Financial Statements Anthony Cooper ACC/290 August 24‚ 2013 Professor Deborah Wilson Financial Statements A financial statement is a statement‚ or formal record‚ that lays out the activities of a business‚ person‚ or other entity. Quarterly or yearly financial information is put into relative categories
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Checklist for Evaluating Internal Controls ACC 544 CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATING INTERNAL CONTROLS Introduction “In response to the number of major corporate accounting scandals rocking the financial world (e.g.‚ Enron‚ WorldCom‚ Xerox‚ KMart‚ etc.)‚ on July 30‚ 2002‚ Congress passed the most wide-sweeping financial reporting legislation since the 1930s (when it established the Securities and Exchange Commission). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is intended to strengthen corporate
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ACC 290 Final Exam Study Guide Let’s get started… Q 8 – Under IFRS Comparative prior-period information must be presented and financial statements must be provided annually. Explanation: See IFRS financial reporting requirement here: http://www.iasplus.com/en/standards/ias/ias1 Q 10 - Similarities between International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and U.S. GAAP include all of the following except: Both IFRS and U.S. GAAP allow revaluation of items such as land and buildings to fair
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ACC 290 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) originated on July 29‚ 2002 due to fraudulent bookkeeping practices and misleading financial reports from large corporations. These practices created a number of accounting scandals‚ which resulted in this in the government creating such an act. The purpose was to prevent and punish corporate corruption and‚ along the way‚ try to repair investor confidence. The law was passed by congress after well-known
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1. Recognition of normal balances a. Amounts paid to a mall for rent -expense b. Amounts to be paid in 10 days- liability c. A new fax machine purchases for office use- assets d. Land held as an investment - assets e. Amounts due from customers -assets f. Daily sales of merchandise sold - revenue g. Promotional costs to publicize a concert - expense h. A long-term loan owed to Citizens Bank -liability i. The albums‚ tapes‚ and CDs held for sale to customers –assets Normal balance for: liability
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Accounting Standards Boards Paper ACC/541 Date Professor Accounting Standards Boards Paper Introduction For the past 31 years‚ the major changes in accounting have taken place. Several accounting committees and boards have come and gone. The purpose of this paper will be to examine the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board convergence project. These papers will also explain how the MSA program prepares students on the transition into professional
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comprises ACC 423 Week 4 E19-3 E19-6 E19-7 E19-9 Resource: Intermediate Accounting Prepare written responses to the following assignments from the text: Ch. 19: Exercises E19-3 E19-6 and Problems P19-7P19-9 Business - Accounting ACC 423 Week 1 Individual Owners’ Equity Paper ACC 423 Week 2 Individual Wiley Plus Exercises E15-13‚P15-1‚ E16-20‚ P16-7 ACC 423 Week 2 Learning Team Assignments From the Text 1 CA 16-4 ACC 423 Week 3 Individual Wiley Plus
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Financial Statement Differentiation Paper ACC/561 Financial Statement Differentiation Paper All owners and business managers need to have current financial information to take decisions on its future operations. The financial statements are the documents to be prepared by the company at the end of the accounting period in order to meet the financial and economic performance in the activities of his company over a period. Balance Sheet Goods and credit reports at a specific
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Individual Summary Question One ACC-290 March 3rd 2014 Individual Summary Question One It is commonly known that most commercial and general accounting principles use accrual based accounting over cash based accounting. Accrual based accounting is more advanced than cash based accounting so that is why most accountants chose this over the latter. Cash based accounting is when revenues are recognized when cash is received and when expenses are recognized when cash is paid. Cash based accounting
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