TOPIC 1: ACCOUNTING BASES‚ POLICIES‚ AND CONCEPTS ACCOUNTING BASES - These are the methods used for applying fundamental accounting concepts to financial transactions and items‚ preparing financial accounts‚ determining the accounting periods in which revenue and costs should be recognized in the profit and loss account‚ and determining the amounts at which material items should be stated in the balance sheet. - Examples of accounting bases include: Methods of calculating depreciation Methods
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Table of Contents Accounting Concepts and policies…………………………………………………………….. 3 – 7 Relevance of accounting concepts and policies on financial report…………….. 7 – 10 Discount allowed and received………………………………………………………………… 11 – 13 Difference between carriage inwards and carriage outwards……………………. 11 – 13 Differences between straight line and reducing balance methods……………… 11 – 13 References……………………………………………………………………………………………… 14 - 16 Introduction Accounting Concepts and Principles These are rules and
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Accounting Policies are the specific policies and procedures used by a company to prepare its financial statements. These include any methods‚ measurement systems and procedures for presenting disclosures. Accounting policies differ from accounting principles in that the principles are the rules and the policies are a company’s way of adhering to the rules. Revenue Recognition: Revenue recognition determines the accounting period‚ in which revenues and expenses are recognized. General Mills
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AOL ASSIGNMENT There were two accounting policies used by AOL that were considered aggressive‚ as well as controversial. The first was to amortize its software development costs and the second was to capitalize subscriber acquisition costs. The lifetime‚ for amortization purposes‚ which AOL assigned to software development costs was five years. This was considered by many to be an exceptionally long time considering the pace at which technology was progressing during that period of time.
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Human Resources Accounting in Infosys VALUING HUMAN RESOURCES QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSIONS Q1. By early 2000‚ many companies in India had started valuing their human capital and reported the same in their balance sheets and other financial statements. Briefly explain the concept of valuation of human resources and compare the various models available for human resources accounting. Ans: HRA involved identifying‚ measuring‚ capturing‚ tracking and analyzing the potential of
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1 giftjourn@l Conceptual Global Journal of e-Business & Knowledge Management 2009‚ Vol. 5‚ No 1‚ pp 1-7 Role of Business Intelligence in Supply Chain Management Jayanthi Ranjan Professor Information Technology and System Institute of Management Technology Raj nagar‚ Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh‚ India email: jranjan@imt.edu Abstract Downloaded From IP - 213.233.174.231 on dated 16-Jun-2013 Members Copy‚ Not for Commercial Sale www.IndianJournals.com When any firm wants to build
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CHAPTER SEVEN Discussion Questions 1. What role does forecasting play in the supply chain of a build-to-order manufacturer such as Dell? Although Dell builds to order‚ they obtain PC components in anticipation of customer orders and therefore they rely on forecasting. This forecast is used to predict future demand‚ which determines the quantity of each component needed to assemble a PC and the plant capacity required to perform the assembly. 2. How could Dell use collaborative forecasting
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INTANGIBLE ASSET ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTING POLICY SELECTION IN THE FOOTBALL INDUSTRY by NICHOLAS ROWBOTTOM A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Commerce and Social Science of The University of Birmingham for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department of Accounting and Finance School of Business Faculty of Commerce and Social Science The University of Birmingham July 1998 University of Birmingham Research Archive e-theses repository This unpublished thesis/dissertation is copyright
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Solutions Manual to accompany Accounting Theory 7e BY Allan Hodgson‚ Victoria Wise John Wiley & Sons Australia‚ Ltd 2010 Chapter 11: A positive theory of accounting policy and disclosure THEORY IN ACTION Theory in Action 11.1 Objections to crackdown 1. What are the likely components of a chief executive officer’s (CEO) management compensation package that might be affected by the proposed changes? It is most likely that the cash component of CEO compensation packages would
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1. Identify all the accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate‚ as accurate as possible‚ the effect of these on the company’s 1984 reported profits. Changes that affect the Harnischfeger Revenues: • The company started to account Kobe Steel sales in US‚ previously it only added the gross margin in the financial statement. (this sales represented $28 million) • Sales to a foreign subsidiary started to be consolidated as a net revenues (this
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