Accounting Information Systems Research Paper Abstract The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) was enacted into law in 2002 in the wake of corporation financial reporting scandals involving large publicly held companies. SOX instituted new strict financial regulations with the intent of improving accounting practices and protecting investors from corporate misconduct. SOX requires corporate executives to vouch for the accuracy of financial statements‚ and to institute
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Accounting 4304 Written Assignment Questions for Not-for-Profit Agencies For the agency which you have selected‚ provide the following information: I. Basic Agency Information A Name of organization B Address C Executive Director’s name and title D Does the organization utilize volunteer? If so‚ how many and in what capacity? E Describe geographic area that the agency serves F Is the agency affiliated with a state‚ regional or national organization? If yes‚ provide the following
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(A) Rules-based accounting standard Rule-based systems are fairly simplistic‚ consisting of little more than a set of if-then statements‚ but provide the basis for so-called "expert systems" which are widely used in many fields. The concept of an expert system is this: the knowledge of an expert is encoded into the rule set. When exposed to the same data‚ the expert system AI will perform in a similar manner to the expert. Rule-based systems are a relatively simple model that can be adapted to
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as they struggle to maintain their identities while trying to shake them off at the same time. The story was about adaptation and learning acculturing and also discovering new things about themselves while finds itself presented with two conflicting realities and cultures and sets of expectations - one of the host countries through the socio-cultural surroundings and the other of the home country through their parents. Whereas the parents maintain ties with their home country and try hard
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Independent University‚ Bangladesh (IUB) In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements of EMBA Course-513E Management Accounting By Mohammed Shamsuddin Student ID: 1110805 Summer Semester‚ 2012‚ Management Accounting‚ EMBA INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY‚BANGLADESH July 26‚ 2012 Dr.Dilip kumar Sen Professor School of
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1 The ethical guidelines which accountants are obliged to follow in the conduct of their work are made to combat criticism and gain credibility by preventing fraudulent accounting. Accountants ought to be able to maintain impartiality and independence to create a clear‚ credible and unbiased audit. Hence‚ the ethical principles are considered important. This is because the work of accountants requires a high level of ethics since the financial statements prepared and verified by auditors reflect
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project free cash flows as opposed to the accounting profits earned by the project when analyzing whether to undertake the project? Ans: When analyzing whether to undertake a project‚ Caledonia needs to focus on free cash flows opposed to the accounting profits because free cash flows is revenue that can be used or reinvested in similar or future projects because it is money that has been received. If Caledonia chose to focus on the accounting profits the profit would be much lower because of depreciation
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HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING LEARNING OUTCOMES Understand the history of accounting dating from prehistoric times to written record keeping. Identify the seven preconditions for the emergence of systematic book keeping. Know Luca Pacioll contributions in introducing double entry book keeping. Accounting is a tool‚ invented by humankind‚ to fulfill needs of society. Unlike the explorers of the past who discovered new lands‚ accounting cannot in any true sense be said to have been discovered
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[APC309 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Individual Assignment : Task a and Task b ] Table of Contents Part a 1.0 Introduction to performance management …………………………………………………………………………….2 2.0 EVA and ROI ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………2 3.0 Mangers orientation due to using EVA and ROI……………………………………………………………………….3 4.0 Overcoming the short term nature of EVA and ROI………………………………………………………………….4 5.0 Appendix…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 Part b 1.0 Introduction
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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
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