SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Improper Accounting Practices

Essays 211 - 240

Magellan by Charles Corn

trade was the first world globalization effort, Corn insists on raising the question of Magellan. Other historians and commentator...

Accounting Methods

calculate a net profit ratio. If we look at a company such as Johnson and Johnson we need to look at the...

Investments, Comparisons, and IAS

2003). It is believed, by many experts, that adoption of IAS by most countries (the United States included) will end up establishi...

History of the Rolls Royce Energy Engineering, Marine, and Aerospace Company

the use of resources one strategy is to increase the income gained form services, this has been successful with services income in...

GAAP Financial Reporting and Tax Accounting

As mentioned above GAAP stands for generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP principles are known mostly by financial advisor...

Reasons for International Accounting Standards' Usage

them to obtain international investment, not only de to increased understanding of the accounts, but also as a result of the creat...

Terrorism and Accounting

the regulations. For example, Prince Salman, Governor of the Riyadh Province is known to have said "If beneficiaries had used ass...

Management Accounting and Methods of Performance Assessment

development and so on) rather than departments. Some Methods - the Literature How, then, is accounting used as a performa...

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...

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...

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 ...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

Frantek Case Study

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...