The issue of revenue recognition practices is an area that has received a lot of attention from regulators. Whenever there is a report of financial restatements or negative earnings‚ regulators pay extra attention to review the financial statements in order to verify that that there are not any indications of financial fraud or that the organization overstepped their boundaries in the area of managed earnings. The reason that regulators have taken a special interest in financial accounting and potential
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The revenue recognition principle is a foundation of accrual accounting and one of the main principles of GAAP. The revenue recognition principle is a set of guidelines that helps accountants to identify when a revenue event has taken place and how to appropriately record cash exchanges before‚ during‚ and after the revenue event. According to the revenue recognition principal‚ revenue must (1) be realized or realizable and (2) earned‚ in order to be recognized. According to the SEC revenue is realized
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An analysis of benefit in Implementing Total Quality Management into B2C E-Commerce. PMAN639-Project Quality Management University of Maryland University College . . ABSTRACT Total quality management (TQM) comprises three elements; customer focus‚ variation and continuous improvement. Quality begins with understandings of customer’s requirements upon which the performance goal for the organization is based. Variation in quality is controlled
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Revenue allocation is the distribution of revenue‚ or total income‚ through a business‚ corporate or government structure. It often involves a complex process of determining how and where to funnel revenues in order to best maintain the viability and operating structure of an organisation. The present formula gives the Federal Government 52.68 per cent‚ state governments 26.72 per cent and local governments 20.6 per cent. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll- llllllllll
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and Threats about my business (E-Commerce) Strengths Ability to compete with other companies global and locally -Implementing an e-commerce business solution allows companies to expand their customer base to a global level without considerable time or expense. Specialization and niche selling -The larger customer base created by online sales allows e-tailers to specialize in certain niche products that could not support a more traditional business model. Low overhead cost and low
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What is an E- Commerce? Electronic commerce‚ commonly known as e-commerce or e-commerce‚ is a type of industry where the buying and selling of products or services is conducted over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce‚ electronic funds transfer‚ supply chain management‚ Internet marketing‚ online transaction processing‚ electronic data interchange (EDI)‚ inventory management systems‚ and automated
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ESTIMATING THE RISK PREMIUM USING HISTORICAL DATA: A CASE OF THE NSE Introduction This study seeks to estimate the risk premium of a company using historical data. Analysts use historical data to estimate the risk premium of a company’s equity. This is because the historical data is readily available from the company’s financial statements and the securities exchanges for example the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) in Kenya. Historical market data can be used to compute average returns and a measure
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Zimbabwe internet firms to spy on customers afrol News‚ 7 June - Internet service providers (ISPs) in Zimbabwe have been ordered to spy on their customers‚ including the monitoring of so-called "illegal content" of e-mails. In addition to creating a new tool of censorship‚ this places "an impossible burden" on internet providers‚ the industry holds. The state telecommunications monopoly TelOne has asked internet service providers to sign commercial contracts that oblige them to take "all necessary
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Statement Four Revenue recognition issues top the list of reasons for financial reporting restatements and one of the methods for creative accounting practices. Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Introduction 3 Literature Review 4 Revenue recognition 4 Sale of goods 4 Rendering of services 5 Interest‚ royalties‚ and dividends 5 Creative Accounting 5 To meet internal targets 6 Meet external expectations. 6 Provide income smoothing. 6 Taxation 6 Change in management
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Expenditures and Revenues Summary: Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office Expenditures and Revenues Summary: Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office‚ a statutory government agency‚ is responsible for providing services to three mandated programs in Palm Beach County‚ Florida (PBSO.org‚ 2013). Those programs are Law Enforcement‚ Corrections Services throughout Palm Beach County’s jails‚ and finally Bailiff and Court staff. Palm Beach Sheriff’s office is required to respond
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