Accruals and the Prediction of Future Cash Flows: evidence from China Background Predicting the company’s future cash flows is of high significance in accounting and finance areas alike‚ due to the fact that the ability of company generating cash flows substantially influences its securities value. For this purpose‚ Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) states that the primary objective of financial reporting is to provide information to help investors‚ creditors‚ and others in assessing
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Public Sector Accounting System in Nigeria: A Comparative Study of Cash-Basis and Accrual-Basis of Reporting By Cletus .O. Akenbor (Ph.D) Faculty of Management University of Port Harcourt‚ Choba Rivers State‚ Nigeria E-Mail: akenborcletus@yahoo.com Tel:+2348033364528 And Tennyson Oghoghomeh Director – Finance and Accounts Office of the Deputy Governor of Delta State Asaba‚ Nigeria oghoghomehtennyson@yahoo.com Tel: +2348035537037 ABSTRACT
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Equity‚ Cash Flow‚ and Notes Analysis Paper ACC/529 Accounting for Managerial Decision Making Cynthia Law Scott Law Sunny Lee Samuel Ogunwobi Clara Reid Professor James Neuner January 19‚ 2004 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Consolidated Statements of Shareholders ’ Equity 3 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 4 Goals of the Organization 5 Important notes to the financial statements 6 Management ’s Discussion and Analysis of Operations 9 Conclusion
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Advantages of Cash flow * Cash flow is more “direct” as “profit” is highly dependent on accounting conventions and concepts/principles * Cash flow reporting satisfies the needs of all users better since cash flow is more direct with its messages. Some of the interested user parties are: * Creditors -repayment of debts‚ overdue accounts * Management -cash flow reporting provides the type of information which decision should be taken re: relevant costs ( decision based on future cash flow)
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Chap 8 1. Brand (114) -> AMA defines as “a name‚ term‚ sign‚ symbol‚ or design‚ or a combination of them‚ intended to identify the goods or services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of competitors” adds dimensions that differentiate the offering in some way from other offerings designed to satisfy the same need differences may be functional‚ rational‚ or tangible---related to the product performance of the brand differences may also be symbolic‚ emotional
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WHY PROFIT DOES NOT EQUAL CASH Why is profit not equal to cash coming in? Some differences such as loans received which do not impact the profit and loss statement are pretty obvious. Others may not be as obvious but you can break them down into three main areas: - Revenue is booked at sale. In many cases a sale is recorded for accounting purposes in the profit and loss statement when a company delivers a product or service. In many cases‚ no cash has been exchanged at the time of
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of an equity investment is a stock or any other security representing an ownership interest. I would incest in unregistered private stock‚ because there is more of a chance of becoming filthy rich with private stocks than public stocks. A great future investment is that of green energy‚ because as we develop technology that improves efficiency with harvesting green energy it will become far more widely used. Investing in real estate‚ especially if you have the skills to fix up and
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stanAccounting Standard (AS) 3 (revised 1997) Cash Flow Statements Contents OBJECTIVE SCOPE BENEFITS OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION DEFINITIONS Cash and Cash Equivalents PRESENTATION OF A CASH FLOW STATEMENT Operating Activities Investing Activities Financing Activities REPORTING CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES REPORTING CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES REPORTING CASH FLOWS ON A NET BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY CASH FLOWS EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS TAXES ON INCOME
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Information Given by Cash Flow Statements: A cash flow statement is a special document that is a mandated to be prepared by the accountants of any firm. Cash flow statements are nothing but the record of all the cash transactions that take place in a company. It is important for the financial statements of a company to make and have cash flow statements because the cash flow statements demonstrate the ability of a company to generate cash. The incoming and the outgoing cash are all recorded via
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The United States of America has five basic principles which ensure the ability of the country. The basic foundations: fundamental worth‚ equality of all persons‚ majority rule minority rights‚ necessity of compromise‚ and ividual freedom. This paper reviews three of the five principles: majority rule and minority rights‚ individual freedom‚ and necessity of compromise. Two of these cases of individual freedom plus majority rule and minority rights the United States has failed to uphold
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