comprehensive analysis of financial accounting topics involved in preparing financial statements and in external reporting. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: ACCT 310 or BMGT 310. Course Goals/Objectives This course should help you develop the ability to apply GAAP to a variety of complex accounting and financial reporting situations. The specific goals of this course are to: • provide a more extensive understanding of financial accounting principles and procedures
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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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Managerial Accounting Vs Financial Accounting Management Accounting is used primarily by those WITHIN a company or organization. Reports can be generated for any period of time such as daily‚ weekly or monthly. Reports are considered to be "future looking" and have forecasting value to those within the company. Financial accounting is used primarily by those OUTSIDE of a company or organization. Financial reports are usually created for a set period of time‚ such as a fiscal year or period. Financial
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ACCT302 COST ACCOUNTING FINAL EXAM EXAMPLES Demonstration Problem 1 Asani Corp. manufactures an electronic unit that plays a wide variety of video games on a television set. The units are entirely assembled in one production department. All manufacturing costs are incurred at a uniform rate throughout the production process. The following information is available for the month ended March: |Beginning inventory of Work in Process | |$154
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Managerial Auditing Journal Emerald Article: Forensic accounting education: insights from academicians and certified fraud examiner practitioners Zabihollah Rezaee‚ E. James Burton Article information: To cite this document: Zabihollah Rezaee‚ E. James Burton‚ (1997)‚"Forensic accounting education: insights from academicians and certified fraud examiner practitioners"‚ Managerial Auditing Journal‚ Vol. 12 Iss: 9 pp. 479 - 489 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02686909710185206
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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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JB Accounting Fraud‚ the Investor and the Sarbanes Oxley Act Throughout the past several years major corporate scandals have rocked the economy and hurt investor confidence. The largest bankruptcies in history have resulted from greedy executives that “cook the books” to gain the numbers they want. These scandals typically involve complex methods for misusing or misdirecting funds‚ overstating revenues‚ understating expenses‚ overstating the value of assets or underreporting of liabilities
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Early Detection = $ Saved Accounting Anomalies Accounting Anomalies Faulty Journal Entries Inaccuracies in the Ledgers Ledger Doesn’t Balance Doesn’ Master or Control Accounts Do Not Equal the Sum of Individual Customer or Vendor Accounts 1 Recognize Internal Control Weaknesses Lack of Segregation of Duties Lack of Physical Safeguards Lack of Independent Checks & Reviews Lack of Proper Authorization Overriding of Existing Controls Inadequate Accounting System Common Examples
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ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION Vol. 26‚ No. 4 2011 pp. 797–806 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/iace-50053 Home Heaters: A Holistic View of the Financial Statements M. Cathy Claiborne and Kirkland A. Wilcox ABSTRACT: In this case‚ two start-up companies in the same industry have identical economic transactions. Although both companies follow generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ each manager makes different choices and estimates when applying GAAP. By preparing
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Abstract The aim of this short paper is targeted at broadening general understanding of the impact of accounting for goodwill in the Non-for-Profit environment based on its financial practicability and how a focus on the fair value of goodwill goes to the heart of the value of an Organization. Various amendments and new accounting rules; Enron and WorldCom misfortunes; Ponzi Schemes and other white collar financial frauds have brought about stricter governance and financial statement reporting responsibilities
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