Origins All types of businesses‚ whether service‚ manufacturing or trading‚ require cost accounting to track their activities.[1] Cost accounting has long been used to help managers understand the costs of running a business. Modern cost accounting originated during the industrial revolution‚ when the complexities of running a large scale business led to the development of systems for recording and tracking costs to help business owners and managers make decisions. In the early industrial age‚
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INTRODUCTION Cost accounting is an important tool in the management of any business firm or organization‚ which includes those in the small scaled industry. In the cause of our research instrument indicated the maintenance of improper and inadequate records coupled with the fact that cost methods used‚ through sometimes effective‚ were unconventional. For a small scale business to approach profit maximization level‚ it must be effective in cost control procedures and appropriate books
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Report by Analysts of Group 6. Investment Recommendation:HOLD (Current stock is fairly priced) Business Analysis Overview The Swedish company Hennes & Mauritz AB is the second largest clothing retailer in the world‚ just behind Spain-based Inditex (parent company of ZARA). The H&M Group’s business consists mainly of sales of clothing‚ accessories‚ footwear‚ cosmetics and home textiles to consumers. In addition
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Environmental Accounting Where We Are Now‚ Where We Are Heading by Joy E. Hecht Interest is growing in modifying national income accounting systems to promote understanding of the links between economy and environment. T he field of environmental accounting has made great strides in the past two decades‚ moving from a rather arcane endeavor to one tested in dozens of countries and well established in a few. But the idea that nations might integrate the economic role of the environment into
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MODULE 1 Management Accounting Module 1 Management Accounting Objectives Aim To provide an understanding of the nature of management accounting and its role in the process of managing and controlling the enterprise. Key Concepts ▪ Management accounting ▪ Management control ▪ Decision making Learning Outcomes By the end of this section you should be able to understand: ▪ The purpose of management accounting ▪ The concepts and processes of control. The
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------------------------------------------------- Topic : Companies across the world have started to adopt environmental accounting. What is environmental accounting? Should it be made mandatory? Does environmental accounting help the environment in any way? Give specific examples of how environmental accounting has benefited the environment. ------------------------------------------------- Introduction : The developing countries like India are facing the twin problem of protecting the
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and Legal Liability with Regard to Private Auditors in Ethiopia”: For the Fulfillment of M.Sc Program in Accounting and Finance Adviser: Johannes Kinfu (Prof) By: Muluneh Beyene Addis Ababa University School of Gradate Studies Department of Accounting and Finance July‚ 2007 Addis Ababa Statement of Certification This is to certify that Muluneh Beyene has carried out his research work on the topic entitled “The Auditors Professional Responsibilities and Legal Liability with
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TEST BANK IN CASH – LEGAL SIZE ACCNTFI MR. ALBNERT C. CHAN‚ BSC‚ CPA‚ MBA 3RD TERM DLS-CSB Ex. 173 The cash balance per books for Dexter Company on September 30‚ 2008 is $10‚740.93. The following checks and receipts were recorded for the month of October‚ 2008: Checks Receipts No. Amount No. Amount Amount Date 17 $372.96 22 $ 578.84 $843.86 10/ 5 18 $780.62 23 $1‚687.50 $941.54 10/21 19 $157.00 24 $ 921.30 $808.58 10/27 20 $587.50 25 $ 246.03 $967.00 10/30 21 $234
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11.2 a. Determine the current value of the bond if present market conditions justify a 14 percent required rate of return. PV = CF^n / (1 +i) ^n PV = CF n / (1 + i)^4 PV = 70 / (1 + .14) ^4 PV = 70 / (1.14) ^4 PV = 70/ 1.14 + 70/ 1.30 + 70/ 1.48 + 70/ 1.69 PV = 61.40 + 53.85 + 47.30 + 41.42 = $203.97 PV of the par value = 1‚000 PV = $203.97 + 1‚000 = $1203.97 b. Now‚ suppose Twin Oaks’ four-year bond had semiannual coupon payments. What would be its current value? (Assume a 7 percent
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