Professional Standards do not allow a company’s auditors to also provide tax services and retain independence. There have been myriad restrictions placed on professional service companies by the SEC and PCAOB. These companies are restricted on the nonaudit services that the company’s auditors can provide clients. If a service company provides auditing services for a particular company‚ they are restricted in terms of other services that they can provide. These restrictions were not always in place
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Content 1 Introduction 1 1.Task one 2 The models and concepts affecting the pricing decisions taken by organisations‚ critically reflecting upon their usefulness 2 2‚ Task two 6 The role of standard costing and variance analysis in management accounting and a critically discussion of the value and limitations of variance analysis as a means of identifying key areas which have contributed to the overall profit figure. 6 3‚ The advantages and disadvantages of introducing an Activity Based Costing
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The Viability of the EMU: The Fiscal Union Debate The current economic integration of states in the European Monetary Union (EMU) can be seen as a ‘compromise’. A monetary union has been formed‚ which implemented the same currency in the participating states‚ whilst still offering countries their own fiscal autonomy. The common currency ought to increase trade and prosperity‚ and fiscal autonomy is still in the hands of individual governments in order to preserve this fiscal form of sovereignty
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Accounting Homework Individual Chapter 7 Question 1&2 1. (a) What are generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)? In the U.S.‚ generally accepted accounting principles‚ commonly abbreviated as US GAAP or simply GAAP‚ are accounting rules used to prepare‚ present‚ and report financial statements for a wide variety of entities‚ including publicly-traded and privately-held companies‚ non-profit organizations. (b)What bodies provide authoritative support for GAAP
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Independence of outside audit firms has been an ongoing issue for a long time in the US corporate world. The fundamental problem arises for the lack of clarity about whom does the audit firm really works for‚ the shareholders or the client company. According to Anandarajan et all (2008)‚ this lack of clarity has resulted in auditor’s independence being impaired. In the US‚ the client hires‚ pays‚ and fires the auditor and therefore‚ the culture of the auditors serving at the pleasure of the client
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correct picture on the firm’s financial performance and financial position. We have to recognize all transaction occurring in that accounting period‚ irrespective of whether cash has been received or paid. The ultimate objective of adjusting entries is to ensure that the revenues (income) earned in the accounting period are matched by all costs incurred for that same accounting period (Monash College‚ 2011). Prepayment There are two types of adjusting entries‚ prepayments and accruals. Prepayment is
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Objective 1. Determine the total considerations transferred. 2. The land and buildings should be recorded on the premise of “in-use” or “in-exchange”. 3. Determine the fair value recorded for the intangible assets. Applicable accounting pronouncement ASC 805-20-25 Business Combinations-Identifiable assets and liabilities and any non controlling interest-Recognition Recognition Conditions 25-2 To qualify for recognition as part of applying the acquisition method‚ the
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deserves. Throughout history‚ the wolf has gotten a very bad reputation. It started in fiction where the wolf was represented as an evil‚ conniving carnivore that would prey on livestock‚ or would become infested with rabies and attack people. But that’s just the start of it; we can blame werewolves‚ folklore and fairy-tales‚ or even the wolf’s behavior and characteristics for how we imagine them to really be. Wolves have more of a reputation due to folklore and even get their bad name more so from
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Chapter 1 Financial Accounting and Accounting Standards Intermediate Accounting‚ 15th Edition Kieso‚ Weygandt‚ and Warfield 1 Financial Statements and Financial Reporting • Goals or purpose of (financial) accounting – Identification‚ measurement‚ and communication of financial information about – An economic entity to – Interested Parties (internal and external) • Creditors‚ managers‚ unions‚ government agencies Financial reports (statements) & notes 2 Financial Statements
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marks) The law firm of Smith‚ Jones‚ and Greene provides accounting service for some of its clients. The person who handles this service and her secretary cost the law firm an average of $80‚000 per year in salary and benefits. Furthermore‚ the law firm incurs an additional charge of $50 per client for computer time‚ postage‚ and supplies. Clients are charged $300 a year for these accounting services. a) Determine the cost‚ revenue‚ and profit functions for the law firm in terms of the number
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