Does Fair Value Accounting for Non-Financial Assets Pass the Market Test? Hans B. Christensen and Valeri V. Nikolaev The University of Chicago Booth School of Business 5807 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago‚ IL 60637 Abstract: The choice between fair value and historical cost accounting is the subject of longstanding controversy among accounting academics and regulators. Nevertheless‚ the market based evidence on this subject is very limited. We study the choice of fair value versus historical
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According to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Litigation Release No. 21819 and Accounting and Auditing Release No. 3234 dated January 20‚ 2011‚ on January 13th‚ 2011‚ SEC charged NutraCea‚ three former executives‚ and two former accounting personnel for overstatement of NutraCea’s product sales revenues by employing deceptive accounting schemes. NutraCea is an Arizona-based company that manufactures and sells health food products. For the second and third quarters of its fiscal year 2007
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CHAPTER 12 ACCOUNTING FOR PARTNERSHIPS AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. a. Proprietorship: Ease of formation and nontaxable entity. b. Partnership: Expanded owner expertise and capital‚ nontaxable entity‚ and moderate complexity of formation. c. Limited liability company: Limited liability to owners‚ expanded access to capital‚ nontaxable entity‚ and moderate complexity of formation. 2. The disadvantages of a partnership are that its life is limited
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CALIFORNIA SYSTEMS CORPORATION (CSC) Executive Summary: Since CSC has decided to broaden its reach by entering the personal computing industry and made a strategic decision to outsource the DVD drives due to the manufacturing costs involved‚ it needs to decide on the sourcing strategy and select a supplier which would optimize its cost over the long run and result in profits for the company. On the basis of the suppliers considered‚ an evaluation scorecard has been formed which would rate the
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Financial Management Chapter 3 What is the receivables turnover? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g.‚ 32.16).) | Receivables turnover | times | Requirement 2: | The days’ sales in receivables? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g.‚ 32.16).) | Days’ sales in receivables | days | Requirement 3: | How long did it take on average for credit customers to pay off their accounts during the past year? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g.‚ 32.16)
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Solutions in the case Banc One’s stock price has fallen recently due to concerns of investors and analysts about the heavy use of the entity of interest rate derivatives. Dick Lodge‚ chief investment officer in charge of the bank’s investments and derivatives portfolio‚ the Director General shall recommend a plan of action to allay the fears of investors to the market and communicate the reasons for Banc One use of derivatives. The Bank uses interest rate swaps to manage its earnings sensitivity
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QAUNTITATIVE TECHNIQUES SOLUTION FOR THE CASE CUTTING CAFETERIA COSTS LPP MODEL FOR CAFETERIA COST CUTTING Objective: To reduce the purchase of potato and green beans‚ so as to meet the conditions of the various constraints to achieve the goal of minimizing the purchase cost. Constraint conditions: Potatoes Green Beans Protein 1.5 g per 100 g → 1.5% 2 g per 100 g → 2% Iron 0.3 mg per 100 g → 0.3% 1.2 mg per 100 g → 1.2% Vitamin C 12 mg per 100 g → 12% 10 mg per 100 g → 10%
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which Colfax products are excelled. The five major business units of Colfax were former leading independent and highly regarded pump companies from Germany‚ France‚ Sweden‚ Netherlands and the United States. 1. What problems Colfax faces in this case? In the year 2008‚ all the heavy industrial manufacturers faced an important business development issue across the world‚ one of them was Colfax. The reason behind the issue was the rapidly rising thirst for oil from markets like Asia‚ Middle East
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Harmonization of International Accounting Standards: Advantages & Disadvantages‚ Obstacles & Solutions As the trend for globalization in business becomes increasingly important for economic success‚ many issues arise through international business practices for corporations‚ governments‚ and investors. Due to the many conflicting codes and practices that exist between various national financial accounting standards throughout the world‚ international business becomes harder to analyze
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