fair value accounting. Fair value accounting is to measure selected assets at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. The objective of fair value accounting is linked with the objective of ‘decision usefulness’ of general purpose financial reporting. That is‚ to provide relevant information that is representationally faithful for users. IASB’s (and FASB’s) accounting standard
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Chapter 3 – Ethics‚ Fraud‚ and Internal Control Fraud 1. Compare and contrast employee fraud vs. management fraud. a. Employee Fraud a. Nonmanagement employees convert cash or assets to direct employee benefit b. Management Fraud – Performance Fraud a. Does not involve direct theft of assets b. Fraud is perpetrated above which the internal control structure generally relate c. Use financial statements to create an illusion that an entity is healthier than it is d. Misappropriation of assets
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1.Managerial accounting vs financial accounting Managerial accounting information system is an information system that produces outputs using inputs and processes needed to satisfy specific managerial objectives. How do management accounting and financial accounting differ? Management Accounting Financial Accounting 1. Internally focused
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No.6 (Serial No.61) Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing‚ ISSN 1548-6583‚ USA Fair value accounting under financial crisis HE Cai-xia1‚ ZHANG Chi2 (1. School of Accounting‚ Zhongnan University of Economics and Law‚ Wuhan 430073‚ China; 2. School of Management‚ Huazhong University of Science and Technology‚ Wuhan 430073‚ China) Abstract: The recent financial crisis has led to a vigorous debate about the pros and cons of fair-value accounting (FVA). This debate presents a major challenge
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computerising accounting information systems (AIS) and telecommunicating accounting information over the web enhances the accounting functions in business organisations operating globally. Yet‚ the counter-claim is that the breaching of the security of such systems will be a great risk that needs to be properly managed in various ways. An accounting information system (AIS) is “ a collection of resources‚ such as people and equipment‚ designed to transform financial and other data into information.” (Khaled
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IMPACT OF INFORMATION SYSTEM ON ACCOUNTING PRACTICE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Various information Information has been an important factor in decision making process. In recent times‚ people and organizations try their best to acquire information in a timely manner to aid them as they battle to manage their businesses. The increasing complexity of the society especially‚ as is manifested in social‚ political and economic institutions‚ has necessitated the more‚ man’s quest for more relevant information
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OVERHEAD COSTS ACCOUNTING Overheads are indirect costs which can not directly be traced to cost units. The task of the cost accountant is to charge these overhead costs to cost units/products. There are two approaches of charging overhead costs to cost units Viz i. Traditional/conventional absorption costing method and‚ ii. Activity Based Costing (ABC) Classification of overheads Overheads can be classified as production or non production overheads. Production overheads are those incurred
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and is therefore a vital part of any accounting system. For example‚ documentation describes the tasks for recording accounting data‚ the procedures that users must perform to operate computer applications‚ the processing steps that AISs follow‚ and the logical and physical flows of accounting data through the system. This chapter explains in greater detail why accountants need to understand documentation and describes some tools for diagramming complex systems. Accountants can use many different
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Managerial and Financial Accounting ACCT/300: Principles of Accounting April 9‚ 2008 Managerial and Financial Accounting This paper will attempt to differentiate between managerial and financial accounting‚ the users of managerial and financial accounting and what type of business decisions would be made with the information. Managerial Accounting Managerial accounting provides accounting information to managers who are inside an organization and who directs and controls its operations
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Management Accounting ACC107 Individual Assignment Asma Moosa 30624 Diploma In Business Sem 4 c) Overhead absorption rate= OAR/ ORR Smoothing= 12663.5/10000 = $1.27 Shaping = 31362.5/25000 = $ 1.25 Fixing = 20471.75/5000 = $ 4.09 Question 2 a)Total Selling Overheads Variable selling overhead= 6000*18.75 =112500 Fixed selling overhead = 100000 Total selling overhead = 100000+112500= 212500 b) i) Marginal Costing Revenue (200*10000) 2000000 Opening Inventory(84*2000) 168000 COST OF PRODUCTION
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