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Changes in Accounting Practice at Delta

on the accounts. The way that depreciation works is based in spreading the cost of a piece of equipment over the useful life, so t...

Measures to Reduce the Risk of Terrorism in the Finance and Accounting Sector

inevitably requires money laundering to take place. To consider the way that measures that are found within the accounting and fi...

Fair Value Accounting in the Economic Crisis

standards, but is further defined in individual standards. .The concept of fair value became an issue that would have pote...

The Relationship between Positive Accounting Theory and World Dimensions of Habermas

warming. This has been seen by many as a claim rather than a fact, arguing that there is insufficient proof, it was this reasoning...

Definition of Accounting Categories

cash in bank account. Long-term assets tend to be relatively easy to identify, and may also be referred to as fixed assets, and in...

Accounting Tools That Help Non-Accountants Make Capital Investments Decisions

sales will recoup the investment, the payback period, These have value is looking at he amount of sales that need to be made and t...

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...

Stock Option Valuation: The Ethical Dimensions

window (regardless of the actual movements of the stock). In doing so, organizations not only offset their compensation obligation...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Defining Managerial Accounting and a Cost Accounting Case Study

The paper is presented in two sections. The first section defines managerial accounting. The second section examines figures supp...

Throughput Accounting vs. Activity Based Accounting

that is less profitable than another receiving a smaller share. The ability to refine this cost-and-result approach can increase ...

Different Stakeholders, Single Set of Accounts, and Management Accounting

1998). This means the role of the budget is forecast and/or to control the costs and therefore the profits. It is also...

Ethics in Accounting Practice: Rules Based Accounting versus the Conceptual Framework

is trying to create accounting standards that are defined in terms of objectives but do not rely on "specific rules" (" A Conversa...

Comparative Analysis of Original IRA Account and the Roth Individual Retirement Account

In eight pages a comparative analysis of these IRA account approaches is presented. Twelve sources are cited in the bibliography....

Accounting's Pooling Method

In five pages this paper discusses the pooling method and the impact of its unavailability. Three sources are cited in the biblio...

Transfer and Accounting Costs Accounting Questions

costs, these are a total of 520,000 and as such will need to be divided by the number of units manufactured, indicating the way t...

Industry Implications of the Merger Between Sprint and MCI WorldCom

it to become final, the outlook for the industry in the new century is that for the first ten years, it "will probably be dominate...

Corporate Greed and its Psychosocial Effects

life savings and retirement plans of countless employees who had worked hard to save their funds - but because of corporate greed,...

Current Thinking and Management Issues Regarding Corporate Governance

sort through the shards of Enrons collapse, the concept of corporate governance can make a difference in many areas as it enhances...

Corporate America and Manipulation of Revenue

evident that much fraud can be discovered before it is too late. While this was not true in the case of Enron, the evidence has s...

Pensions of Employees and the Enron Corporation Scandal

With the fall of the company the investments that were in the retirement fund have plummeted due to the high level of investment i...

Enron Corporation's Collapse

the Enron candidate bought Baileys campaign manager (How Enron Did Texas). Although Bailey did win, it was by an exceptionally na...

Aftermath of the Enron Fallout

own stock, upon which they are relying for retirement, in a pension fund. This has raised alarm bells, as other companies can also...

Overview of Special Purpose Entities

while the media is referring to what Enron officers did as "off-balance-sheet" partnerships -- "those hundreds of Enron entities t...

Tutorial on the Enron Scandal

sources will be cited using APA style. Chronology of the Enron Collapse Before analyzing what, exactly, caused Enrons coll...