executives in perpetrating fraudulent acts in misrepresenting the company’s financial accounts; the revelation therein have been described by many as one of the largest bankruptcy cases in the history of the United State’s financial services industry. A critical analysis of the principal methods used in falsifying the company’s financial statements is crucial in providing a clear picture of the role played by financial information in the failure of Refco Inc. Thus an introduction to the term “Round
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about AIS impact on firm performance and financial reporting: How do SOX‚ COSO‚ and the implementation of IT help reduce fraud and increase productivity in a business? In the multifaceted‚ dynamic‚ corporate global milieu‚ imminent rifts continue to rattle the arenas of accounting/finance. The personal ambitions of CEO’s and CFO’s outweighed their responsibilities toward shareholders‚ employees‚ operations‚ civic/ethical duties‚ and the general financial system. CEO’s primarily focused on their
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the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) had declared they had completely conducted the first stage of The Conceptual Framework joint project. The purpose of this joint project is to further improve an advanced conceptual framework for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) (Norwalk 2010). Basically‚ the conceptual framework is an attempt to express the nature and purpose of accounting and when concerned to financial reporting
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How would International Financial Reporting Standards affect the quality of Canadian accounting information? LIMING TONG INTRODUCTION Globalization has a great impact on today’s economy. The differences of accounting regulations and practices in various countries have become a noteworthy obstacle to globalization and economic development. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) mitigates global business barriers. In order to adapt to the increasingly global business environment
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for transparency in the financial reporting. This transparency is rapidly occurring in India as the country catapults into becoming a major economic power propelled on by the combined forces of the technological revolution‚ the opening up of its borders and the privatization of many infrastructure industries such as transportation and communication. This paper addresses the adoption and applicability of International Accounting Standards (IAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
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REPORT ‘Why Financial Reports can never really be considered neutral (free from bias) or objective.’ Word Count: 2536 Introduction The Framework for the preparation and presentation of financial statements specifies that information generated should “represent faithfully” and “be neutral… free from bias” (AASB Framework‚ para. 33; 36). Information that is not neutral can “influence the making of a decision or judgement in order to achieve a predetermined result or outcome” (AASB Framework
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year was to be the last reporting period where listed companies presented their results according to UK generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). After that‚ they would be required to use international financial reporting standards (IFRS) to prepare their consolidated financial statements for accounting periods commencing on or after 1st January 2005 (http://search.ft.com‚ 2004). The requirement to adopt IFRS applies only to those companies that are active direct participants in the capital market
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assignment I will review the statement in question 3‚ ‘accounting only has one role which is to satisfy user needs’. I will research into what accounting actually is‚ what its role is‚ who are it users and how it is relevant to its users. I will also use various books‚ articles‚ lecture notes and a wide range of Internet sources to enable me to critically evaluate this statement. Accounting can be defined as the summarising‚ measuring and communication of financial transactions‚ by doing this‚
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OF TESCOPLC FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN 24/02/2008 TO 26/02/2011 TESCO PLC SEBABRATA SARKER ACCA REGISTRATION # ....... (WORD COUNT: APPROX. 6120 WORDS) CONTENTS Research & Analysis Project (R.A.P) Research Report: Part 1: Project Objectives & Research Approach: Page number: Topic selected and reason behind it 04 Project objectives & research approach 05 Explanation of research
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Fair value in financial reporting: problems and pitfalls in practice – a case study analysis of the use of fair valuation at Enron David Gwilliam∗ and Richard H G Jackson School of Business and Economics‚ University of Exeter‚ Streatham Court‚ Rennes Drive‚ Exeter EX4 4PU‚ UK This paper has been accepted for publication in Accounting Forum ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Abstract This paper contributes to the debate on the use of mark to market
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