Question no: 01:- Accounting profit and Economic profit. Economic Profit Implicit cost Accounting profit Explicit cost Total opportunity cost Revenue Revenue How an economist views a firm How an accountant views a firm Accounting profit equals sales revenue minus ( - ) all costs except the cost of equity capital‚ while Economic profit is sales revenue minus ( - ) all costs including the opportunity cost of equity capital. Thus economic profit may be lower than the accounting profit. If accounting
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ACCOUNTING THEORIES 1. What is the difference between a positive theory of accounting and a normative theory of accounting? 2. What do we mean when we say that ‘theories are abstractions of reality’? Do you agree that theories of accounting are necessarily abstractions of reality? 3. Identify and explain 5 different criteria we might use to establish a theory as being suitable for use in our research. 4. Is the study of financial accounting theory a waste of time for accounting
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Entities within Australia will have the choice as to whether or not they choose to meet the requirements detailed in accounting standards. (b) The number of options within IFRS-adopted accounting standards is expected to be restricted‚ although compliance with the AASB standard will mean compliance with the IASB standard. (c) The number of options within IFRS-adopted accounting standards is expected to be restricted‚ which means that compliance with the AASB standard will not automatically mean
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Journal of Business Finance & Accounting‚ 32(3) & (4)‚ April/May 2005‚ 0306-686X Discussion of Accounting‚ Valuation and Duration of Football Player Contracts JOHN FORKER* Investment by football clubs in player contracts provides a natural experiment to evaluate the mandated accounting requirement that purchased intangible assets must be capitalised (ASB‚ FRS 10‚ 1997b). The study is well grounded for three reasons. First‚ the availability of industry level transaction price data for transfer
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Abstract: Creative accounting is a practice of accounting following the certain rules of it‚ but it is fluctuated from the basic spirit of those rules. Creative accounting is the ‘colorful’ representation of a company’s assets‚ liabilities and income. It is basically done to attract investors. The example of ‘the half glass of water’ maybe pulled to explain the idea. If a glass is filled with water to its half volume‚ then instead of saying ‘it is half empty’‚ the creative accountants prefer
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lender or investor. To obtain funding‚ you need to convince a lender / investor that your business is more than a hobby. You need to demonstrate that you have a firm grasp of your business‚ the accounting practices that impact your business‚ the controls needed to safeguard assets‚ and which accounting system will produce accurate and relevant financial information. Write a six to eight (6-8) page business plan in which you: 1. Describe the type of business you have created including: a. The
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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING 1. The group is required to undertake a project on a management accounting topic related to the course (refer attachment). The objective of the project is to provide students an opportunity to gain an in-depth knowledge of the theoretical underpinnings of one of the management accounting topics and to summarize any current articles of the topic (the chosen articles must be accepted by your lecturer). 2. The group projects may be done in groups of at most five
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Effect of Applying Fair Value on the Financial Statements of UK Leading Companies By Bassam Kazmouz 0948799 Supervisor Dr Robert Wearing September 2010 Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE (MSC) www.abahe.co.uk Arab British Academy for Higher Education TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ........................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Overview
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3-23 a.2 b.4 c.3 3-24 a.3 b.4 c.1 3-25 a.3 b.2 c. 3 3-26 a. The auditor cannot say the financial statements are correctly stated. Things could change during the audition period. And there are some parts that auditor does not responsible for. Because we cannot audit every single thing. b. It does not say which accounting principles to follow. c. Sorry I don’t know the answer. d. Write down the CPA firm rather than the name of the CPA because it’s the firm to take responsible rather
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FACULTY OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SEMESTER: MEI 2013 BBAP 2103 COURSE: BACHELOR (HONS) MANAGEMENT (BIM) (A7470) COURSE TITLE: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING MATRICULATION NO : RF179118001 IDENTITY CARD NO : RF179118 TELEPHONE NO : 0167386906 E-MAIL : vnod_86@yahoo.com LEARNING CENTRE : SEAMEO RECSAM LEARNING CENTRE Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction of the company 2.0 Explanation on the purposes of product cost information is
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