WHAT THEY DO: Accountants and auditors examine financial statements for accuracy and conformance with laws. Accountants and auditors prepare and examine financial records. They ensure that financial records are accurate and that taxes are paid properly and on time. Accountants and auditors assess financial operations and work to help ensure that organizations run efficiently. Duties Accountants and auditors typically do the following: • Examine financial statements to be sure that they are
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John Mullin Audit 5610 Case 6.7 9/25/12 Hamilton Wong‚ In-Charge Accountant 1. If I were placed in Hamilton Wong’s position I would report all of my time worked during the audit of Wille & Lomax. This practice of “eating time” is unethical. While most accounting firms probably feel this type of practice is unacceptable‚ it still happens. If you don’t report all your worked time‚ how does the firm bill their clients properly? What about future audits for the same company? If underreporting
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Recommendation Brief for an Internal Accountant ACC/544 Recommendation Brief for an Internal Accountant Currently‚ a client with an out-of-control system is grasping for a change in order to regain their internal controls. For any company‚ internal controls are highly important for success. Internal controls assist with minimizing mistakes and dishonesty; however will not completely eliminate them. The client has an out-of-control system in operation and will definitely
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What should the new organizational structure look like? Where should I put each person‚ specifically managers? The new structure will use matrix organizational form as follows: 1. All managers will be under ISD Director directly including Project Manager X and Project Manager Y. 2. Associate Director position will not be needed. 3. Project Manager X and Project Manager Y will cross their project responsibility with the line management functional responsibility to give project managers
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The term cash flows refer to the receipts and payment of cash. A financial statement that shows how changes in balance sheet accounts and income affect cash and cash equivalents is known as a statement of cash flow. Similar to an income statement‚ a cash flow statement records a company’s performance over a period of time. Consistently‚ companies will disclose the cash arising are generally required to prepare a statement of cash flow in their annual reports because it contains vital information
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Forensic Accountants: Fraud Busters Daniel ****** Dr. Brian Collins Contemporary Business 8/12/2012 Abstract The field of forensic accounting is a profession that is in high demand because of the technological and financial complexity of today’s companies. Because of the Enron scandal forensic account has come to the forefront with some major universities even offering it as a major. There are several skills that are required in forensic accounting and they include an expertise in accounting
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Shayna Purcell Professors Karla Williams and Scott Gilbreth Source Selection and Administration of Service Contracts CON 280 18-043 6 July 2015 Government-Furnished Property (GFP) As a Contract Administrator my job actually deals with government-furnished property often. The definition as used by the FAR is “property in the possession of‚ or directly acquired by‚ the Government and subsequently furnished to the contractor for performance of a contract. Government-furnished property includes
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business opportunity A business opportunity consists of four integrated elements all of which are to be present within the same timeframe (window of opportunity) and most often within the same domain or geographical location‚ before it can be claimed as a business opportunity. These four elements are: • A need • The means to fulfil the need • A method to apply the means to fulfil the need and; • A method to benefit With any one of the elements missing‚ a business opportunity may be
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elite set of men and women‚ called forensic accountant. Forensic accountants help America recover huge amounts of financial dollars by bring corporate leaders to justice who made illegal business decisions (Davis‚ Farrell‚ & Ogilby‚ 2009). Attributes of the Elite Forensic accounting/accountant (FA) involves the application of accounting concepts and techniques to legal problems (Davis‚ Farrell‚ & Ogilby‚ 2009). “Initially‚ forensic accountants were used by government agencies‚ such as the
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course: (ACT611) Managerial Accounting: Information for Decision Making To Mr. Donald Smalling By Dalton Richardson 20031288 January 13th 2013 Overview of Code of Ethics for Accounting Professionals Accountants come face-to-face with several ethical issues on a daily basis. Deciding whether a company’s business practices and the actions of the principals or directors are ethical can be very difficult‚ but holding ethical standards is a fundamental part
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