40-hour workweek for an employee who had quit the previous week. He then prepared a paycheck for this employee‚ forged her signature‚ and cashed the check. Violation: The payroll clerk only has an authority to prepare the paycheck‚ not to signature
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Classmates‚ According to (Oster‚ 2014)‚ "Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales are two accounting allowance methods used to reconcile customer accounts deemed noncollectable. When allowed by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ these two strategies are preferred over direct write-off of bad debt expenses. Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales provide a business with the ability to accurately estimate the expected bad debt losses they will have in each succeeding
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you in practice that may be required to deal with this concept. In most businesses debtor balances represent an important element of working capital. Accounting principles dictate that the supply of goods or services is accounted for as sales‚ at the point at which the buyer has a legal obligation to pay for them. Total debtors represent the value of credit sales for which payment has yet to be received. An obligation and certainly of payment differ‚ as payment for a variety of reasons is not
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Comparing Accounting Software Programs to Manual Accounting Manual accounting uses several paper ledgers to record financial transactions. It is very time consuming to record each single transaction onto paper‚ being very cautious not to make an error. There are several ledgers for each part of the accounting system‚ such as accounts payable‚ accounts receivable‚ and revenue accounts. Combining these ledgers into one general ledger‚ provide the balance for each ledger. The general ledger
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1.1 Value Chain Analysis Applied to the Timber and Timber Products Industry. Exhibit 1.A below contains a depiction of the value chain. The links in the value chain are as follows: 1. Timber Tracts: Plant and maintain timber tracts (Weyerhaeuser) 2. Logging: Harvests timber (Weyerhaeuser) 3a. Sawmills: Cut timber into various grades of wood (Weyerhaeuser) 3b. Pulp and Paper Manufacturing: Grinds timber into pulp and converts the pulp into various grades of paper and
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