Accounting Convergence: Advantages and Disadvantages Winston Churchill once said that “there is nothing wrong with change‚ if it is in the right direction” (Thinkexist.com) . Today‚ the accounting profession and standards in the United States is facing one of the biggest changes it has seen in a long time: the convergence of its Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Is this a step in the right direction for the United States
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Will there be one set of accounting standards in use throughout the world in the next five years? Accounting around the world has become a huge focus in recent years due to the diversity of methods used in accounting and the difficulty of comparing US based firms and international firms. In the United States the guidelines that govern accounting are US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or GAAP. Recently the Securities Exchange Commission or SEC has begun the process of switching to the International
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the law seems to him more like Odysseus’ journey – a process that endlessly circles back to its original starting point only to set off again. In this reading‚ the Odyssey is a story of motion‚ at once successful and futile‚ driven and without aim: ‘What else is the history of law?’ On its publication in English in 1997‚ The Reader was heaped with praise‚ but also severely criticised for its apparent prevarication about judgment. We are drawn into sympathy with Hanna as it gradually emerges that
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The difference between multimedia from textual data is multimedia is The use of computers to present text‚ graphics‚ video‚ animation‚ and sound in an integrated way while textual data and images is a part of multimedia which will be presented Multimedia is the field concerned with the computer-controlled integration of text‚ graphics‚ drawings‚ still and moving images (Video)‚ animation‚ audio‚ and any other media where every type of information can be represented‚ stored‚ transmitted and processed
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In today’s society‚ men and women everywhere most likely own at least one piece of technology; whether it is a cellular phone or a computer‚ technology helps people accomplish what they need to. Doctors’ require a large amount of technology everyday in order to run tests. In order for people to communicate‚ there are e-mail and cell phones. Movies and television are forms of entertainment‚ which also need some sort of technology. Some people think technology is speeding our lives and making it more
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6-3 What is the future value of $7‚540 at the end of 7 periods at 8% compounded interest? What is the present value of $7‚540 due 9 periods hence‚ discounted at 11%? What is the future value of 15 periodic payments of $7‚540 each made at the end of each period and compounded at 10%? What is the present value of $7‚540 to be received at the end of each of 18 periods‚ discounted at 5% compound interest? 6-6 Dwayne Wade Company recently signed a lease for a new office building‚ for a lease period
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Brief Exercise 11.1 Alpha Company Stockholders Equity section of the Balance Sheet Issued and outstanding common stock (10‚000 * 10) 100‚000 Additional paid-in capital (10‚000 * 3) 30‚000 Total paid-in capital 130‚000 Retained Earnings 75‚000 Total Stockholder Equity 205‚000 Brief Exercise 11.2 Beta Company Stockholders Equity section of the Balance Sheet Issued and outstanding common stock (10‚000 * 25) 250‚000 Issued and outstanding preferred stock (10‚000 * 100) 100
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ethics is the study of what constitutes right and wrong (or good and bad) human conduct in a business context.” (p25) From the lecture‚ we know that ethics matters because “how organizations behave have important implications for how they fulfill their social and economic roles” and “their success as well as the success of their employees‚ customers‚ etc.” Thus‚ running a business ethically is good for business. Applying Solomon’s three C’s of business ethics and the eight rules of thinking ethics in
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Creative Accounting Creative accounting is a term that often implies illegal or fraudulent practices in the U.S. (Moneyterms‚ 2006). The objective of the following paragraphs is to explore some definitions of creative accounting from different perspectives‚ discuss some advantages and disadvantages of creative accounting‚ and explain a real life example of creative accounting. Through these paragraphs I hope to also touch upon some of the ethical issues involved in engaging in creative accounting practices
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Accounting Theory Construction The function to study accounting theories is to classify them according to the assumptions they rely on‚ how they were formulated‚ and their approaches to explaining and predicting actual events. There are some classification which are pragmatic‚ syntactic‚ semantic‚ normative‚ positive‚ and naturalistic approaches. Pragmatic approaches are based on observing the behavior of accountants or those who use the information generated by accountant. Syntactic approaches
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