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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is a public utility with a strong financial position for past several years. The company is in compliance with all its debt covenants because of its positive cash flow. Big Bear leased combustion turbine from Goliath Co. The lease term is non-cancelable for ten years. The lease was signed on December 15‚ 2004‚ but the lessee’s right to use the turbine starts on January 1‚ 2005. Issues and Facts There are three specific provisions associated with the lease. Provision 1: In negotiating the lease
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Accounting plays an important role in the life of organizations. There are several types of accounting such as financial‚ management and governmental accounting‚ taxation‚ audit. These types are usually focusing on different types of users that are interested in different types of information. In this essay I will examine the differences between financial accounting and management accounting. The basic difference between financial and management accounting is their target group. Management accounting
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1.1 Value Chain Analysis Applied to the Timber and Timber Products Industry. Exhibit 1.A below contains a depiction of the value chain. The links in the value chain are as follows: 1. Timber Tracts: Plant and maintain timber tracts (Weyerhaeuser) 2. Logging: Harvests timber (Weyerhaeuser) 3a. Sawmills: Cut timber into various grades of wood (Weyerhaeuser) 3b. Pulp and Paper Manufacturing: Grinds timber into pulp and converts the pulp into various grades of paper and
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9.5 Manager’s Information Advantage 9.5.1 Earnings Management 9.5.2 Controlling Earnings Management 9.6 Discussion and Summary 9.7 Agency Theory: A Bondholder-Manager Lending Contract 9.8 Implications of Agency Theory for Accounting 9.8.1 Is Two Better Than One? 9.8.2 Rigidity of Contracts 9.9 Reconciliation of Efficient Securities Market Theory with Economic Consequences 9.10 Conclusions on the Analysis of Conflict Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education Canada
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Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Generally Accepted Auditing Standards Professions within a workplace are monitored and held to standards as dictated by the area of expertise that the employee is educated and trained in. A quality officer is accountable to ISO standards the company participates in‚ a research and development engineer maintains compliance within scope of the patent they may work on‚ and the accounting department is held to the standards set by the General Accepted Accounting
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(1) Total variance = total actual cost – total standard cost (2) DM variance = DM price variance + DM quantity variance (3) DL variance = MOH variance = Example 1: Xonic Beverage company uses standard costs to measure performance at the production facility of its caffeinated energy drink‚ Xonic Tonic (XT). The standard direct materials price per pound is $3.00 (which includes cost of the direct material‚ the freight cost and the cost of
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According to Weetman (2006 p25) ‘accounting is the process of identifying‚ measuring and communicating financial information about an entity to permit informed judgements and decisions by users of the information.’ If we extract the suffix of the word‚ we are left with the word ‘account’. To account for something is to take something into consideration. In terms of finance‚ accounting for something can be seen as baring it in mind when compiling financial information. Synony mously‚ taking something
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16. Which of the following federal officials is a "principal" of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program who considers and approves or disapproves accounting and reporting standards recommended by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board? A. Chair of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board. B. Secretary of the Interior. C. Comptroller General. D. All of the above. Content: Concept Level: Easy Wilson - Chapter 12 #16 17. FASAB has identified four major
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organizations goals. Managerial accounting is an integral part of the management process‚ and managerial accountants are important strategic partners in an organizations management team. Four fundamental management processes that help organizations attain their goals Decision making‚ Planning(developing a detailed financial and operational description of anticipated operations).‚ Directing operational activities (means running the organization on a day-to-day basis)‚ Controlling(ensuring that the
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