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Functions of Financial Statements

In seven pages financial statements are examined in terms of conceptual definitions, financial accounting assumptions, entry adjus...

The Independence of Auditors; the Australian Perspective

of independence. Independence in different roles not only the role of the auditor, but also independence within remuneration and s...

Accounting Frameworks - IFRS and US GAAP

last in first out stock management in the US. This is now mainly outdated and not used, but it is still possible to be used. In ot...

ACCOUNTING TERMS

Accrual Basis vs. Cash Basis Accounting The difference between these two methods of accounting is the way in which income ...

Popular vs. Scholarly Resources

This essay offers a comparison between a popular article on account management versus a scholarly article on the same topic. This ...

Two Articles on Ethics in Nursing Reviewed

ethics are a part of the concern. The hospital should not accept a patient load that it cannot handle. Another example of an issue...

Did Fair Value Accounting Contribute to the Financial Crisis?

In 2007/8 there was the start of a global recession, which has also been referred to as the credit crunch. The writer looks at the...

An Application of Activity Based Costing

2007; Vieceli, 1999). This is a system that often takes advantage of new technology, the ABC system will identify the act...

The Benefits of Activity Based Costing

process of manufacture where there are at least a sequence of at least two activities required for the production of the product o...

Tyco Case Study

ship empty boxes to Maine while the actual art work was delivered to his home in the city, he could claim his home as a business e...

CRISES AND CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

accounting theorists and professionals should be very wary and skeptical of the immediate reaction to make changes to an accountin...

Public Finance

seem as appropriate today as when he wrote them. 2. Governmental Accounting and Non-Governmental Accounting Governmental and non...

SPE Accounting and Interpretation

that other entity and realizes the accounting principle shift as discussed by Schmutte and Duncan (2005). The scope of variable i...

SYSTEM THINKING AND THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS

of supply and inventory moves into a particular project, then goes through and ends up with the finished project. In a standard ma...

IAS 37

an agreed payment date (IAS Plus, 2008). Where there is a provision made this is not presenting a certainty, just a probable even...

Accounting Concepts and Reading Accounts

by the period over which it is creating revenue. For some items the historic cost is not a suitable measure. For example, building...

Cost of Equity and Cost of Debt at Disney Corp.

make an investment in a firm, either directly or in purchasing the shares in order to make a profit. The same risk and reward rela...

The Value of the NKT Accounts to Help with Decision Making

although annual reports can be very useful documents not only ion reporting results and potential strategies which may be relevant...

Frantek Case Study

Frantek. The way that revenue is recognized in a relativity simply concept and is found in FASB Statement of Financial Accountin...

Accounting Questions

of its economic life. The historical cost convention can result in some difficulties, as some assets will be written off, but may ...

Critique of James G. Hollandsworth Jr.’s The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience During the Civil War

alike despite their willingness to risk their lives in combat. But as the text illustrates, racial discrimination was unfortunate...

Status of the Pension Funds of PepsiCo and Coca-Cola

The conditions of pension funds for these two firms in 2009 is assessed using data from the annual accounts. The growth, contribut...

Changes in The Popularity of Defined Benefit Pension Schemes There has been

a decrease in the use of defined benefit pension schemes and a movement towards defined contributions schemes. This paper looks at...

Explaining GAAP and SOX

The writer explains to core elements of the accounting regulatory framework in the US; GAAP and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Each is ex...

Contents of the Annual Accounts or 10-k

a description of the business and their main products and serves, an overview of the competition, consideration of the risks faced...

Reaction to Quiet Hero by Rita Cosby

ill with cancer and dying, Cosby would have loved to have had the support of a loving father, but, she felt totally disconnected f...

Tender Mercies/CPS Investigations

job frequently encompasses. Richards explains that this is a "Catch-22" situation, as he can "only force a physical exam by court...

Comparing WalMart and Carrefour

notable that the results may not be directly comparable due to the different accounting regulations in which the annual reports ar...

Improving Accounts Receivable

empowerment of the PFS staff, giving them responsibility over specific accounts and up to date tools to allow them to track the p...

Comparing the Gospels

as actively participating in his fate, rather than demonstrating passive acceptance. In the synoptic gospels, action is, for the m...