Regulation is defined as a set of rules that is designed to control and govern conduct by authority (Deegan 2009‚ p.59). On the basis of this definition‚ Deegan (2009‚ p.59) has defined regulations relating to financial accounting as rules that are developed by independent authoritative body to govern the preparation of financial statements which are accounting standards. Since decades ago‚ there have been arguments for and against the existence of accounting regulations. With a stance of pro-regulation
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Some people say that Internet is a great way of getting information‚ however‚ others state that some of the information you can access is not suitable‚ especially for children. What is your opinion? In our contemporary society it is absolutely impossible to imagine our life without using the internet. The number of people who find the internet a convenient tool helping them in studying or working is increasing steadily‚ so is the number of those who believe the internet to be harmful and overestimated
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Framework for Financial Reporting: A Critical Analysis Author: American Accounting Association’s Financial Accounting Standards Committee George J. Benston (Primary author); Douglas R. Carmichael; Joel S. Demski; Bala G. Dharan; Karim Jamal; Robert Laux; Shiva Rajgopal; George Vrana. Summary: FASB organizes the discussion of these conditions: users of financial reports‚ primary use of financial statements- management and investment decisions‚ cash flow as the objective of financial reporting‚ limitations
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GASB and FASB Analysis Paper By Jennifer R Carlson ACC 460 Kelly Chamberlain March 6‚ 2006 The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is the board that "sets the accounting and financial reporting standards for state and local governments‚ whereas the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is the standard-setter for all other entities except the federal government." (Granof‚ 2003‚ Ch 1 pp6) The GASB promotes accountability and allows the public to know the facts in
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A business metric is also known as a financial ratio or performance indicator. Financial ratios lift the veil on a firm’s operating prowess‚ telling investors how the company navigates the doldrums of a bad company. There are four common types of performance indicators in modern-day financial analysis: Liquidity‚ Efficiency‚ Profitability‚ and Safety. Liquidity Ratios Working Capital Formula: Total Current Assets – Total Current Liabilities The working capital metric is a measure of both a
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This short paper shall assess the significance of conceptual-primacy to the process of developing a conceptual-framework for financial reporting. Furthermore‚ we shall explore how conceptual-framework producers‚ such as the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)‚ have treated conceptual-primacy‚ and seek to determine whether or not they have made the correct choice in their treatment. ‘Conceptual-primacy are concepts that are used to
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A Conceptual Framework for Investigating the Impact of the Internet on Corporate Financial Reporting 1 Jason Zezhong Xiao. Cardiff University. UK xiao@cardiff.ac.uk Michael John Jones. Cardiff University. UK jonesm12@cardiff.ac.uk Andy Lymer. University of Birmingham. UK a.lymer@bham.ac.uk Abstract. This paper develops a conceptual framework of the impact of the Internet on corporate financial reporting on the basis of the issues and concerns elicited through an open-ended questionnaire
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Business Rules and Data Models Strayer University CIS-111 Prof. A database is a structure that contains information about many different categories of information and about the relationships between those categories (Pratt & Adamsk 2010). Database objects are entities that exist within a database to support operations such as storing‚ retrieving and manipulating data. Organizations use large amounts of data and database management system to store and transform data into information to support
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Name: Date: Assignment 1 – Research Assignment: DUE ON week 7_______________________ Choose ONE of the following topics for your assignment: 1. Select an advertisement for a quit smoking program‚ weight loss or sports nutrition supplement and research the scientific validity behind the program or product. Your report must include: A description of differences between primary and secondary resources An explanation of how secondary resources usually contain bias and how these
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7101AFE Financial Accounting Theory and Practice Tutorial Questions for Tutorials 1- 6: Semester 1 2015 TUTORIAL 1 - Semester 1 2015 Deegan Topic 1: Introduction to financial accounting theory QUESTION 1 – Question 1.2: If you developed a theory to explain how a person’s cultural background influences how they prepare financial statements‚ would you have developed a positive theory or a normative theory? The first of all‚ it is important to understand the mean by a ‘theory’. According to Contemporary
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