United States‚ United Kingdom‚ and Chinese Accounting Systems‚ Accounting Standards‚ Accounting Practices This report discusses the accounting practices of the following countries U.K‚ U.S.A and China. An analysis of these different accounting systems will be conducted on issues such as the growth and background‚ social‚ economic and fiscal pressures that have led to each nations current characteristics. Concluding on the direction each nations accounting systems and practices seem to be heading
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Chapter 2—The External Environment: Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Industry Competition‚ and Competitor Analysis TRUE/FALSE 1. The health-related concerns in the general environment facing Philip Morris International are part of the physical segment. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 36 OBJ: 02-01 TYPE: comprehension NOT: AACSB: Ethical & Legal understanding | Management: Ethical Responsibilities | Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing the task environment 2. The external environment facing business stays relatively
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PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING(POA)/ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS(AFM) Basic Accounting Concepts & Terminologies ACCOUNTING- DEFINITION Accounting means the various technical activities performed by accountants‚ including financial accounting‚ bookkeeping and management accounting. Accounting is considered to be as old as money. However in 1494 Lucas Fra Pacoili‚ an Italian Merchant is universally regarded as the father of modern system of accounting or double entry system of accounting. Accounting has been
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inventory 3220 Inventory system 1. Perpetua: record sales and cost of merchandise sold uses FIFO LIFO 2. Periodic: records sales only FIFO LIFO and average CMS=MAFS-EI * Perpetual inventory * a/r 200 * sales 200 * CMS 80 * Merchandise inventory 80 Periodic inventory only sales recorded when inventory is sold. CMS is determined at the end of the accounting period Periodic inventory=physical count of E.I. 100 x 20=2000 80 x 21=1680 100 x22 =2200
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Current Value Accounting and Its Influences on Accounting Environment Wei Cui Abstract Current Value Accounting is one of the hot spots of accounting researches. Three prevailing current value accounting methods are present value method‚ current entry price method and current exit price method. All these methods aim at adjusting the book value of assets and liabilities so that the information will not be distorted by the changing prices
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Chapter 8 Activity-Based Costing: A Tool to Aid Decision Making Solutions to Questions 8-1 Activity-based costing differs from traditional costing systems in a number of ways. In activity-based costing‚ nonmanufacturing as well as manufacturing costs may be assigned to products. And‚ some manufacturing costs—including the costs of idle capacity—may be excluded from product costs. An activity-based costing system typically includes a number of activity cost pools‚ each of which has its
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Chapter 02 Worldwide Accounting Diversity Multiple Choice Questions 1. What is the equivalent of U.S. balance sheet common stock on the balance sheet of a British company? A) Capital redemption reserve B) Share premium account C) Own shares held D) Called-up share capital Answer: D Level: Medium LO: 1 2. Which of the following is not a problem caused by accounting diversity? A) Lack of qualified international
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The University of Chicago Booth School of Business Financial Accounting 30000 Financial Statement Analysis Case Exxon vs. Shell: Understanding the effect of inventory valuation on Financial Statements Designed by: Valeri Nikolaev Objective: Understanding the effect of inventory valuation assumptions on financial statements. Assignment summary: You are taking the role of a security analyst who recently started following the Oil and Gas industry. The analyst has a task to draw a comparison
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ACCOUNTING EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE Chapter 5 1. Know the following terms: merchandise inventory‚ sales‚ sales returns and allowances‚ sales discounts‚ net sales‚ cost of merchandise sold‚ gross profit‚ operating expenses‚ operating cycle‚ purchase discounts‚ purchase returns and allowances‚ FOB shipping point‚ FOB destination‚ and inventory shrinkage. 2. Be able to prepare a multiple step income statement. 3. Be able to prepare the journal entries for the seller and buyer including
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1 TW 5 Reliance on Accounting Numbers Critically analyse reliance on financial information What we will do this week Understand the concept of “quality” accounting information Develop the skills to know when and how to adjust current earnings for i f income not expected to persist t t dt i t Understand issues the financial analyst faces when dealing with retroactively restated financial statements Understand how to deal with differences in accounting principles across countries
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