How would International Financial Reporting Standards affect the quality of Canadian accounting information? LIMING TONG INTRODUCTION Globalization has a great impact on today’s economy. The differences of accounting regulations and practices in various countries have become a noteworthy obstacle to globalization and economic development. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) mitigates global business barriers. In order to adapt to the increasingly global business environment
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IMPACT OF INFORMATION TEHNOLOGY ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING 1.0 INTRODUCTION The introduction of the computer and advent of the Internet has changed the way we live in the modern world. This spans across every aspect of human life. Modern innovations have led to the description of the age in which we live as “the Information age”. Information technology and management therefore plays a vital role to the extent that timely access to Information could save a life while improper
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Managerial Accounting 222 Week 1 Questions 1-1 How does managerial accounting differ from financial accounting? Managerial accounting and financial accounting differs in who the reporting is for and for what purpose. Managerial accounting is for company managers to use to plan‚ control‚ and make decisions regarding specific strategies. Financial accounting is prepared for owners‚ stakeholders‚ creditors‚ and government authorities and is used to verify information regarding the economic
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Unit Information Units to account for: Units in beginning WIP 0 Units started 75‚000 Units to account for 75‚000 Units accounted for: Equivalent Units Physical Direct Conversion Flow Materials Costs Units completed 75‚000 75‚000 75‚000 Units in ending WIP 12‚000 12‚000 11‚400 Total units accounted for 87‚000 87‚000 86‚400 Cost Information Costs
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Financial accounting information stakeholders duped It is a sine quo non for business leaders to use‚ rather than just produce financial information. I am in absolute agreement with this phenomenon in that the information generated by the international professional accounting community highly affects various stakeholders in the decision making process to govern businesses. Therefore any material elements within the financial information that boarder on misguidance will lead to corporate financial
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CHAPTER 1 (Introduction to Management Accounting) P-1-4A The following data were taken from the records of Clarkson Company for the fiscal year ended June 30‚ 2014. Raw Materials Factory Insurance $ 4600 Inventory 7/1/13 $ 48000 Factory Machinery Raw Materials Depreciation 16‚000 Inventory 6/30/14 39‚600 Factory Utilities 27‚600 Finished Goods Office Utilities Expenses 8‚650 Inventory 7/1/13 96‚000 Sales Revenue 534‚000 Finished Goods Sales Discounts
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would have been charged to the customer if the job required $3‚200 in materials and $4‚200 in direct labor cost‚ and the company priced its jobs at 40% above the job’s cost according to the accounting system? 5. Direct labor made up $8‚000 of the $40‚000 ending Work in Process inventory balance. Supply the information missing below: Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ ? Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8‚000
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PROBLEM 2-21B Predetermined Overhead Rate; Disposition of Underapplied or Overapplied Overhead (LO1‚ LO7) CHECK FIGURE (2) Underapplied: $68‚600 Adriana Company is highly automated and uses computers to control manufacturing operations. The company uses a job-order costing system and applies manufacturing overhead cost to products on the basis of computer-hours. The following estimates were used in preparing the predetermined overhead rate at the beginning of the year: Computer-hours
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it was involved in accounting fraud. It exaggerated accounts for loan‚ land and its warehouse receipts in its public offering financial statements for 2009. Also‚ its main subsidiary’s revenue was deliberately inflated according to powerful evidence. As a result‚ the CEO‚ Jacky Chun‚ was arrested because of irresponsibility of proper records on purpose‚ and some auditors related violated Professional Accounting Ordinance due to publicizing the annual reports with false information. This ethical issue
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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I COURSE DESCRIPTION/OBJECTIVES The primary aim of Financial Accounting is to provide students with an introduction to the process and function of financial reporting. Whilst a large proportion of the course is aimed at understanding accounting as a process‚ taking a preparers‟ perspective‚ we will also seek to develop an understanding of the importance of the role of accounting in today’s society. LEARNING OUTCOMES After studying this course the student will be able to understand:
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