`Accounting 6135‚ Advanced Accounting Theory Arthur G. Hendricks‚ Ph.D.‚ CPA professor BU 410 Thursday 7:10 PM to 10:00 PM Required Texts 1. Scott‚ W.R.‚ Financial Accounting Theory‚ 5th edition‚ Prentice Hall (Pearson Education Canada‚ Ltd) 2009 (ISBN 978-0-13-207286-1) 2 Concepts Statement #7‚ Using Cash Flow Information and Present Value in Accounting Measurements‚ FASB‚ February 2000. 3. Optional; The Wall Street Journal. You are expected to read the financial pages of the news media
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Financial Accounting THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF ACCOUNTING In the present era most of the business as well as non-business operations are carried out through organizations (mostly by limited liability companies (also known as joint stock companies)‚ societies and charitable organisation)‚ rather than by people working as individuals. Such organization consist of group of people working together for common goal. To accomplish its objectives‚ the organization uses resources material
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requirements of AAT Learning and Assessment Area ‘Internal Control and Accounting Systems.’ | |The objectives of this report are to: | |a)analyse accounting system and effectiveness of its internal control | |b) to identify the strengths and weaknesses of accounting system and to recommend necessary improvements or funding changes
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The WorldCom Accounting Scandal WorldCom was started in Mississippi as a long distance telephone service provider in 1983 (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). Over the next decade and a half‚ the company expanded to offer a whole range of telecommunication services through a series of mergers and acquisitions (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). At its height‚ WorldCom was the largest long distance phone company in the United States and was one of the leading companies in the telecommunication market in the world‚ providing
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FINAL PAPER Managerial Accounting Ateneo-Regis MBA Program by: Maria Victoria Sierra TAMERA PLAZA INN‚ "Your Urban Bed and Breakfast” On this small plot of land in the middle of a bustling city called Bacolod‚ in the Negros Occidental province of the Philippines‚ lies home to the family of Jose and Teodula Tamera. Located on 79 Lacson Street‚ this place was especially home to one of their sons‚ Robin Tamera. After years of decadence in this little
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Managerial Accounting Mid-Term 1.) a.) Snack-Foods division president may want to play the end-of-year games because there may be a bonus for the division president if they get certain earnings for the year. Not only a bonus for the division president; but there may be a bonus for the division itself. With that being said he could use that for the other employees to help participate in the year-end games. If corporate has seen them fallen behind‚ then these year-end games maybe able to apply
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The accounting cycle refers to the process by which companies produce their financial statements for a specific period of time. It is called a cycle because the steps are repeated each reporting period. The organization at which I am employed completes its accounting cycle monthly. The organization is a privately owned nursing facility licensed and incorporated in the state of Virginia that has been in business since 1966. An explanation of the overall accounting cycle at the organization including
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reporting).” This is a rather broad question and an impossible one to answer using the evidence in the empirical accounting literature in capital markets alone. Accounting is only one mechanism in financial reporting and corporate governance and it evolved to fit in with other mechanisms‚ to be part of a general reporting‚ financing and governance equilibrium. The evidence in the international accounting literature is consistent with such an equilibrium (e.g.‚ Ball‚ Kothari and Robin‚ 2000). Evaluating the
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define accounting. What are the three main characteristics of accounting? Is accounting static or dynamic? Accounting collects‚ analyzes‚ measures and records financial information about an organization and reports that information to stakeholders and decision makers. Accounting has 3 essential characteristics. Accounting is the (1) identification‚ measurement‚ and communication of financial information about economic entities to interested persons. Like social sciences‚ accounting is largely
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B313F Management and Cost Accounting Assignment 1 Date due: 29 October 2008 Weighting: 15% of the total marks of the course Question 1 (25 marks) Mini Case – Seto’s Storage Warehouse Paul Seto owns and manages a commercial storage warehouse. He stores a vast variety of perishable goods for his customers. Under the existing pricing policy‚ he has charged customers using a flat rate of $2.40 per kilogram per month for goods stored. His storage warehouse has 10‚000 cubic metres of
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