St Joseph Campus Capitol Hill‚ Monrovia Liberia Accounting 401 Section 01 Accounting Theory Assignment #2 To: Mr. Oye Williams By: Fatima E. Manyeh 07436 March 6‚ 2014 1) BDO Seidman’s attorney pointed out correctly that professional standards do not prohibit auditors and client personnel from being ‘friends’. At what point does such relationship result in violation of the auditor independence rules and guidelines? Provide hypothetical examples to strengthen your answers. Health
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Ethics in Accounting • • • • • • • • Systematic body of theory and knowledge Extensive education process for its members Ideal of service to the community High degree of autonomy and independence Code of ethics for its members Distinctive ethos/culture Application of professional judgment Existence of a governing body Attributes of a profession • Service ideal • Market control view The service ideal vs. the market control view Accountants work in: • private companies
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The Importance of Accounting Theory to the Field Of Accounting The objective of theory is to explain and predict. One of the basic goals of the theory of a particular discipline is to have a well-defined body of knowledge that has been systematically accumulated‚ organized‚ and verified well enough to provide a frame of reference for future actions. The Webster’s definition of theory is the systematically organized knowledge‚ applicable in a relatively wide variety of circumstances‚ a system
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ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION Vol. 26‚ No. 4 2011 pp. 797–806 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/iace-50053 Home Heaters: A Holistic View of the Financial Statements M. Cathy Claiborne and Kirkland A. Wilcox ABSTRACT: In this case‚ two start-up companies in the same industry have identical economic transactions. Although both companies follow generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ each manager makes different choices and estimates when applying GAAP. By preparing
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Accountants Correspondence: Andy Wynne Technical Department ACCA 29 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A 3EE e-mail: a.wynne@accaglobal.com tel: +44 207 396 5778 Abstract • IFAC Public Sector Committee issued their standard on the cash basis of accounting and the ASB (UK) issued its draft interpretation for public benefit entities (not-for-profit organisations) earlier this year. In each case the private sector model of accounts was followed closely. • What is the experience in the UK of producing
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true cost and profit picture for each product must be known and 4) Cash flow is as important as profit. The "cycle of decay" (when cost cutting efforts lead to competitive decay) is typically begun when management uses financial accounting data‚ not control data‚ for decision making. Costs are classified as bedrock fixed (very few qualify as this)‚ managed fixed‚ direct variable and shared costs. Most costs qualify as managed‚ and therefore are controllable in the long run. [I] Beaujon‚ George J.
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convergence of IFRS and GAAP‚ it will cover some of the similarities and differences between the two‚ go over risk for companies as well as ways for companies to prepare. | IFRS and GAAP and what convergence means. In financial surprise accounting the objective for financial reporting are to provide useful information for potential investors and creditors‚ assessing cash flow‚ and about claims and changes to company resources. The problem with this is that‚ without standards each company
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Assignment 1: Review of Accounting Ethics The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accounts (NZICA) represents over 33‚000 members in New Zealand and overseas. The organization audits private companies and public companies that are members of the organization (Graham‚ 1960). In October 2012‚ the organization was found to be practicing breaches of accounting with its members when an employee of the organization was found investing in different companies using client’s money. The loans were supposed
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CHAPTER 1 FInANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND ITS ECONOMIC CONTEXT ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION ID1–1 Security analysts and stockholders: These users would use financial statements to try to estimate the future earnings and cash flow potential of the company‚ which would be used to project a value for the company’s stock. Bank loan officers: These users would use the financial statements to determine the ability of a company to repay loans to the bank. A company’s
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Assignment – Social Accounting What is Social Accounting? “Social accounting and auditing is about understanding the impact of organisations on our society and the overarching context is sustainability: both sustainability of the organisation itself (the interrelation of the social‚ the environmental‚ the cultural and the financial) and sustainability of behaviour which contributes to a future for the people and the planet. Social accounting is distinct from evaluation in that it is an internally
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