Financial Accounting and Reporting Case: America Online 1. What accounting approach has AOL used in the past that it is now changing (related to the $385 million)? AOL‚ prior to October 1‚ 1996‚ recorded the expenditure related to subscribers acquisitions as an asset and amortized monthly over a period < 24 months. This was a strongly criticized approach. Furthermore‚ the accounting approach in the article is considered aggressive. In October 1996‚ they discontinued capitalizing customer acquisition
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Evolution of Financial Accounting Introduction Accountancy is the art of communicating financial information of a business entity to its stakeholders. It is the branch of mathematical science that assists in discovering the causes of success and failure in a business. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) defines accountancy as "The art of recording‚ classifying‚ and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of money‚ transactions and events which are‚ in
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CHAPTER 2 SOLUTIONS TO SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS FROM SCOTT TEXTBOOK 6th edition 11. Several reasons can be suggested why oil company managers have reservations about RRA: • The discount rate of 10% might not reflect the firm’s cost of capital. • Low reliability. RRA involves making a large number of assumptions and estimates. While SFAS 69 deals with low reliability in part by requiring end-of-period oil and gas prices to be used (rather than prices anticipated when the reserves are expected
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198 Accounting Standard (AS) 14 (issued 1994) Accounting for Amalgamations Contents INTRODUCTION Definitions EXPLANATION Types of Amalgamations Methods of Accounting for Amalgamations The Pooling of Interests Method The Purchase Method Consideration Treatment of Reserves on Amalgamation Treatment of Goodwill Arising on Amalgamation Balance of Profit and Loss Account Treatment of Reserves Specified in A Scheme of Amalgamation Disclosure Amalgamation after the Balance Sheet Date ACCOUNTING STANDARD
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What are the major limitations of Financial Accounting? Explain with the help of Examples. What are the alternatives to overcome these limitations? Financial accounting can be defined as reporting of the financial position and performance of a firm through financial statements issued to the external users on a periodic basis. It is a field of finance that treats money as a means of measuring economic performance instead of treating it as a factor of production. It encompasses the entire system
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of Financial Accounting Prepare written answers to the following assignments from Ch. 3 of Financial Accounting: * Questions 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ & 8 * Exercise E3-7 * Exercise E3-8 2. State two generally accepted accounting principles that relate to adjusting the accounts. Matching principle and revenue recognition principle 3. Rick Marsh‚ a lawyer‚ accepts a legal engagement in March‚ performs the work in April‚ and is paid in May. If Marsh’s law firm prepares monthly financial statements
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Contents Task 1 1 Q: 1.1 1 Types of Stakeholders 1 Internal Stakeholder 1 External Stakeholders 2 1.2) 2 1.3) 2 1.4) (a) 3 1.4) (b) 3 1.4) (c) 3 Task 2 5 Q2.1 5 Q2.2 6 Q2.3 7 Q2.4 8 Task 3 8 Q 3.1) 8 3.2) 9 3.3) 9 3.4 (a) 10 Income Statement 10 Statement of Division of Profit 11 3.4 (b) 11 Task 4 11 4. A 11 Profitability Ratios 12 Liquidity Ratios 12 Solvency Ratio 13 Asset Management Ratio 13 Assessment of Market Value 14 4. B 14 Comparison of Liquidity Ratio 14 Asset Management Ratio 15 Profitability
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Date: _____________ 1.|An account is a part of the financial information system and is described by all except which one of the following?| A)|An account has a debit and credit side.| B)|An account is a source document.| C)|An account consists of three parts.| D)|An account has a title.| 2.|Which statement about an account is true?| A)|In its simplest form‚ an account consists of two parts.| B)|An account is an individual accounting record of increases and decreases in specific asset
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ACCT1501 ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1A SEMESTER 1 2008 COURSE NOTES Last Revised: 13th August 2008. kaheiyeh.web.officelive.com Contents Page 3: The Nature of Accounting Page 5: The Balance Sheet & Transaction Analysis Page 8: The Income Statement & Transaction Analysis Page 13: Financial Reporting Principles Page 18: Adjustment to Accounting Entries Page 23: Completing the Accounting Cycle Page 26: Accounting for Cash Holdings & Receivables Page 30: Accounting for Inventory Page 37:
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No.6 (Serial No.61) Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing‚ ISSN 1548-6583‚ USA Fair value accounting under financial crisis HE Cai-xia1‚ ZHANG Chi2 (1. School of Accounting‚ Zhongnan University of Economics and Law‚ Wuhan 430073‚ China; 2. School of Management‚ Huazhong University of Science and Technology‚ Wuhan 430073‚ China) Abstract: The recent financial crisis has led to a vigorous debate about the pros and cons of fair-value accounting (FVA). This debate presents a major challenge
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