Week 3: Accounting for Intangible Assets Introduction Change from a manufacturing to a “knowledge based” industry Increase market to book gap Intangible Assets play a major role Assets: Definition * Resource controlled by an entity as a result of past events from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity Assets Recognition Criteria * Recognition Criteria * Under AASB Framework (par 89) an asset is to be recognised in the balance sheet only when * It
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Case Study #2 1. Some people may argue that 3M’s success is largely due to the significance given to science and technology and this is the main lesson for other firms. Discuss the merits of such a view and the extent to which this is the case. As company had been formed around one technology i.e. sandpapers. Now a day 3M make use of hundred technologies & more like the membranes‚ the biotechnology‚ the artificial intelligence‚ the high vacuum thin films & also the superconductivity
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Internet Based Tax Briefing 1 – Haig Simmons Aqeel A Sahibzada‚ University of Maryland University College ACCT 613/9040 – Professor Bruce McClain October 14‚ 2012 Subject: Haig Simmons – Loss recognition on anthracite coal future contracts‚ capital or ordinary loss Facts Taxpayer Haig Simmons operates an in home coal heating and delivery service for consumer uses in Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties. Due to the instability of coal resources and prices‚ Haig Simmons enters
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Vania Yarijanian Acct 325 Leader and Follower Society is made up of leaders and followers. While many wants to‚ not all can be leaders. A leader is somebody who guides or directs others by showing them the way. A leader is someone that can influence people. He is someone that people want to follow and respect‚ makes good decisions‚ can think quickly. He is self-confident‚ and knows what to do next. A leader is someone who can guide others to their own empowerment. My parents always told me to be
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WEEK 7 RESEARCH PROJECT (SET #1) DeVry University Acct 429-Professor Woodard Rosa Leon TAX FILE MEMORANDUM-1st Assignment FROM: Rosa Leon SUBJECT: Tracy Meal Deduction Question Today I talked to Tracey taxpayer with respect to her question regarding the meal deductions. Tracey is a sales representative for a national pharmaceutical company. FACTS: She has a rather large sales territory‚ and she makes her rounds to her customers using acompany-owned car over a 16- to 19-hour period of
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According to our textbook the closing process serves a dual purpose 1. The temporary accounts (revenues‚ expenses‚ gains and losses) are reduced to zero balances‚ ready to measure activity in the upcoming accounting period‚ and 2. These temporary accounts are closed (transferred) to retained earnings to reflect changes that have occurred during that accounting period. (Spiceland p. 79). There are three times during an accounting period when a company should perform a closing process‚ daily‚ monthly
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Case Study 2 – Internal Control A review of policies and procedures for LBJ Company has been conducted‚ and there is a distinct lack of internal control that must be addressed in order for the company to go public. Internal control is identified as: “the process designed to ensure reliable reporting‚ effective and efficient operations‚ and compliance with laws and regulations” (Edwards‚ 1994). Additionally‚ to attract prospective investors‚ LBJ Company must follow the guidelines identified by the
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1. Question : (TCO A) Wages paid to an assembly line worker in a factory are a 2. Question : (TCO A) A cost incurred in the past that is not relevant to any current decision is classified as a(n) 3. Question : (TCO A) Depreciation of office buildings and office equipment is also known as 4. Question : (TCO A) When the activity level is expected to increase within the relevant range‚ what effects would be anticipated with respect to each of the following? 5. Question : (TCO F) Which
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What can do as AIS? User Designer Auditors System advisors Information system users Accountants use information systems to generate information for decision makers. Accountants as System Designers The accounting function is responsible for the conceptual system‚ while the computer function is responsible for the physical system. Accountants as System Auditors Financial auditors (Internal or External) Attest to fairness of financial statement Attest to fairness of internal controls
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Individual Assignment – David Jones Limited 1. (a) DJS is a public company that issues shares to the general public and is a separate legal entity. (b) The income statement shows tax being deducted directly from company profit. The equity section show contributed equity instead of owners or partners’ equity. Also retained earnings after dividends or allocation to another equity account. 2. (a) Net assets and total equity have the same dollar value of $775‚704‚000. (b) Equity is the
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