currently unwinding its business operations. On July 9‚ 2002 George W. Bush gave a speech about recent accounting scandals that had been uncovered. In spite of its stern tone‚ the speech did not focus on establishing new policy‚ but instead focused on actually enforcing current laws‚ which include holding CEOs and directors personally responsible for accountancy fraud. In July‚ 2002‚ WorldCom filed for bankruptcy protection‚ in what was considered the largest corporate insolvency ever at the time
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Bernie Madoff Fraud Case Bernie Madoff Fraud Case Introduction One of the largest fraud cases of all times is that of the “Bernard Madoff Case.” According to Armstrong (2008)‚ “for a number of years Madoff managed to lure billions of dollars away from huge charities‚ as well as wealthy individuals in both the United States and Europe by getting them to invest in his hedge fund. This he did by offering extraordinary returns to investors‚ until his scheme eventually reached a staggering $50
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opinion‚ why do accountants debit asset accounts to increase them but credit liability accounts to increase them? Why do accountants debit expenses to increase them but credit revenues to increase them? In my opinion the reason for this is that accounting equations must always balance and the two sides must always be equal. Each transaction has a dual
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Accounting for non-accounting students eighth edition John R. Dyson ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTING STUDENTS Visit the Accounting for Non-Accounting Students‚ eighth edition Companion Website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/dyson to find valuable student learning material including: G G G G Multiple choice questions to help test your learning Extra question material Links to relevant sites on the web Glossary explaining key terms mentioned in the book We work with leading authors to develop
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In the present day forensic accounting plays a huge role in many of the court cases publicized by the media. With the spotlight on the profession‚ this is a good opportunity to discuss the following topics: 1) Five skills that a forensic accountant needs to possess. 2) The role of a forensic accountant within a courtroom environment. 3) Analyze the legal responsibility a forensic accountant has while providing service to a business. 4) Examine two cases where forensic
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ĐỀ THI KIỂM TRA GIỮA KỲ Môn học: KẾ TOÁN QUẢN TRỊ (Managerial Accounting) Lớp: KT302DV01‚ HK10.1 Thời lượng: 6 0 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề) Không được tham khảo tài liệu‚ Chỉ được sử dụng từ điển Anh – Việt‚ không sử dụng Kim từ điển Sinh viên làm bài trên đề thi Đề thi gồm 07 trang Họ tên sinh viên: …………………………………………………. Chữ ký và họ tên cán bộ coi thi 1 Chữ ký và họ tên cán bộ coi thi 2 Đ iểm thi Bằng số Đ iểm thi b ằng chữ ………………………………………………… MSSV: ………………………………………
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regulatory agencies have continuously water-down the reform and delayed the process all to the benefit of the businesses it should be regulating. “Fraud has never been legal‚ so why has it not been prosecuted?” (Prasch) Renewed interest of ethical issues in the accounting profession is due to scandals involving accounting fraud‚ i.e. Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Tyco. “Client pressure to present a favorable financial picture of a corporation’s health may lead to ethical breaches” (Adkins & Radke) “New
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following terms used in Note 3: grant date‚ exercise price‚ vesting period‚ expiration date‚ options granted‚ options exercised‚ and options forfeited. b. Note 3 (page 47 of Xilinx’s annual report) indicates that in fiscal 2007‚ Xilinx adopted a new accounting method for its stock options and other stock-based compensation as required by SFAS 123R. How does Xilinx now account for stock options? How does this differ from the method Xilinx used before
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CHAPTER 1 Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE Topics Questions Cases 1. Global markets. 1 2. Environment of accounting. 2‚ 3‚ 4 4‚ 5‚ 7 3. Objective of financial reporting. 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9‚ 10 2 4. Standard-setting organizations. 11‚ 12‚ 13‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16‚ 17‚ 18 1‚ 3‚ 6 5. Financial reporting challenges. 19‚ 20‚ 21‚ 22‚ 23‚ 24‚ 25 8‚ 9‚ 10 6. Ethical issues. 25 11‚ 12 Copyright
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Accounting Ethics Accounting ethics is primarily a field of professional ethics‚ the study of moral values and judgements which are applied to the accountancy. “Accounting ethics can be defined as a set of distinct guidelines for a business to maintain clean balance sheets‚ accounting for their profits‚ losses and expenses incurred and prevent it from mishandling financial reports and statements” (Buzzle 2011). The nature of the work carried out by accountants and auditors requires a high level
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