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For and Against IFRS

approach, good for business and investors, and has even been criticised in terms if the way the International Accounting Standards...

Gospel Accounts of Jesus's Anointing

a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me" (Matt. 26:10-11). Jesus goes on ...

Lance Armstrong and the notion 'Its Not About the Bike'

on Armstrongs body but the real heroics are attributable to the man and to the body itself! Armstrong was diagnosed with te...

Accounting Using a Principles Based System with Supporting Concepts

This 4 page paper discuses the important of concepts in principles rather than rules based accounting system, why they are importa...

FINANCIAL DEFINITIONS

This 3-page paper discusses several accounting and financial definitions, such as appreciation and depreciation, leverage and equi...

Merrimack Tractors Case Study

assumed to be the same in 2008 as they were in 2007, and the tax rate is assumed at remaining at 35%. The pro forma income statem...

MANAGEMENT OF A SALES FORCE

- and by the late 1980s, as chains began proliferating, many experts began wondering if the independent pharmacist was a thing of ...

California's Gold Rush and 'The Shirley Letters'

In five pages this paper examines the personal accounts of life during the California gold rush penned by a young woman with the p...

Costs and the Break-even Point at Guillermo Furniture Store

control system the company may be able to use in order to show the view of my station goes on that. One approach that can be advoc...

HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES

In the late 15th century, accounting became a specific science, thanks to the words of Luca Pacioli. Pacioli, a mathematician and ...

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Moderation. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve. 10. Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanline...

The Historiography of Thucydides and Herodotus

that Thucydides, along with several other original historians "simply transferred what was passing in the world around them, to th...

ACCOUNTING STAFF IN A SOLE PROPRIETOR SET-UP

money could seriously harm the business in its earlier days. Diligent record-keeping, on the other hand, will help the pro...

THE CASE STUDY OF APSP

This 3-page paper focuses on the fictitious APSP, why it's setting up its fiscal year from July to June, and what accounting polic...

A Visit to a Child Care Facility

a nursery and individual classrooms for each age group. The facility also has a state approved food preparation and serving areas...

ACCOUNTING CASE STUDY

from a financial institution) is important, as a strong credit history means that financial institutions know the company will pay...

Assessing Financial Statements: GM, Home Depot and Billabong

and expenses are recorded according to when they are earned and incurred" (Financial Accounting, n.d.), regardless of when the cas...

Accounting Services’ Computerization and How the Industry Has Changed

in the New Millennium). Computerized records not only eliminated the constraints imposed by these paper reports generated only at...

A Visit to Philadelphia

almost unimaginable and the exhaust fumes practically overwhelming the uninitiated. There is a constant roar of cars and trucks, ...

Behind a Convict’s Eyes/Prison Life

sums up this code very well: Even if you do not feel tough enough to cope, act as if you are. Suffer in silence. Never admit you a...

The Tools of Capital Budgeting

control is described by the same organization as; "The establishment of budgets relating the responsibilities of the executives to...

Accounting for Discretionary Costs with Specific Attention on Research and Development

many instances discretionary costs will be seen as general operating costs and expense within the existing period. In this respect...

Visiting Washington, D.C.

felt a sense of awe at the bravery of the men who climbed into that flimsy-looking structure atop a rocket that was very similar t...

Bight Home Builders Case Study

ahead, he may be held personally accountable for any inaccuracies. In addition to this there is talk of the Chinese government ado...

Life in Prison from the Inside

are not always paragons of virtue; they may use methods of unfair intimidation against certain inmates while allowing the actions ...

Singer: Recriminalizing Delinquency

(Singer, 1996). The case was shocking for a number of reasons, but two stand out: Bosket was only 15; and he was already in care a...

Knowledge Management, Topps Tiles and the Price of Wheat

This 22 page paper is written in 3 parts. The main part of the paper discusses the concept of knowledge management, looking at wha...

Methods of Allocating Costs; A Practical Example

104,500 171,000 285,000 456,000 1,016,500 Contribution margin 170,500 279,000 465,000 744,000 1,658,500 Less fixed overheads (1) ...

An Application of Activity Based Costing

2007; Vieceli, 1999). This is a system that often takes advantage of new technology, the ABC system will identify the act...

The Benefits of Activity Based Costing

process of manufacture where there are at least a sequence of at least two activities required for the production of the product o...