BOUNDARIES→ Where land is bounded by tidal water‚ such as the sea or tidal river or a tidal lake‚ the boundary is the mean high water mark. The mean high water mark is the line of the medium high tide between the highest tide each lunar month and the lowest tide each lunar month averaged out over the year – Attorney-General v Chamber. ROADS AND NONTIDAL WATERS→ Ownership of land is presumed to extend beyond that boundary and up to the middle line of the road or water. This is the middle line rule. This
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ACCT 203: Section 1 Essay Instructions The Issue: You are a partner in Acme Accounting PSC and as such are considering how to respond to a letter written to you by “Bob” a new client. In his letter‚ he stated that he heard that there are two ways he can identify cost in the normal course of his construction business operations. He would like two know what they are‚ the major differences between them and which one best fits his business in terms of performance analysis. Your partners have asked
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Courtney Ulrick Lab Experiment #4 Properties of Gases Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to understand the gases; Hydrogen‚ Oxygen‚ and Carbon Dioxide. The experiment helped me understand the properties of these gases‚ specifically their physical and chemical properties. Data: Gas | Flame Reaction | Glowing Splint | Limewater Reaction | Bromothymol Blue Reaction | Hydrogen | Loud Pop | | | | Oxygen | | Glowing Brighter | | | Hydrogen & Oxygen | Loud Pop‚ extinguished
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My Life and Statute of Frauds In 1677‚ the English Parliament passed the Statute of Frauds. It is a state statute under which certain types of contracts must be in writing to be enforceable. The primary purpose of the Statute of Frauds is to ensure that there is reliable evidence of the contracts and terms‚ and it is to prevent the possibility of a nonexistent agreement between two parties being "proved" by perjury or Fraud. There are 5 categories to which the contracts must to fall within the
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The formation of the debit and credit concept In this simplified form we can begin to see what the mathematician and Father of Accounting (Luca Pacioli) saw in 1494 when he codified the double-entry bookkeeping system. It is his codified system that outlined the rules for applying debits and credits when recording the financial transactions of a business in the double-entry bookkeeping system. Now remember that Luca’s book in 1494 was written and published in Latin and at a time when the concept
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but the most valuable assets as they compose the intellectual property of the business. Companies do not always recognize correctly the intellectual property they possess and as a consequence they cannot benefit from what they have. That is why it is of crucial importance to identify what the intellectual property is; and to know how to protect the exclusive right of the inventor from all the possible infringements. Intellectual property law guards the originators in titling them with trademarks
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misappropriation fraud happens when people who are entrusted to manage the assets of an organization steal from it. Asset misappropriation fraud involves third parties or employees in an organization who abuse their position to steal from it through fraudulent activity. It can also be known as insider fraud. This type of fraud can be committed by company directors‚ or its employees‚ or anyone else entrusted to hold and manage the assets and interests of an organization. Asset misappropriation fraud could include
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Classmates‚ According to (Oster‚ 2014)‚ "Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales are two accounting allowance methods used to reconcile customer accounts deemed noncollectable. When allowed by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ these two strategies are preferred over direct write-off of bad debt expenses. Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales provide a business with the ability to accurately estimate the expected bad debt losses they will have in each succeeding
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In the present day forensic accounting plays a huge role in many of the court cases publicized by the media. With the spotlight on the profession‚ this is a good opportunity to discuss the following topics: 1) Five skills that a forensic accountant needs to possess. 2) The role of a forensic accountant within a courtroom environment. 3) Analyze the legal responsibility a forensic accountant has while providing service to a business. 4) Examine two cases where forensic
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8/2/2012 Objective of Lecture 2 CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS & ACCOUNTING EQUATION • By end of lecture 2‚ all students should be able to:(a) Understand the five categories of accounts and able to classify them into the respective categories (b) Understand the accounting equation and the relationship between assets‚ liabilities and owner’s equity. Classifications of accounts • • 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. An account is used to record all information regarding an item. The five major
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