The WorldCom Accounting Scandal WorldCom was started in Mississippi as a long distance telephone service provider in 1983 (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). Over the next decade and a half‚ the company expanded to offer a whole range of telecommunication services through a series of mergers and acquisitions (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). At its height‚ WorldCom was the largest long distance phone company in the United States and was one of the leading companies in the telecommunication market in the world‚ providing
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Embezzlement: Attempting to Find the Easy Way Out Name School Envy and greed has existed since the beginning of time. Maybe we are born with those traits or maybe we are taught through life’s lessons. The rich are perceived as having a carefree un-stress-filled life. The reality shows and news stories of the wealthy buying yachts‚ taking lavish vacations with their Barbie doll mate‚ summer homes that are actually castles and extravagant parties. The rest of the world seems to be the servants
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Managerial Auditing Journal Emerald Article: Forensic accounting education: insights from academicians and certified fraud examiner practitioners Zabihollah Rezaee‚ E. James Burton Article information: To cite this document: Zabihollah Rezaee‚ E. James Burton‚ (1997)‚"Forensic accounting education: insights from academicians and certified fraud examiner practitioners"‚ Managerial Auditing Journal‚ Vol. 12 Iss: 9 pp. 479 - 489 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02686909710185206
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gooda available for sale. -the consistency principle states that the busineses should use the same accounting methods from period to period. -under the FIFO‚ the ending inventory is based on the cost of the most recent purchases. -the value of purchases remains the same irrespective of the inventory valuation method used. -using FIFO‚ the COGS is based on the oldest purchases. -the accounting conservatism principle requires that financial statements should report LEAST favorable figures. -do
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Accounting: Topic 6: Analysis And Interpretation Of Financial Statements (Part 2) Capital Structure Analysis Proportion of debt financing relative to equity financing (=gearing or leverage) * Reflects the entity’s financing decisions * Investments in assets are funded externally by liabilities‚ or internally by owner’s as shown in accounting equation (A=L+OE) Debt to equity ratio: Total liabilities/ Total equity x 100=x% Debt ratio: Total liabilities/ Total asset x 100=x%
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Cost Accounting -- MIDTERM 1 1) Pointed Pencil company incurs the following costs in its manufacture of pencils. Classify each one of them according to one of the value chain functions: Functions: A) Research and Development B) Design of products‚ services‚ and processes. C) Production D) Marketing E) Distribution F) Customer Service G) Strategy and Administration ____ 1) Cost of wood used in manufacture of pencils. ____ 2) Cost of wood used in packing cartons to ship pencils. ____
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Costs assigned to the building of a house should appear on the income statement when Answer a. the purchase order to manufacture the house is received. b. the house is sold. c. cash is collected for the sale of the house. d. the house is completed. The basic document for keeping track of costs in a job order costing system is a Answer a. labor time card. b. job order cost card. c. process cost report. d. materials requisition form. The following information is available at the
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BM6026 - Managerial Accounting & Finance Mini Assignment - Sem 1 2014/2015 Name : Suriati Binti Yusse Matric no : MB1412199T Class : Tuesday - 7.00PM - 10.00PM product selling price Variable Cost : Material : Extract of Tongkat Ali Other Ingredients Packing Material Overhead Cost : Drying cost of liquid Other Overhead Cost Labour Cost : Processing Packaging Total Variable Cost Unit Contribution Margin Expected volume sales % of total sales Weighted Contribution Q1 : capsule
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Accounting Information Systems Laquasia Fields XACC/210 May 26‚ 2013 Cito Vanegas Every Company or Business has different Information Systems that the use to run the Company. There are various types of information systems employed by payroll‚ accounts payable‚ accounts receivable‚ and accounting? Types of Information systems that are employed by payroll‚ accounts receivable‚ and accounts payable are Paychex‚ UltiPro Payroll Software‚ ADP Payroll services‚ Intuitive Payroll
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Bernie Madoff Fraud Case Bernie Madoff Fraud Case Introduction One of the largest fraud cases of all times is that of the “Bernard Madoff Case.” According to Armstrong (2008)‚ “for a number of years Madoff managed to lure billions of dollars away from huge charities‚ as well as wealthy individuals in both the United States and Europe by getting them to invest in his hedge fund. This he did by offering extraordinary returns to investors‚ until his scheme eventually reached a staggering $50
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