Week 2: Topic 1: Financial Accounting Theory & the Reporting Environment GHTHH Chapter 2 5. Researchers who develop positive theories and researchers who develop normative theories often do not share the same views about the roles of their respective approaches to theory construction. (a) How do positive and normative theories differ? (b) Can positive theories assist normative theories‚ or vice versa? If yes‚ give an example. If not‚ why not? Normative accounting research makes policy recommendations
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Adley – Week1 DQ1 Follow up Reply Financial reporting fraud cases typically involve “fictitious revenues‚ overstatement if assets‚ capitalized expenditures‚ misappropriation of assets‚ premature revenues‚ and understatement of expenses and liabilities‚ “according to Lawyers Connect (n.d). As a result‚ such intentional misstatements are fraudulent and illegal‚ and most likely material. Manipulation of accounting equation‚ Assets = Liabilities + Stockholder’s Equity (Rich‚ et al.‚ 2012‚ p. 9)‚ characteristically
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Financial Reporting Problem‚ Part I ACC/290 March 18‚ 2013 Tony Ames Financial Reporting Problem‚ Part I In today’s markets there are several factors that make up a public company and allow it to be desired by investors. * Total Current Assets: Previous Annual Reporting Period * * The total current assets at the end of the previous annual reporting period‚ December 31‚ 2011‚ was $22‚985‚000 in comparison to the most current year of 2012’s results of $22‚706‚000. Therefore
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Introduction The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is a statutory body under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Act 2001 and its purpose is to oversee the process of setting accounting & auditing standards. One of the many key roles of FRC includes the maintenance of independence functions of auditor by monitoring and assessing the overall adequacy of the procedures followed by the auditors and their compliance with auditor independence requirements (FRC 2011). It also
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The Similarity and Difference between FASB & GASB Financial Reporting Saintania Bien-Aime Governmental/ Institutional Accounting: ACG4501 Keiser University April 15‚ 2012 Abstract The accounting and financial reporting standards are one of the source that profit businesses and governmental not-for-profit organizations‚ which has been created by the Accounting standards Board (FASB). However‚ accounting and financial reporting standards that apply for state and local governments in America
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Financial Statements for Internal Reporting Purposes vs. Financial Statements for External Reporting Purposes It is common in most companies to maintain two set of financial statements; one being used/presented for internal reporting purposes and another for reporting externally. Internal reports are used primarily to aid management in the decision making process throughout the course of the business. These are subject to internal audit to make sure that all information reported are fair and correct
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CPA 104 FINANCIAL REPORTING MODULE 1 THE FRAMEWORK AND ITS APPLICATION IN FINANCIAL REPORTING Part A: The role of a framework of accounting in global financial markets Objective of General Purpose Financial Reporting To provide financial information about the reporting entity that is useful to existing and potential investors‚ lenders and other creditors in making decisions about providing resources to the entity. Key factors driving the globalisation of financial markets Technological innovation
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Financial Reporting of the Coca Cola Company ACC/290 November 27‚ 2012 Financial Reporting of the Coca Cola Company When looking at a company’s financial statements‚ such as the Coca Cola Company‚ one piece of important information that should not be overlooked is the total current assets. Kimmel‚ Weygandt‚ and Kieso describe current assets as “assets that a company expects to convert to cash or use up within one year or its operating cycle‚ whichever is longer” (2009). The total current assets
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Ch 8: Financial Reporting and Management Reporting System GL master ledger: the principal file in the GLS database. Based on chart of accounts. FRS draws upon GL master to produce the firm’s financial statements General ledger history file and journal voucher history file- prior period info Responsibility center file: contains revenues‚ expenditures‚ and other resource utilization data for each responsibility center in the organization (used for responsibility reports) Budget master file: contains
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Target Company Selection Process The target company we decided on for our financial analysis is General Electric. At first we were looking at Starbucks‚ as it is a rapidly growing multinational corporation‚ but after some research we discovered that the earnings per share growth of Starbucks is 40.2%. Therefore Starbucks did not meet the requirement set at 50% EPS growth to be considered a truly “rapidly growing company”. We then continued our research and were able to find that General Electric
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