advantage of position to manipulate earnings 2. What factors contribute to fraud? How can a company minimize the occurrence of these factors? Explain 3. Explain the key provisions of sections 302‚ 404 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley act? CoSo Framework (SAS 78) a. Sec. 406 – Establishes a code of Ethics for the company a. Requires public companies to disclose if they have accepted a code of ethics that applies to CEO‚ CFO‚ controller or persons performing similar functions b. If they have
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Traditionally all accounting information was recorded by hand in a written form. Employees performed the whole accounting cycle manually; they calculated trial balances‚ journalized transactions‚ prepared financial statements and other routines. Traditional manual accounting was a very tedious process‚ and required accountants to spend large amounts of time mathematically checking numbers. While many small companies still use the traditional ways of accounting‚ many large companies are switching
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fall-out of Accounting Period concept. This concept requires that expenses incurred for a particular accounting period should be reckoned in the same period‚ irrespective of the fact whether these expenses have been paid in cash or not in that year. The same holds true for revenues‚ i.e.‚ revenues earned in a specific accounting period are construed as incomes of the same period‚ irrespective of their receipts. This concept is also known as the accrual theory of accounting or accrual accounting. This
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current accounting system available. 2. Define an accounting system. An accounting system is a system that identifies‚ records‚ communicates information that is relevant‚ reliable‚ and comparable about an organizations business activities. 3. List and describe the components of accounting information system. Technology People Data Input and Output Internal Control 4. Discuss the FASB conceptual framework. Assets: A resource that has probable future economic value Liabilities:
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Unit three: Principles of managing information and producing documents Assessment You should use this file to complete your Assessment. • The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document‚ either onto your computer or a disk • Then work through your Assessment‚ remembering to save your work regularly • When you’ve finished‚ print out a copy to keep for reference • Then‚ go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study area – make
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Difference between historical cost and fair value accounting In order to make the most profitable and rational decisions entity’s stakeholders have to evaluate organisation’s financial statements. Today’s world of rapidly changing prices has made it difficult to estimate what something is actually worth. Thus leading to debates at what price – historical costing price or market value – assets and liabilities should be reported. Therefore‚ before making any evaluations about reported transactions
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EXERCISE 14-1 (15-20 minutes) Valuation account relating to the long-term liability‚ bonds payable (sometimes referred to as an adjunct account). The 3‚000 would continue to be reported as long-term. Current liability if current assets are used to satisfy the debt. Current liability‚ 200‚000 long-term liability‚ 800‚000. Current liability. Probably noncurrent‚ although if operating cycle is greater than one year and current assets are used‚ this item would be classified as current. Current liability
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on their Accounting Information Systems? If a company has adequate security controls in place then they should not be held liable for losses sustained in a successful attack made on their Accounting Information System (AIS) by outside sources. If a company is negligent about security controls then they should be held liable for losses sustained in a successful attack on their AIS. There are a variety of sources that threaten accounting information
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IMPACT OF INFORMATION SYSTEM ON ACCOUNTING PRACTICE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Various information Information has been an important factor in decision making process. In recent times‚ people and organizations try their best to acquire information in a timely manner to aid them as they battle to manage their businesses. The increasing complexity of the society especially‚ as is manifested in social‚ political and economic institutions‚ has necessitated the more‚ man’s quest for more relevant information
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Essay n°=1: Describe the methods used to calculate value added. How does value added contribute towards understanding the connections between the business and its product markets? Use relevant examples to illustrate points. Within the framework of value added in general‚ Pigou and Bernard Cox suggested the calculation of Value Added that is used for classical nationals accounts. In 1920‚ Pigou gave his interpretation of value added‚ consisting of being able to precisely determine the earnings
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