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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...

Financial and Management Accounting and the Use of CVP

is also useful to understand that management accounting also allows a greater amount of planning giving costs for different scenar...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Singapore's Accounting Framework

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

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...

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...

Code of Ethics and Accounting Standards of the State of Texas

are still held responsible for conduct as set out by the Government Accounting Standards Board. It is in the best interes...

A Challenging Learning Experience

no positive reinforcement for me and an aversion to the machine developed. Positive reinforcement refers to when an event or stim...

Creating a Consulting Firm

of health care is in and remains in flux as we seek systems that not only work in the present but also are sustainable over time. ...

Accounting Problems at Dell

satisfy warranty claims but there is the potential to make an accurate estimate with the past statistics and the knowledge of the ...

Triple Bottom Line Accounting And Organisational Profit Accounting

profit is the total revenue after all costs have been deducted. Whilst the figure is interesting the understanding of a companys p...

Triple Bottom Line and Systems Theory; Similarities and Differences in the Accounting Approaches

This 3 page paper compares and contrasts to approaches to accounting; triple bottom line and the use of systems theory. The approa...

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...

Are Accounting Reforms And Legislation Are The Only Means By Which The Accounting Profession Will be Able To Regain Public Trust And Re-Establish Its’ Credibility?

fraud, and it was with this we might argue there was the first loss of confidence in the auditors. This case limited the liability...

Financial Projections

to itself. However, there are costs when using funding from reserves, there are opportunity costs. If the money is taken out of th...

Accounting Perspective on the Definition of Economics

according to what they believe the market will bear. Understanding how the price was set is beneficial to the accountants of the ...

Definitions Regarding Financial and Management Accounting

firms financial position and value of company assets. How can management accounting reports be better developed to help bu...

Annual Accounts' Presentation Influences

assessment of the underlying value of the company, there my be values, especially for long term asset, which may b out of date, bu...

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US GAAP; The Impact on Accounts

IFRS will face a number of barriers, even these Securities and Exchange Commission (FTC) has backed the convergence between the US...

Responsibility Accounting; The Concept, Its’ Advantages and Disadvantages

can be used as ways to measure the way that the company is performing. The traditional responsibility centres include revenue cent...