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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cost Accounting

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

Frantek Case Study

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

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...

Comparative Analysis of Past and Present Research Journals on Early Child Development

is now more freely available than ever before, and has caused schools, parents, and society in general to become more aware and se...

Analysis of the Purposes and Objectives of the Journal of the American Planning Association

In ten pages this research paper analyzes JAPA's purposes and objectives with publication guidelines also included. Three sources...

Traditional Accounting Concepts and Conflict

In six pages this paper discusses how different approaches to accounting can result in conflict with particular emphasis upon the ...

Marginal Costing and Absorption

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

IVAX Corporation Financial Forecasting

In seven pages a security perspective is taken in an accounts examination of IVAX and trends analysis, fundamental and naive appro...

Analyzing Prudential Insurance Company

In a paper consisting of eleven pages a company history along with a SWOT analysis, discussion of the managerial accounting system...

Public Companies' Accounting Methods

In a paper containing twenty pages manipulations and specific accounting methods public companies employ in order to ensure high s...

Technology Uses in Accounting

In this paper consisting of six pages using technology to automate accounting procedures is examined by determining a correlation ...

An Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

This 6 page essay examines author Miguel Leon Portilla's "The Broken Spears : The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico&quo...

China's Accounting Practices

In this paper consisting of six pages accounting problems as they relate to government intervention and cultural influences are di...

Generating a Profit Through Internet Retailing

In five pages this paper considers a case study of Woolworth's, an important Australian food retailer, in terms of generating grea...

Management Accounting Analysis of the Master Budget

world of business, this information flow is accomplished through the system of accounting, a process that has come to be known as ...

Cost Accounting by V. Daniel Hunt

This 5 page paper discusses Hunt's book and provides an overview of basic cost accounting procedures and considers the importance ...

Overview of IAS

In nine pages international accounting standards are examined in terms of investments, cash flow reporting, retirement benefits, t...

The Media and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg address is one of the most memorable of all political addresses. Journalist accounts of the address were plentiful...

Stock Option Plans Accounting

The discount rate used is the risk-free rate on U.S. government securities (Means and Coates 29). Accounting information pl...

Creative Accounting and the Failure of Accounting Standards to Prevent It

there are variations, which if all put together may make a very large impact on results. There is a need for many company to try a...

Singapore's Accounting Framework

In five pages this paper examines Singapore's accounting framework, its colonial influence, and how standards of accounting have b...

Accounting, Environment, and Society

accounts has been laid down by the use of statutory instruments such as the Companies Acts as well as regulations laid down by the...

Case Study on Activity Based Costing

In six pages a financially troubled public broadcasting company is examined in terms of the issue as to whether or not a new video...