Although the conviction was overturned on May 31‚ 2005 by the Supreme Court of the United States‚ the firm ceased performing audits and is currently unwinding its business operations. On July 9‚ 2002 George W. Bush gave a speech about recent accounting scandals that had been uncovered. In spite of its stern tone‚ the speech did not focus on establishing new policy‚ but instead focused on actually enforcing current laws‚ which include holding CEOs and directors personally responsible for accountancy
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A. What is the difference between accrual-basis accounting and cash-basis accounting? The difference between the two types of accounting is when revenues and expenses are recorded. In cash basis accounting revenues are recorded when cash is actually received and expenses are recorded when the expenses are actually paid. B. Why would politicians prefer the cash basis over the accrual basis? The accrual basis system deals with deprecation of the value of equipment‚ land and such. Politicians would
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← Abstract Faced with various issues of international accounting in cultural‚ economic‚ ethical and social level‚ after comparing US with China about the GAAP‚ analyzing the differences and difficulties in global accounting standard‚ it’s necessary to separate different accounting standards because of the diversification in different countries‚ it shows that accountancy professions play an important role in capital market‚ which can provide useful‚ relevant and reliable information to interested
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Accounting Organizations and Socie~y‚ Vol. 13‚ No. 5‚ pp. 477---485‚ 1988. Printed in Great Britain 0361-3682/88 $3.00+.00 Pergamon Press plc TOWARDS A C C O U N T I N G AS R E A L I T Y C O N S T R U C T I O N : A NEW EPISTEMOLOGY FOR ACCOUNTING PRACTICE* GARETH MORGAN York University‚ Toronto Abstract Accountants often see themselves as objective appraisers of reality‚.representing reality "as is". This paper takes a different view‚ arguing that accountants typically construct
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CHAPTER 2 21. Generally accepted accounting principles a. are fundamental truths or axioms that can be derived from laws of nature. b. derive their authority from legal court proceedings. c. derive their credibility and authority from general recognition and acceptance by the accounting profession. d. have been specified in detail in the FASB conceptual framework. 22. A soundly developed conceptual framework of concepts and objectives should a. increase financial statement users’
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ETHICS OF CREATIVE ACCOUNTING Introduction: In the accounting world‚ the general rule is that accounts should give a true and fair view. Under local and international law‚ a professionally experienced accountant has a responsibility to meet the terms‚ a corporation has a legal responsibility to meet the terms‚ and auditors have a legal responsibility to give some species of judgment on compliance. Although the function of accounting principles and other rules‚ creative accounting has constantly played
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Environmental management accounting is a new technique to identify environmental cost flows of a company. Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) also can defined as the identification‚ collection‚ estimation‚ analysis‚ internal reporting and use of material and energy flow information‚ environmental cost information and other cost information for both conventional and environmental decision-making within an organization (Tellus Institutes). EMA simply defines as management accounting with a focus on physical
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quality‚ reliability‚ delivery and the choice of new products; and the emergence of e-business and so on. As a result of the defects of traditional accounting have been unable to meet these changes new management themes have evolved which in turn has resulted in the development of strategic management accounting. Strategic management accounting aims to provide relevant information to an organization’s management to enable them to make strategic plans and strategic decisions. The emphasis is on
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of the times‚ people find it difficult to understand the various accounting Concepts. In this coursework‚ I shall analyze these concepts and explain them. First of all I shall discuss the materiality concept. WHAT IS MATERIALITY? Authoritative accounting bodies in the USA such as Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB)‚ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)‚ General Accounting Office (GAO)‚ American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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Manual Accounting Versus Computerized Accounting By Max Weber Accounting is an important part of every company. Businesses are required to keep books on their credits and debits. So which is best for your business idea - people or software? As many professional accountants and auditors state - accounting is a language of business which is accepted in all developed and developing countries. Every company applies accounting because it is generally accepted that companies have to reveal
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