for Higher Education UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX THE ESSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL 10/09/10-04:05:28 The Effect of Applying Fair Value on the Financial Statements of UK Leading Companies By Bassam Kazmouz 0948799 Supervisor Dr Robert Wearing September 2010 Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE (MSC) www.abahe.co.uk Arab British Academy for Higher Education TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ..............
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1 ACCOUNTING 1 (ACN101- M) STUDY UNIT 1: THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF ACCOUNTING DEFINITION: • • • Accounting can be defined as the orderly & systematic recording of the monetary values of financial transactions of a business The reporting of results Providing financial information as a basis for decision making 3 main processes define the accounting process: 1. IDENTIFYING: Selecting evidence of economic / financial activity (transactions) 2. RECORDING transactions to provide a permanent
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8 Accounting theory and conceptual frameworks After studying this chapter you should be able to: & explain what accounting theory is & describe the main attempts at constructing an accounting theory & appraise current developments in the area & describe and discuss the contents of the IASB Framework & appraise the quality and usefulness of the IASB Framework in the context of its self-declared purposes & describe and discuss the parts of IAS 1 relating to accounting concepts and policies & appraise
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external users 4. FASB – responsible for GAAP (accounting principles) 5. Accounting Equation 6. Know the 3 activities that business engage in and give examples of each activity. (These 4 questions also relate to Chapter 12‚ The Statement of Cash Flows) 7. The International Accounting Standards Board is responsible for developing a single set of worldwide accountings standards (IFRS). 8. These standards will help companies to reduce accounting costs‚ make it easier to acquire foreign companies
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Coursework BBM – Financial Accounting (FIN 2241) SHARIFUDDIN HAZIQ BIN ABDUL AZIZ SCM 022587 Ms. Janice Contents No. | Title | Pages | 1 | Executive summary | 2 | 2 | Question 1 | Introduction | 3 | | | Sole Proprietorship | 4 | | | Partnership | 5 | | | Limited Liabilities Company | 6 | | | Accounting | 7 | | | Benefits of accounting | 7-9 | 3 | Question
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Accounting numbers in business is a closely watched area these days largely in part to the bad financial decisions made by certain corporations. This all has happened over the past 10 years when large corporations were found to be fudging the numbers causing thousands and thousands of employees to lose everything when the company went under. The article chosen for this paper is about the importance of educating students on ethics in accounting. It was written by Susan Schott Karr in 2004‚ who frequently
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basic code of conduct that defines what it means to act as a professional. A professional firm can look to a number of sources for key principles of ethical conduct to emphasize in its practice. 2. Analyzing Ethical Situations Discussions of case studies that apply ethical standards to common workplace situations can be particularly effective‚ since professional conduct and ethical behavior depend on the good judgment of individuals in what are often complex‚ challenging‚ and ambiguous real-life
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1. Accounting is an information and measurement system that: A. Identifies business activities. B. Records business activities. C. Communicates business activities. D. Helps people make better decisions. E. All of these. 2. Technology A. Has replaced accounting. B. Has not changed the work that accountants do. C. Has closely linked accounting with consulting‚ planning‚ and other financial services. D. In accounting has replaced the need for decision makers. E. In accounting is only
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ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAXES F 1. Taxable income is a tax accounting term and is also referred to as income before taxes. F 2. Pretax financial income is the amount used to compute income taxes payable. T 3. Deferred tax expense is the increase in the deferred tax liability balance from the beginning to the end of the accounting period. T 4. A deferred tax liability represents the increase in taxes payable in future years as a result of taxable temporary differences existing at the end
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21. Generally accepted accounting principles c. derive their credibility and authority from general recognition and acceptance by the accounting profession. 22. A soundly developed conceptual framework of concepts and objectives should d. all of these. 23. Which of the following (a-c) are not true concerning a conceptual framework in account-ing? c. It should be based on fundamental truths that are derived from the laws of nature. S24. Which of the following is not a benefit associated
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