Revenue recognition is a very important component of financial accounting and reporting. The accounting principles governing revenue recognition can have a big impact on corporate accounting and the way contracts are structured with customers. As a part of ongoing discussions to converge U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ some proposals to change revenue recognition have been discussed. The following will discuss revenue
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1) Explain the auditor’s responsibility to detect material misstatements due to errors and fraud and the categories of fraud affecting financial reporting. Identify misstatement in financial report is the major task of auditor. Regardless the result of error or fraud‚ plan and perform audit engagements are being required by auditors to ensure financial statements are free from material misstatement by reasonable assurance instead of total responsibilities to the fair and true reports due to the limitation
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CHAPTER 3 INTERNATIONAL CONVERGENCE OF FINANCIAL REPORTING Answers to Questions 1. The ultimate goal of both harmonization and convergence is to achieve international comparability in financial reporting‚ and both are processes that take place over time. However‚ while harmonization refers to the reduction of alternative accounting practices in different countries‚ convergence refers to the process of developing a set of high quality financial reporting standards for use internationally (the process
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Financial Reporting Problem: Toll Brothers Inc. Learning Team “D” ACC/290 Jan 9‚ 2014 Mark Graves Financial Reporting Problem 1. What are the company’s total assets at the end of its most recent annual reporting period? Why is this important? $6‚181‚044‚000 Knowing a company’s total assets is important to determine such things as: Whether a company has enough assets to pay its debts as they come due To determine whether cash on hand is sufficient for immediate cash needs 2. What are the total assets
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Reporting Practices and Ethics Michele R. Morris HCS/405 December 18‚ 2010 Todd A. Brown Reporting Practices and Ethics Financial practices and ethical finance are important in the health care industry. Both are important to produce a successful health care organization. Here we will discuss the four elements of financial management‚ generally accepted accounting practices‚ and general financial ethics standards. Financial Management There are four elements of financial management
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Paper Part 1 Total assets at the end of its most recent annual reporting period? Why is this important? According to Sirius XM Radio Annual Sec Filing Form 10-K for The Year 2011 (2012)‚ the total assets for the company had at the end of calendar year 2011 is $7‚495‚996. This number is equal to the total liabilities and stockholders’ equity and a 1.5% increase from the previous year. Total assets at the end of the previous annual reporting period? Total assets for the previous year were $7‚383‚086
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Intermediate Accounting Project Assignment #1 AIA2-1 (Financial Reporting Issues: The Procter & Gamble Company) a) Proctor and Gamble’s revenue recognition policies state that the customer recognizes revenue upon either date of shipment or date of receipt; e.g. when the product or receipt has switched hands. They also record revenue net of sales‚ trade promotion spending‚ and other taxes on behalf of governmental authorities. All of these transactions are generally recorded at time of
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calculations automatically and to change single number and update all related numbers at the click of a mouse. As one of the most popular financial software‚ spreadsheet is widely applied in areas such as accounting‚ finance‚ marketing‚ taxation‚ engineering‚ educational‚ scientific and medical fields (Ballantine‚ 1991). In 2004‚ SimCorp USA Inc and the Financial Executives Consulting Group found that about 64 percent of domestic companies depend on spreadsheet. Many authors view spreadsheet as a very
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Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences‚ 5(11): 2092-2096‚ 2011 ISSN 1991-8178 The Impact of Professional Ethics on Financial Reporting Quality 1 1-2 Mahdi Mahdavikhou‚ 2Mohsen Khotanlou Young Researchers Club‚ Hamedan Branch‚ Islamic Azad University‚ Hamedan‚ Iran. Abstract: This research aims to study the impact of professional ethics on promoting quality of financial reporting. The statistical population in this study includes 440 listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) in 2010. Using
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Causal reasoning in financial reporting and voluntary disclosure This paper examines causal reasoning‚ applying the theories to financial reporting. Causal reasoning involves diagnosis (determining the cause of an effect) and prediction (vice versa). These are important and commonplace amongst analysts‚ investors and management regarding company earnings and share prices. However‚ there is very little recent research employing causal reasoning theories to this field. Attribution theory describes
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