creating better futures http://www.uow.edu.au/commerce School of Accounting and Finance ACCY305: Financial Accounting III Subject Outline 6 credit points Subject Information Autumn‚ 2013 Wollongong On Campus Lecture Information: Wednesdays‚ 10:30 - 12:30‚ 67-104 Wednesdays (Repeat Lecture)‚ 17:30 - 19:30‚ 20.4 Pre-requisites: ACCY201 Co-requisites: Nil Restrictions: None Contact Hours: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours tutorial Online Subject Material: http://www.uow.edu.au/student/index.html
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Financial statements are a necessity when it comes to businesses. They are used by both internal managers as well as outside users and provide information about the entire company. Managerial accounting is primarily used by individuals within a company or organization. The main purpose of financial accounting is to prepare financial reports that provide information about an organization’s performance to external parties like creditors‚ investors and tax authorities (Hilton‚ 2006). There are several
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Michigan university | Is It Fair to Blame Fair Value Accounting for the Financial Crisis? | By Robert C. Pozen | | Luma Raha | 10/12/2011 | The article from the Harvard Business Review‚ "Is it Fair to Blame Fair Value Accounting for the Financial Crisis?" ‚ author Robert Pozen stipulates that the fair value accounting principles did not cause the financial crisis of 2008‚ but certainly aggravated it by common misconceptions about accounting standards. The article defines mark-to-market
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Question 3: 2A4-LS10 SFAS 52 permits two different methods for converting the financial statements of foreign subsidiaries into U.S. dollars. Transaction gains and losses as a result of foreign currency translation are reported as: Income from discontinued operations. An extra-ordinary item. Income from continuing operations. An adjustment to retained earnings. Foreign currency exchange-rate adjustments to a company’s financial statements are recorded as "exchange gains" in current period activity.
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title: An investigation report on accounting and financial control Submission date: 21st September 2012 Submitted by: Ahmed Shahir ATHE registration number: Table of contents Introduction 2 Purpose and requirements for keeping financial records 3 Techniques for recording financial information 3 Legal and organisational requirements of financial purpose 4 Usefulness of financial statements to stakeholders 5 Difference
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FUNDAMENTALCONCEPTS OF ACCOUNTING Accounting is the language of business and it is used to communicate financial information. In order for that information to make sense‚ accounting is based on 12 fundamental concepts. These fundamental concepts then form the basis for all of the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). By using these concepts as the foundation‚ readers of financial statements and other accounting information do not need to make assumptions about what the numbers mean
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BAO3309 Advanced Financial Accounting Semester 2011 Non-Graded Assessment There are 1 Multiple Choice Questions and you have 13 minutes to complete this assessment 1) Which of the following is true about theories in general? A. Theories can include any coherent set of ideas or statements to explain‚ or provide guidance in respect of‚ certain phenomena B. Theories must be empirically based to describe what is‚ rather than what should be C. Theories must be based on
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Financial Statements Study Objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Describe the primary forms of business organization. Identify the users and uses of accounting information. Explain the three principal types of business activity. Describe the content and purpose of each of the financial statements. Explain the meaning of assets‚ liabilities‚ and stockholders’ equity‚ and state the basic accounting equation. Describe the components that supplement the financial statements in an annual
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CHAPTER 2 A Further Look at Financial Statements Study Objectives 1. Identify sections of a classified balance sheet. 2. Identify and compute ratios for analyzing a company’s profitability. 3. Explain the relationship between a retained earnings statement and a statement of stockholders’ equity. 4. Identify and compute ratios for analyzing a company’s liquidity and solvency using a balance sheet. 5. Use the statement of cash flows to evaluate solvency. 6. Explain the meaning of
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ACC 2242 Assign#4.. Due Date …..Wednesday…Aug 07‚ 2013 8-35B 8-40B Fibre Systems Best Use of Facilities Analysis Make Buy and Use Facilities for Other Product Variable unit cost of obtaining the optical switches $ 13 $ 11 Number of optical switches × 80‚000 × 80‚000 Total variable cost of obtaining 80‚000 optical switches $1‚040‚000 $880‚000 Expected profit contribution from the other product — (130‚000) Expected
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