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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Accounting: Principles-Based Or Rules-Based?

and diligence and independence at the auditing level" (Anonymous, 2003). From a broader perspective, one of the main reason...

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...

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 ...

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...

Interpreting Accounting Calculations

the inventory has also been increasing. This shows that there are not outstanding concerns here as this is showing a gradual and c...

Financial and Managerial Accounting

the companys present and future performance, rather than past history (Managerial accounting - an introduction). They relate only ...

Accounting: Internal Controls

discusses internal controls in its report, Enterprise Risk Management - Integrated Framework. COSO defines internal control as a ...

Paul's Conversion/Acts 9, 22 & 26

this attests, the historiography and authenticity of Acts is well established, with many scholars supporting the idea that it was ...

Nigeria and UK Accounting Standards

the UK are similar to those followed in the United States, with a few exceptions. The UKs management accounting also takes into ac...

Annual Account Reliance and Investors

some figures difficult to check. The process of auditing then has to take place. This also takes up additional time, a set of acco...

Management and Financial Accounting Differences

such can understand that the figures are all historical, and may be out of date by the time they are read. When looking...

WorldCom, Enron, and IAS

principles of accounting in the U.S. (Larson et al, 2001). Since that time, a number of authoritative bodies have been instituted ...

International Accounting Standards Implementation Benefits and Costs

in some countries. Therefore, even in a single country there are choices. When it is considered the level of flexibility internati...

Jamona.com and Internal Accounting Controls

for payment of a bogus invoice, one created for the purpose of causing a check to be issued to an entity that has no legitimate re...

Comparing the Gospels

as actively participating in his fate, rather than demonstrating passive acceptance. In the synoptic gospels, action is, for the m...

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...

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...

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...