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Marginal Costing and Absorption

In twelve pages activity based marginal costing and absorption are discussed through a basic description followed by a more detail...

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...

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...

Management Accounting Case Study

The writer looks at the case of Dumbellow Ltd., a firm manufacturing three product lines, but suffering losses on one of those li...

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...

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...

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...

Management Accounting Calculations

of weeks worked per year and the number of barbers employed all of which need to be multiplied together, this gives us an annual w...

THE IMPORTANCE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

turn, helps implement decisions (Topor et al, 2011). This can especially be important if a company relies on certain types...

The Use of PM Tools to Improve Project Management

had not, this served as a useful introduction, and can be seen as a necessary stage as it allows introduction. The meeting was als...

Allocating Common Costs

that the costs may be allocated, they may be slit equally between the three departments, or it is more likely that there will be s...

Knowledge and Success Factors in Project Management

and measurement. This is an initiating point and is errors are made here subsequent processes will have the potential of compoundi...

Different Accounting Standards and Anglo American Ltd

Companies that operate in different accounting jurisdictions may have to comply with different accounting standards. This paper is...

ACCOUNTING PRESENTATIONS AND DIFFERENCES

for judgment calls, if and when necessary. A difference in these rules can have an impact on things such as fair-market value, mar...

Project Management and the Subject of Risk

identified, evaluated and controlled." (Shildon Town Council, 2008). However the way that this is achieved in the context of proje...

Issues Concerning Internal Controls

is in place the key element is that of accountability (Watts. 2007). Authority is also likely to be linked a system of authoriza...

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...

The Allocation of Costs in Management Accounting

Likewise, the marketing budget may increase where there are higher levels of sales pursued. The reason is often indirect costs are...

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...

Public Finance

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

Responsibility Accounting Applied to Coca-Cola

Every plant manager and retailer understands that overhead, labor and the cost of materials combine to create the final cost of pr...

Knowledge Management

Management In the past it may be argued that knowledge management was a potential source of competitive advantage, but i...

PRINCIPLES VS. RULES-BASED ACCOUNTING: AN ETHICAL STUDY

serious ethical situations could occur. In 2008, the SEC began allowing foreign corporations to file financial information...

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...

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: PRINCIPLES VERSUS RULES

exactly, rules and principals are as they pertain to accounting. Its comforting to reach for rules in times of crisis, in order to...