Accounting Irregularities at Groupon Introduction In September 23 2011‚ Groupon (the Company)‚ a rapidly growing online coupon merchant was forced by the SEC to file a restated S-1 registration statement. The reason for the restatement was that the SEC objected to the accounting methods that Groupon used in the calculation of its revenue‚ causing it to be overstated. According to Villanova University (2012)‚ Groupon’s auditors at Ernst & Young stated that Groupon was not setting aside sufficient
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41. State whether each of the following payments is a tax. Explain your answers. a. To incorporate his business‚ Alex pays the state of Texas a $2‚000 incorporation fee. The incorporation fee is not a tax. Alex receives a direct benefit from the payment of the fee - the privilege of operating his business as a corporation b. The city paves a road and assesses each property owner on the road $4‚000 for his or her share of the cost. The payment of the assessment is not a tax. The assessment
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metal ions‚ based on each element’s characteristics emission spectrum. The colour of the flames normally depends on the temperature. Different types of Bunsen burner with flame types depend on the oxygen supply. The flame of rich fuel with no premixed oxygen produces a yellow diffusion flame. The flame of lean fully oxygen premixed flame produces no soot and the flame colour is produced by molecular radicals‚ especially in CH and C2 band emission. Flame testing involves using a nichrome wire loop
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Detecting Plagiarism Chris Gibbs Gen/105 Learning in an Info Age Kara Moreu From using the Plagiarism Checker with a plagiarized paper‚ I see how this tool is helpful to students. The Similarity Index gave the paper I submitted a score of 100 percent plagiarized match to an Internet source. Having this tool at our disposal gives us the assurance that as long as we check our papers with this tool‚ we will have plagiarism free papers to submit. This is very important requirement for
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Detecting Deception Erik Skrudland Columbia Southern University Abstract Since the day you first learned to lie as a child‚ your parents have probably demonstrated extraordinary talent at knowing when you are telling the truth…..and when you are lying. Did you ever wonder how they knew? Chances are it was collection of things called “tells” that you were unaware of that gave you away. When most people lie‚ their body goes through a serious of physiological reactions that are subconscious
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Fundamental concepts of f/s audit Materiality misstatement of accounting information. is a matter of professional judgment Audit risk The auditor expresses an inappropriate audit opinion when the financial statements are materially misstated‚ Evidence (more than “per discussion with client) Major phrases of audit: Client acceptance/continuance; Preliminary engagement activities; Establish materiality and assess risks; Plan the audit ;Consider and audit internal control; Audit business processes and
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Detecting Plagiarism Detecting Plagiarism By submitting the document “Lab Courses Go Virtual” by Thomas F. Edgar I found that the article was completely plagiarized from an internet source. Had this been a minor‚ unintentional infraction and was the first account I would have given the student an opportunity to explain and possibly correct the error; however‚ this was a straight copy of the internet source. My course of action would be to sanction the student
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Dissertation Project Report On Measurement of Quality at Apollo Hospitals using Servqual Submitted by Richa Kumari A0102208164 MBA (M&S) 2010 Under the Supervision of Faculty Mentor Prof. (Dr.) P. K. Bansal Faculty Amity Business School AMITY BUSINESS SCHOOL AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH SECTOR 125‚ NOIDA - 201303‚ UTTAR PRADESH‚ INDIA 2010
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Bibliography: http://what-when-how.com/forensic-sciences/detection-of-deception/ http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/uncategorized/detecting-deception.html#high_1
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methods to detect lies. According to DePaulo et al.‚ deception is defined as a deliberate attempt to mislead others. But to no avail‚ research have shown that majority‚ including law enforcers do not have a chance levels in deception detection just by using intuition only. A study by Ekman & O’Sullivan (1991) about the law enforcement officials have concluded that most of them have failed to attain above chance levels. On a contrary‚ there are studies showing that certain lie catchers such as experts
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