ECONOMY OF NIGERIA Nigeria is a middle income‚ mixed economy and emerging market‚ with expanding financial‚ service‚ communications‚ and entertainment sectors. It is ranked 30th in the world in terms of GDP (PPP) as of 2011‚ and its emergent‚ though currently underperforming manufacturing sector is the third-largest on the continent‚ producing a large proportion of goods and services for the West African region. Previously hindered by years of mismanagement‚ economic reforms of the past decade
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HISTORY OF TAXATION IN GHANA Introduction & Definition of taxation: To tax (from the Latin taxo; "I estimate") is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law. A tax may be defined as a "pecuniary burden laid upon individuals or property owners to support the government [...] a payment exacted by legislative authority." A tax "is not a voluntary payment
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The Accounting Cycle Five Cycles of Accounting The accounting cycle consists of five components: revenue‚ expenditures‚ financing‚ conversion‚ and fixed assets (Bagranoff‚ Simkin‚ & Strand‚ 2008). There are many business activities within a company that will take place in each of these cycles. The revenue cycle incorporates sales and cash receipts. Expenditures are the decrease in cash assets to acquire goods or services necessary to operate. The conversion cycle is a continual process that
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Reported Airline Ancillary Revenue Surged to $27.1 Billion in 2012—Up 19.6% in One Year Analysis from IdeaWorksCompany‚ sponsored by CarTrawler‚ adds Air France/KLM‚ Korean Air‚ and Virgin Atlantic to the list of top ancillary revenue carriers for 2012. Dublin‚ Ireland & Shorewood‚ Wisconsin‚ USA‚ 05 June 2013: IdeaWorksCompany‚ the foremost consultancy in the area of airline ancillary revenues‚ and CarTrawler‚ the leading provider of online car rental distribution systems‚ today announce the
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TEST OF CONTROLS – REVENUE TRANSACTIONS |Audit Objective |Audit procedure |Findings | |General | | | |Validity |Observe
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Revenue Management 2012/2013 (FTRD 9001) In an economic downturn‚ the task of the Revenue Manager is a challenging one‚ with a fall in overall demand and ensuing lower prices in the Market Place. Discuss strategies and tactics that may be used to best manage revenue in the current environment. TABLE OF CONTENTS Summary......................................................................................................................3 1. Introduction ...................
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The revenue recognition principle is a foundation of accrual accounting and one of the main principles of GAAP. The revenue recognition principle is a set of guidelines that helps accountants to identify when a revenue event has taken place and how to appropriately record cash exchanges before‚ during‚ and after the revenue event. According to the revenue recognition principal‚ revenue must (1) be realized or realizable and (2) earned‚ in order to be recognized. According to the SEC revenue is realized
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landscape is more competitive and more complicated than ever before. With revenue management’s recognized contribution to the industry and the majority of hoteliers employing revenue management as part of their overall hotel discipline now is the time to focus on core competencies that incorporate both strategic and tactical skills and initiatives. The paper presents a literature review of the key concepts of hotel revenue management (RM) and current state-of-the-art of its theoretical study. The
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your own words‚ define "revenues." Explain how revenues are different from "gains." b. Describe what it means for a business to "recognize" revenues. What specific accounts and financial statements are affected by the process of revenue recognition? Describe the revenue recognition criteria outline in the FASB’s Statement of Concepts No. 5. c. Refer to the Revenue Recognition discussion in Note 1. In general‚ when does Apple recognize revenue? Explain Apple’s four revenue recognition criteria. Do
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report to determine the course of action for Larson Inc.’s Nigerian operations. This report provides information on the macroeconomic conditions prevailing in Nigeria apart from taking into consideration the report given by the CEO-Nigeria operations. With this the report attempts to evaluate the economic viability of the business in Nigeria in a long run. Executive Summary The Nigerian wing of Larson Inc. finds it hard to operate efficiently owing to the changing policies of the local government;
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