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    What Is Accounting

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    According to Weetman (2006 p25) ‘accounting is the process of identifying‚ measuring and communicating financial information about an entity to permit informed judgements and decisions by users of the information.’ If we extract the suffix of the word‚ we are left with the word ‘account’. To account for something is to take something into consideration. In terms of finance‚ accounting for something can be seen as baring it in mind when compiling financial information. Synony mously‚ taking something

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    Accounting Midterm

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    2. The going concern assumption assumes the company will continue to operate for at least two years. TRUE 3. The economic entity assumption states that economic events can be identified with a particular unit of accountability. FALSE 4. The monetary unit assumption states that transactions that can be measured in terms of money should be recorded in the accounting records. TRUE 5. The drawings account is a subdivision of the owner’s capital account and appears as an expense

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    Assignment # 3 WorldCom Accounting Fraud By Mark A. Cowan Strayer University ACC 499- Accounting Capstone May 15‚ 2011 The purpose of this paper is to discuss the aspects of the WorldCom accounting scandal and the effects that this scandal had on the accounting world as we know it. We will discuss the corporate culture at WorldCom and how it contributed to the accounting fraud‚ how the CEO’s desire to be the #1 stock on Wall Street contributed to the fraud‚ pressures on accountants to book

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    accounting issue

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    Entities within Australia will have the choice as to whether or not they choose to meet the requirements detailed in accounting standards. (b) The number of options within IFRS-adopted accounting standards is expected to be restricted‚ although compliance with the AASB standard will mean compliance with the IASB standard. (c) The number of options within IFRS-adopted accounting standards is expected to be restricted‚ which means that compliance with the AASB standard will not automatically mean

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    The History Of Accounting

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    THE HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING By: The Brenna Hillard ANCIENT ACCOUNTING  Ancient Egyptian bookkeepers kept meticulous records of the inventory of goods kept in royal storehouses. The accuracy of these records was assured by the swift and severe penalty that came if mistakes were ever discovered. ANCIENT ACCOUNTING (CONTINUED)  In Mesopotamia scribes kept records of commerce on clay tablets. In ancient Greece‚ the account books of bankers show that they changed and loaned money and helped people

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    Accounting 504

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    Internal Controls in Accounting for publicly traded companies. Regulations and Guidelines for the President‚ CEO‚ and CFO. 10/05/2012 By: Accounting 504 Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Rules‚ Regulations‚ and Guidelines III. Advice to LBJ Company IV. Conclusion This document is intended to serve as an informational piece regarding steps and procedures that would need to be followed for the purposes of bringing a privately held company into regulations

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    Financial Accounting

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    Financial Accounting vs Management Accounting Management accounting is a field of accounting that analyzes and provides cost information to the internal management for the purposes of planning‚ controlling and decision making. Management accounting refers to accounting information developed for managers within an organization. CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) defines Management accounting as “Management Accounting is the process of identification‚ measurement‚ accumulation

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    Tax Accounting

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    Tax accounting 1.461-2(c)(1) 1.461-4(d)(1) through (6) 1.461-4(e) 1.461-4(g)(1) through (7) 1.461-5 (a) through (c) Garber Abbey B [Abbey.B.Garber@IRSCOUNSEL.TREAS.GOV]   Monday‚ February 04‚ 2013 11:30 PM Here are a few regulations Treas. Reg. sec. 1.461-1(a)(2)(i) Reg. sec. 1.461-1(a)(2)(ii) Reg. sec. 1.461-1(a)(3) Reg. sec. 1.461-1(c) We’ll work through these and more Thursday. Initial assignments for February 7:     I.R.C. section 461   Look at Treas. Reg. Section 1.461-0

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    Government Accounting

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    Government accounting system (SAPP) Government accounting system is a set of procedures‚ both manual and computerized‚ ranging from data collection‚ recording‚ overviewed‚ to report the financial position and financial operations of the central government Government accounting system purpose: 1. Safeguarding asset government to ensure that assets can be maintained through a series of processes of recording‚ processing‚ and financial reporting consistent with the standards 2. Relevance

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    Accounting

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    company to estimate the future undiscounted cash flows expected from the use of that asset and its eventual disposition. If impairment has occurred‚ step two would determine the loss by subtracting the fair value from the carrying amount of the asset.   3. Ida should record $500‚000 impairment loss on the U.S. commercial building when reporting to its parent as of December 31‚ 2012. Since the recoverability test is needed under IFRSs‚ Ida needs to figure out the amount of impairment (if any) which should

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