What is financial reporting? The traditional function of financial reporting was to provide business owners with information about the companies that they owned and operated. Once the delegation of managerial responsibilities to hired personnel became a common practice‚ financial reporting began to focus on stewardship—that is‚ on the managers’ accountability to the owners. Its purpose then was to document how effectively the owners’ assets were managed‚ in terms of both capital preservation and
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ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION SHEET Course Title: BSC (Hons) in Accounting and Finance Module Title: CORPORATE REPORTING Team Members: 1. LEE KEE TAR‚ UB: 11034518 2. JULIANA BTE ABDUL RAHMAN‚ UB: 11034517 3. VITHIA SUBRAMANIAM‚ UB: 11034521 4. ANG MING LIANG‚ UB: 12038344 Title: SEGMENT DISCLOSURE ARE WIDELY REGARDED AS SOME OF THE MOST USEFUL DISCLOSURE IN FINANCIAL REPORTS BECAUSE OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY DISAGGREGATE FINANCIAL IMFORMATION
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Fair Value: Is It Fair Game For Critics? The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ the accounting standard setters‚ issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 Fair Value Measurements that has set off a wave of controversy. Advocates‚ such as investors‚ support the idea of financial statements showing true value of a company’s assets and liabilities. Critics‚ on the other hand‚ think this pronouncement has caused volatile results in the current inactive market‚ blaming
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Reporting Paper Papa Rydoo ACC541 October 25‚ 2010 School of Business/Leslie Crews Reporting Paper INTERNAL MEMORANDOM To: CEO From: Papa Rydoo Date: October 25‚ 2010 Reference: Postretirement Plans Introduction Acquisition of a company leads to many changes in the company and especially in the area of the retirement benefit plans for our company. It is complicated adjusting to benefits plans but with the required reporting‚ the transition will be smooth. The different types of
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Friday 5th period Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair “Fair is foul and foul is fair” is a pervading theme throughout the world-known play‚ Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare. This theme simply means that “nothing is as it seems”. It is evident because some situations might seem to be good‚
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Chapter 5 Reporting and Disclosure Discussion Questions 1. Transparent financial reporting means that timely and accurate disclosures are made on all important matters affecting a company’s financial position and performance. It implies openness‚ communication‚ and accountability. Transparent financial reporting protects investors because nothing is hidden from them. Investors can better assess the risks of owning securities when information is truthful and complete. Transparent financial
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To bridge the perceived information gap‚ and to satisfy the information requirements of the standard setters‚ narrative reporting has come to the fore. In its various guises – Business Review‚ Management Commentary‚ Management Discussion and Analysis‚ Chairman’s Statement‚ Corporate Governance Statement‚ Environmental Statement‚ Remuneration Statement‚ and Health and Safety Statement – narrative reporting is now a significant segment of the annual report in many parts of the world. It has supplemented an
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Mandated Reporting Reporting child abuse often becomes an ethical dilemma because violating a client’s right to confidentiality and breaking the law are both considered unethical behavior. There are many factors a social worker must take into consideration when making a report of child abuse such as; circumstances of the suspected abuse‚ professional and ethical standards‚ and legal requirements. However‚ there are guidelines and a Code of Ethics to help social workers ensure this process is
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Executive summary: Sustainability reporting‚ alternatively known as CSR reporting‚ is the annual process whereby companies - public‚ private; large and small - report on their sustainability performance. Reports typically cover social‚ environmental‚ economic and ethical performance and incorporate information on a company ’s environmental impact or carbon footprint‚ staff satisfaction‚ community investment etc. Sustainability reporting is becoming increasingly important as a tool companies can
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Example 2.1 Recognition of an asset Entity X enters into a legal arrangement to act as trustee for entity Y by holding listed shares on entity Y’s behalf. Entity Y makes all investment decisions and entity X will act according to entity Y’s instructions. Entity X will earn a trustee fee for holding the shares. Any dividends or profit/(loss) from the investments belong to entity Y. Elements of financial statementsThe elements of financial statements 53 Entity X should not recognise the listed shares
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