great concern that the accounting profession must find a common theory in order to address and put the issue at rest. This therefore‚ has called for the study of this topic under review “the demand for and supply of accounting theories: the market for excuses. As a result of this several questions have been raised. For instance‚ the question of why accounting theories are predominantly normative has been put forward by this article? Secondly‚ why no single theory in accounting profession that is generally
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What are the major regulatory bodies and their functions? IRS (Internal Revenue Service): It is the oldest in the United States regulatory body also called the internal revenue service or IRS. The main goal of IRS is to manage and implement the internal revenue law. Their responsibility is to help individuals to understand their tax obligations as well as to tax collection. SEC (Security and Exchange Commission): SEC also called the Securities and Exchange Commission. Their main objective is
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Salem State University ACC202 – Managerial Accounting – Practice Test Chapters 14‚ 1‚ 2 Professor Paul F McGee‚ CPA Name___________________________________________ Please indicate the best/correct answer by circling the appropriate letter. 1. Managerial accounting helps managers perform three vital activities. These activities include all of the following except: a. Planning b. Controlling c. Decision making d. Hiring Controllers 2. The act that was intended to protect the interests
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effect of the agency theory and accounting choice usually been made by managers of Nigeria listed companies. It (agency theory and accounting choice) can be demonstrated in the modern day companies where management is usually separated from the ownership of business. The professional managers are supposed to make decisions and take actions that are consistent with the objective of maximising shareholders wealth. But this may not be happen in practice because the managers may have goals that are inconsistent
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1. ROLE OF FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION The role of Financial and industrial globalization is increasing substantially. Its aim is to increase economic growth and aid in welfare of the country through an exchange of skills and technology‚ creating new opportunities for both industrialised and developing countries. The largest impact has been on developing countries‚ who now are able to attract foreign investors and foreign capital. Two channels through which globalization benefits countries: Direct
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Examine the reasons why some sociologists choose to use official statistics when conducting research. Firstly‚ official statistics are a source of secondary quantitative data which are gathered by the government or other official bodies. Many reasons for their use by sociologists when conducting research stems from the fact that they are a form of secondary data; meaning that they are not collected by the sociologist themselves. This makes them high in practicality‚ representativeness and reliability
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The British Accounting Review 46 (2014) 309e322 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect The British Accounting Review journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/bar The role of accounting in high-technology investments Julia A. Smith*‚ Renzo Cordina 1 Department of Accounting & Finance‚ University of Strathclyde Business School‚ Curran Building‚ 100 Cathedral Street‚ Glasgow G4 0LN‚ UK a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Received 17 September 2012 Received in revised form
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07/03/12 Bloc 3 In this document named “What is Wrong with the “Official History of Capitalism”? the author named Ha-Joon CHANG describes how today’s developed countries deliberately mislead developing countries in their road to development preventing them from taking a way that themselves took few decades ago. Moreover‚ the author shows that‚ contrary to popular myth‚ the early development of both Britain and the United States depended on protective tariffs. So we can wonder why is this history
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Roles of the Financial Manager As already discussed‚ a company ’s strengths are its assets‚ either tangible or intangible. These assets include everything that a company own that‚ directly or indirectly‚ translates to cash. For example‚ physical equipment such as cars‚ computers‚ machinery and office equipment such as chairs‚ tables‚ copiers‚ etc. On the other hand‚ a company ’s workforce‚ patents‚ goodwill‚ etc. are some intangible assets. All this‚ in addition to cash‚ building and land are
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Role of Financial Manager Paper Cynthia P. Franklin FIN/554 William J. O’Connor‚ D.B.A. March 9‚ 2005 Abstract Role of the financial manager The rold of financial manager has evolved over the time to perform with the unique needs of today’s markets. New laws‚ rules‚ and guidelines have been implemented to increase the manager’s awareness of accuracy and ethical behavior within the company or specific department(s). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) has been the primary
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