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    http://smallbusiness.chron.com/difference-between-traditional-accounting-computerized- accounting-4021.html INTRODUCTION: Before the advent of fast and cheap computers‚ accounting traditionally was processed manually with all transactions recorded in columnar papers and kept in voluminous binders. Once computers became popular and software affordable‚ accounting tasks moved into this medium‚ where concepts stayed the same but mechanics changed from papers to programs. AIMS AND OBJECTIVE:

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    `Accounting 6135‚ Advanced Accounting Theory Arthur G. Hendricks‚ Ph.D.‚ CPA professor BU 410 Thursday 7:10 PM to 10:00 PM Required Texts 1. Scott‚ W.R.‚ Financial Accounting Theory‚ 5th edition‚ Prentice Hall (Pearson Education Canada‚ Ltd) 2009 (ISBN 978-0-13-207286-1) 2 Concepts Statement #7‚ Using Cash Flow Information and Present Value in Accounting Measurements‚ FASB‚ February 2000. 3. Optional; The Wall Street Journal. You are expected to read the financial pages of the news media

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    Finance‚ Vol. 2‚ No. 6‚ December 2011 Use or Abuse of Creative Accounting Techniques Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah‚ Safdar Butt‚ and Yasir Bin Tariq India who are always short of this product. It takes three years for a cement plant to start production. By the time the new plants came into production in late nineties‚ the country’s economic scenario had changed. The government had no money for development‚ the economy was generally in recession‚ and construction had virtually come to a halt. With

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    Magnitogorsk Technical State University Foreign Languages Department № 2 Report: «The History of Accounting» Done: Izhevsky V. Checked: Gamper E.E. Magnitogorsk 2011 Contents - Introduction -- 1. What Is Accounting -- 2. History --- 2.1. Ancient Accounting --- 2.2. Accounting In Mesopotamia --- 2.3. Accounting In Ancient Egypt‚ China‚ Greece and Rome --- 2.4. Medieval Accounting --- 2.5. Italian Renaissance: Birth of Double Entry Bookkeeping ---- 2.5.1. Luca Pacioli Biography

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    10-2 1. Ida needs to test the U.S. commercial building for recoverability under both U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. Recoverability test is one of the requirement tests for impairment. As a result‚ we need to verify if impairment should be recognized.   2. The impairement is $600‚000. GAAP methodology of determining impairment uses a two-step recoverability test. Step one‚ requires a company to estimate the future undiscounted cash flows expected from the use of that asset and its eventual disposition. If

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    Accounting Diversity Although accounting standards and practices are the same across the board in their orgin‚ the Accounting and taxation structures of different countries around the world make them vary between countries. Different countries apply different accounting practices. This accounting diversity is the reason that one company may seem profitable while another seemstobe operating at a loss. This difference between global accounting practices can head to poor business decision-making

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    Introduction The parade of corporate accounting scandals of the last decade‚ with lion’s share occurring in 2002‚ has developed deep antipathy and distrust towards corporations and their reporting practices‚ and casted doubts on the opinions of audit firms. As majority of these accounting frauds occurred in the US (See Appendix)‚ there was a widely-held view that rules-based accounting standards have allowed failure of large corporations like Enron and World Com‚ since US GAAP is perceived to

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    marks) Question Spears Limited is engaged in manufacturing of special component (KWQ 12) be used in for calculators. As a step towards reducing uncertainty over the finance needs of the new business‚ the finance manager has asked you to prepare a cash budget for Spears Ltd for the nine (9) months period from 1 January 2014 till 30 September 2014. You have collected some raw data from the concerned department heads and tabulated them as follows: a) The following are sales for the nine

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    ACCOUNTING AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Chapter 1A Class Preparation Assignment (Rev 1-08) Checklist: __x____ I have obtained a copy of the textbook from the LLC & then purchased the Course Outline for BUACT- 206 (Bookstore) for use everyday in class. __x____ I read Chapter 1 in text‚ and found it to be a fulfilling experience. __x_ __ I reviewed the outline for Chapter 1 __x____ I know the Accounting Equation __x____ I understand how to analyze a transaction. __x____ I know

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    I Brief Contents 3 Chapter 1 Introducing Financial Accounting Chapter 2 Constructing Financial Statements Chapter 3 Adjusting Accounts for Financial Statements Chapter 4 Reporting and Analyzing Cash Flows Chapter 5 Analyzing and Interpreting Financial Statements Chapter 6 Reporting and Analyzing Revenues and Receivables Chapter 7 Reporting and Analyzing Inventory Chapter 8 Reporting and Analyzing Long-Term Operating Assets

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