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    Cash Flow

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    Statement of Cash Flows Preview of Chapter Usefulness and Format Usefulness of the Statement of Cash Flows Provides information to help assess: 1. Entity’s ability to generate future cash flows. 2. Entity’s ability to pay dividends and obligations. 3. Reasons for difference between net income and net cash provided (used) by operating activities. 4. Cash investing and financing transactions during the period. SO 1 Indicate the usefulness of the statement of cash flows. Usefulness

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    Accounting Education: an international journal Vol. 20‚ No. 2‚ 203– 222‚ April 2011 Adding Value to Audit Education through ‘Living’ Cases JULIE DRAKE University of Huddersfield‚ UK Received: November 2009 Revised: July 2010 Accepted: September 2010 ABSTRACT This paper seeks to address the perceived failure of university teaching to foster critical understanding of audit practice and to identify a potential remedy. It contributes to the debate (Maltby‚ 2001‚ “Second thoughts about ‘Cases in

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    Adjustment for Accruals and Prepayment  Adjustment to final accounts are usually made at the end of a financial year  Adjustments for accruals and prepayments are based on the accrual concept. The Accrual Concept • The Accrual concept states that income and expenditure should be recorded in the period in which they are incurred and not when they are actually received or paid Accrued Expenses • Accrued expenses are those that are not paid in the accounting period in which they are due (incurred)

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    Viability of Event Management Business in Batangas City: Basis for Business Operation Initiatives Jeninah Christia D. Borbon Lyceum of the Philippines University Batangas City ABSTRACT The research study on Viability of Event Management Business in Batangas City: Basis for Business Operation Initiatives aimed to assess the viability of this type of business using Thompson’s (2003) Dimension of Business Viability

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    CHAPTER 20 Audit of Cash Balances Copyright 2003 Pearson Education Canada Inc. 20 - 1 What are the auditor’s primary concerns with regard to cash? Copyright 2003 Pearson Education Canada Inc. 20 - 2 What are the auditor’s primary concerns with regard to cash? - existence Copyright 2003 Pearson Education Canada Inc. 20 - 3 What are the auditor’s primary concerns with regard to cash? - existence - completeness Copyright 2003 Pearson Education Canada Inc

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    Introduction The importance off skepticism in performing audits has been recognized from the time the very first auditing standard was implemented (Fullerton and Durtschi‚ 2012). The recent financial crises and audit failures have caused the profession to reassess and emphasise the importance of skepticism during an audit engagement‚ ensuring that auditors increase their level of skepticism (Fullerton and Durtschi‚ 2012). Auditors are now asked to expand their skeptical perspective to the level

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    Cash Budgeting

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    Buckman 7/28/10 Using a Cash Budget for Planning Purposes Introduction Let me begin by explaining what a cash budget is. A cash budget is a tool that helps individuals and companies forecast a short term financing needs. Investopedia defines a cash budget as‚ “an estimation of the cash inflows and outflows for a business or individual for a specific period of time.” (Cash Budget) A cash budget is used to determine the borrower’s ability to generate cash and repay debt. A cash budget also provides

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    Abnormally High Audit Fees Impair Audit Quality? Jong-Hag Choi‚ Jeong-Bon Kim‚ and Yoonseok Zang SUMMARY: This study examines whether and how audit quality proxied by the magnitude of absolute discretionary accruals is associated with abnormal audit fees‚ that is‚ the difference between actual audit fee and the expected‚ normal level of audit fee. The results of various regressions reveal that the association between the two is asymmetric‚ depending on the sign of the abnormal audit fee. For observations

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    Cash Flow Week 7 Checkpoint XACC/291 Cash Flow 2 Generally‚ two approaches are used to prepare the statement of cash flows direct and indirect method. Of both these methods‚ the direct method results in a more easily understandable report. The direct method for preparing statement of cash flows emphasizes on reporting major classes of gross cash receipts and payments. A method of creating a statement of cash flow during

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    AUDITING THEORY 1. Which of the following activities is an analytical procedure an auditor would perform in the final overall review stage of an audit to ensure that the financial statements are free from material misstatement? A. Reading the minutes of the board of directors’ meetings for the year under audit. B. Obtaining a letter concerning potential liabilities from the client’s attorney. C. Comparing the current year’s financial statements with those of the prior year. D. Ensuring that

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