Banking Industry of UAE Practice Earnings Management Dr. Mohammed Obeidat Introduction It is the right of external users of accounting information to be provided with more adequate information to protect their interests. Many questionable issues concerning the term of earnings management are still available. Auditors‚ accountants‚ financial analysts‚ and other concerned parties may hold the responsibility of detecting external users from the practices of earnings management. Many questionable
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Earnings Management can be for positive or for fraudulent purposes. This project explores the various methods in which firms engage in Earnings Management and different models which may explain the various factors effecting Earnings Management. | TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 Revenue Management 3 Earnings Management 3 Motives 5 Instruments 5 Project Methodology 8 Objective 8 Scope 8 Methodology 8 Analysis 9 Model 1 9 Model 2 14 Model 3 21 Satyam Case Analysis: 28
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REPORT ON COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RETAINED EARNINGS OF LUPIN v/s WYETH INTRODUCTION Managing a company’s operations‚ marketing and sales activities and expense management are but a few of the decisions that management has to deal with. After it has made a profit the company will then need to decide what to do with those profits. Among the options for using profits are: operations‚ returning cash to shareholders‚ or keeping cash in reserve for future use Retained earnings represent the amount
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Accounting Research Vol. 49 No. 3 June 2011 Printed in U.S.A. Earnings Quality Based on Corporate Investment Decisions FENG LI∗ Received 25 July 2007; accepted 20 September 2010 ABSTRACT In this paper‚ I examine a new approach for measuring earnings quality‚ defined as the closeness of reported earnings to “permanent earnings‚” based on firm decisions with regard to capital and labor investments. Specifically‚ I measure earnings quality as the contemporaneous association between changes in
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European Journal of Business and Management ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) Vol 4‚ No.1‚ 2012 www.iiste.org Earning Management and Dividend Policy: Empirical evidence from Pakistani listed companies Jahanzaib Haider (Corresponding author) Bahaudin Zakariya University‚ Multan Sub-Campus‚ Dera Ghazi Khan‚ Pakistan. Tel: 92-331-3312626‚ E-mail: haider_jahanzeb@yahoo.com Akbar Ali Bahaudin Zakariya University‚ Multan‚ Sub-Campus‚ Dera Ghazi Khan‚ Pakistan. Tel: 92-331-7304678‚ E-mail:
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Accounting has a long history of being an ethical profession. In recent years‚ however‚ some companies have asked their accountants to help "manage earnings." What does it mean to manage earnings? Who is more likely to be involved in such a situation‚ the financial accountant or the management accountant? Why? Do you believe that managing earnings is ethical? Discuss the rationale for your answer. The major role of financial reporting is to effectively communicate financial information
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Is earnings management good or bad? Who (or which part of corporate governance mechanisms) is responsible to constrain earnings management? To what extent can the auditor constrain earnings management? Propose some methods for the auditors to detect and constrain earnings management. Does market react to firm’s earnings management behavior? In order to discuss earnings management and what its affects are on business and whether or not it’s a good thing‚ one must first understand what earnings management
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Price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) is often used for assessing the company’s stock price. P/E is determined by first calculating the earnings per shares (EPS)‚ which is the post-tax profits divides by the number of shares (Figure 1). Trailing P/E is equal to current market share price divided by trailing earnings per share for the past 12 months‚ whereas forward P/E is equal to current share price divided by expected earnings per shares for the next 12 months or next full-year fiscal period (http://www
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| Earning Management | Quality of Accounting Information | | Nur Mohammad Arif | 20-Mar-13 | A report on Earning Management & Quality of Accounting Information Subject: Accounting Principles By | Nur Mohammad Arif | 131-0647-660 | Earning Management & Quality of Accounting Information ABSTRACT: This group report contains a simple descriptive analysis on the Earning Management and Quality of Accounting information for users. Business‚ Investments‚ Profit &
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Determinants of Earnings Improving someone’s success in the labour market is a main objective of both family and policy makers‚ especially those with low earning in recent years. In the classic view of labour earning‚ we assume that the skills of individuals are the dominant factor to determine the earnings’ level. However‚ the recent year study manifests multiple factors have been weighed more than before. To illustrate this new situation‚ it believes that individuals’ successes in labour
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