Ethics and Legal Responsibility in Accounting The profession of accounting has become spotlighted by the events in recent years including namely Enron. The ethical behavior of businesses is becoming increasingly scrutinized at every turn. Thus it is important to specify the nature of conducting accurate and ethically in accounting and how this can be of subsequent benefit to the company as well as the business world in the long run. The definition of accounting according to Webster ’s dictionary
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this homogeneity‚ accounting practices in the modern economic market must strive for a symbiotic relationship with globalization. Because consumer capitalism has spread to non-originating countries‚ and non-Americanized cultures‚ the practices of accounting and financial management must standardize their policies. Thus‚ accounting must be regarded beyond capital market settings‚ and the different effects that accounting has had in such sites must be examined. WHY ACCOUNTING IS CHANGING GLOBALIZATION
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+0)26-4 Accounting Theory NEED FOR ACCOUNTING Business is one of the sources of earning income. Whenever a business is started‚ it requires investment of certain amount which is called as capital. With this amount of capital the businessman may deal either with trading business or manufacturing business. In a trading business‚ he will buy goods at a lesser price and sells the same to others at a higher price. In case of manufacturing business‚ he has to buy raw materials and incur other
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UBAM1013 FIM (October 2012) Lecture 2 – Accounting for Labour Page 1 of 3 Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman UBAM1013 Financial Information for Management (October 2012) Lecture 2 – Accounting for Labour 1. Remuneration method Time-based scheme Piecework scheme Bonus/incentive scheme 2. Remuneration methods have an effect on the following:The cost of finished products and services The morale & efficiency of the employees 3. Time-based scheme An employee is paid for the hours attended‚ regardless of
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Careers in Accounting Accounting is a very diverse career field. It continues to rank among the top chosen career paths in many universities. As one of the most successful careers in the business field‚ accounting has recently thrived on a continually growing demand. If need for education and skill are met‚ the result is a rewarding and enjoyable work experience. Accounting is the financial information system that provides insights into how organizations are funtioning financially. There
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Abstract: Creative accounting is a practice of accounting following the certain rules of it‚ but it is fluctuated from the basic spirit of those rules. Creative accounting is the ‘colorful’ representation of a company’s assets‚ liabilities and income. It is basically done to attract investors. The example of ‘the half glass of water’ maybe pulled to explain the idea. If a glass is filled with water to its half volume‚ then instead of saying ‘it is half empty’‚ the creative accountants prefer
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This essay is to critically evaluate the usefulness of the accounting theory to practicing accountants today. It will provide a general assessment of information asymmetry and the fundamental problem of accounting‚ and it will also briefly discuss the normative and positive accounting theories and their usefulness to practicing accountants. After those discussions‚ it will specifically discuss the strength and limitation of positive accounting theory and assess its usefulness to practicing accountants
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NZ IAS 17 and the concept of accounting for leases has been under scrutiny recently‚ depicted by the statement‚ “Accounting for leases under NZ IAS 17 is arbitrary and obscures economic reality”. The following issues will be further examined in the following discussion; whether the current standard faithfully reflects lease arrangements and whether it is or is not consistent with the New Zealand framework. Where the statement claims ‘NZ IAS is arbitrary’‚ the issue it raises is whether the standard
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Accounting Internship “What do you want to do for the rest of your life?” was a question I was asked countless times during high school. Every time I hesitantly answered with “I want to be an Accountant”. It wasn’t until the last trimester of my Senior year that I realized I truly and undoubtedly wanted to be an Accountant. Senior year of high school I took an Entrepreneurship hub through North Iowa Area Community College. One of the requirements for the hub was to complete a 48 hour internship
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Review of Accounting Fundamentals The Accounting Equation Assets = Liabilities + Equity Equity = Contributed Capital + Retained Earnings Retained Earnings = Beginning Retained Earnings + Net Income for the Period – Dividends Net Income = Revenues – Expenses + Gains – Losses Assets ( Probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular accounting entity as a result of past transactions or events Liabilities ( Probably future sacrifices of economic benefits
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