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    Tiffany Fuentes Business Ethics April 11‚ 2014 Stretching the Principles of Revenue Recognition In the business world‚ not everything will work perfect to our advantage‚ but one thing people in the business world should always make sure to do is to be smart when making decisions. The best way to be smart on making decisions is following their own ethics as leaders. To be successful‚ there should not exist dishonesty‚ greed‚ or arrogance because these three factors will bring any business

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    Revenue Recognition: Case Study on Caltron Computers‚ Inc. Julie Mong April 17 ‚ 2010 1. In general‚ evaluate Caltron’s revenue recognition policy and the quality of Caltron’s earnings. Caltron Computers‚ Inc.‚ a computer hardware company‚ is publicly held with market capitalization amounting to over $450 million. Carlton’s system designs enable their mini-computer systems to measure up to the power of mainframes with small cost outlays. The accounting practices

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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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    own words‚ define "revenues." Explain how revenues are different from "gains." b. Describe what it means for a business to "recognize" revenues. What specific accounts and financial statements are affected by the process of revenue recognition? Describe the revenue recognition criteria outline in the FASB’s Statement of Concepts No. 5. c. Refer to the Revenue Recognition discussion in Note 1. In general‚ when does Apple recognize revenue? Explain Apple’s four revenue recognition criteria. Do they

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    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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    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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    A: The primary criteria the auditor should use in determining revenue to be recognized are: (1): persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists. (2): Delivery has occurred or services have been rendered. (3): The seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable. (4): Collectability is reasonably assured. The most basic principle for revenue recognition is revenue has been realized or realizable and earned. B: (1) a: Multiple deliverable. Does the software and one year internet service has

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    audit committees with a majority of independent directors with accounting financial or legal expertise. In addition‚ the increased reliability that is associated with these audit committee characteristics appears to more than offset the detrimental effect that is associated with concentrated control. The results in this paper suggest that an emphasis on audit committee independence alone may not be enough to enhance

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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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    Principle of Double Effect An action that is good in itself that has two effects--an intended and otherwise not reasonably attainable good effect‚ and an unintended yet foreseen evil effect--is licit‚ provided there is a due proportion between the intended good and the permitted evil. When there is a clash between the two universal norms of "do good" and "avoid evil‚" the question arises as to whether the obligation to avoid evil requires one to abstain from a good action in order to prevent a

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