13. Is a professional accountant a businessperson pursuing profit or a fiduciary that is to act in the public interest? I believe that a professional accountant is a fiduciary that is to act in the public interest instead of a businessperson pursuing profit. Accountants have schooled for many years and are licensed through the State. As a professional accountant there are many rules and regulations that must be understood and followed. Professional accountants are morally and ethically required
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Accounting Equation Paper LaShonda Battiste ACC 300 University of Phoenix Instructor-Chastity D. Gaither The equation of accounting is the basic equation that is associated with double-entry accounting. The accounting equation establishes the formula of representing the relationship that is between assets liabilities‚ and net worth. Furthermore‚ the most common of all the various balance sheet equations‚ would the accounting equation and it is also fundamental to learning how to properly
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ACCT 4022 – Advanced Accounting Notes Chapter 1: Intercorporate Acquisitions and Investments in Other Entities The Development of Complex Business Structures By expanding into new markets or acquiring other companies already in those markets‚ companies can develop new earnings potential and those in cyclical industries can add greater stability to earnings through diversification. A subsidiary is a corporation that is controlled by another corporation‚ referred to as a parent company. Control
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the following information: Sunset Boards currently pays out 50 percent of net income as dividends to Tad and the other original investors‚ and has a 20 percent tax rate. You are Paula’s assistant‚ and she has asked you to prepare the following: 1. An income statement for 2007 and 2008. 2. A balance sheet for 2007 and 2008. 3. Operating cash flow for each year. 4. Cash flow from assets for 2008. 5. Cash flow to creditors for 2008. 6. Cash flow to stockholders for 2008
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CXC CSEC Principles of Accounts Exam Guide Section 1: Introduction to Principles of Accounts SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES The students should be able to: CONTENT 1. Explain the concept of accounting; concept of “Accounting” and “Principles of Accounting” 2. State the purpose of accounting; Accounting as a business practice – the purpose of Accounting. 3. Identify the users of accounting information; Internal and external users Accounting information and their needs 4. Outline
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How does accounting help in the capital allocation process? If a company’s financial performance is measured accurately‚ fairly‚ and on a timely basis‚ the right managers and companies are able to attract investment capital. To provide unreliable and irrelevant information leads to poor capital allocation which adversely affects the securities market. What is the objective of financial reporting? The objective of general purpose financial reporting is to provide financial information about the
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raised by the transformation from U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in the timber industry. I will cover the following topics: different accounting treatment under U.S. GAAP and IFRS‚ the influence on investment decisions‚ Plum Creek’s reason for the opposition against transformation‚ and conclude with my preferred accounting treatment under different roles. ACCOUNTING TREATMENT The concern is mainly on recognition of the
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1. DTE is wrong 2. Capex 3. Defrev 4. Contributed capital 5. Retained earnings Cash received 1. DTE is wrong 2. Capex 3. Defrev 4. Contributed capital 5. Retained earnings Cash received 1. DTE is wrong 2. Capex 3. Defrev 4. Contributed capital 5. Retained earnings Cash received 1. DTE is wrong 2. Capex 3. Defrev 4. Contributed capital 5. Retained earnings Cash received 1. DTE is wrong 2. Capex 3. Defrev 4. Contributed capital 5. Retained earnings Cash received
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ACCT 2410 QUIZ 1 Chapters 11 - 14 MASTER – V1 & V2 Name: __________________________ Student #:_________________ PLEASE PRINT When you are finished please hand in your quiz at the front and QUIETLY leave the room. Class will resume at 2:00//8:00 at which time we will review the solutions to the quiz and spend the balance of the time on a student directed review session. Materials allowed–normal writing materials and approved non–programmable calculators that do not
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(A) Rules-based accounting standard Rule-based systems are fairly simplistic‚ consisting of little more than a set of if-then statements‚ but provide the basis for so-called "expert systems" which are widely used in many fields. The concept of an expert system is this: the knowledge of an expert is encoded into the rule set. When exposed to the same data‚ the expert system AI will perform in a similar manner to the expert. Rule-based systems are a relatively simple model that can be adapted to
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