JB Accounting Fraud‚ the Investor and the Sarbanes Oxley Act Throughout the past several years major corporate scandals have rocked the economy and hurt investor confidence. The largest bankruptcies in history have resulted from greedy executives that “cook the books” to gain the numbers they want. These scandals typically involve complex methods for misusing or misdirecting funds‚ overstating revenues‚ understating expenses‚ overstating the value of assets or underreporting of liabilities
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6-3 What is the future value of $7‚540 at the end of 7 periods at 8% compounded interest? What is the present value of $7‚540 due 9 periods hence‚ discounted at 11%? What is the future value of 15 periodic payments of $7‚540 each made at the end of each period and compounded at 10%? What is the present value of $7‚540 to be received at the end of each of 18 periods‚ discounted at 5% compound interest? 6-6 Dwayne Wade Company recently signed a lease for a new office building‚ for a lease period
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* Write an essay in 250 to 300 words‚ Include the following: * The basic assumption of accounting * The constraints of accounting * A conclusion stating how you think sound financial reporting depends on principles‚ assumptions‚ and constraints. Refer to the U.S. GAAP in your response. The basic assumptions of accounting = separate entity assumption- finances from the company finance so that they don’t get intertwined with the owner or shareholders finance. Going concern assumption=
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Accounting Concepts Underlying Assumptions‚ Principles‚ and Conventions Assumptions The following are basic financial accounting assumptions: Separate entity assumption - the business is an entity that is separate and distinct from its owners‚ so that the finances of the firm are not co-mingled with the finances of the owners. • Going concern assumption - the business is going to be operating for the foreseeable future. Stable monetary unit assumption - e.g. the U.S. dollar • Fixed
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between accrual-basis accounting and cash-basis accounting? The variation between accrual basis accounting and cash basis accounting‚ is how cash is documented. Cash basis is an accounting basis that is used when expenses and revenue are paid out or received. This is when the transaction will be recorded. In accrual-basis accounting‚ transactions are recorded when they actually happen. Payment does not need to be made for the transaction to be recognized in accrual-basis accounting unlike cash-basis
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Nature of Accounting and the Accounting Standard Background Accounting is an important part for business and it is dubbed “language” of business activities conducted by firms. People think it is used to communicate business transactions per se to all stakeholders. However‚ some people argue that the functions of accounting are not that easy. Except the communication tool‚ accounting acts as many other difference roles in business. When doing accounting‚ different standard may be used. There are
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The Florida Everglades used to be a wonderful place until we had to ruin it with pollution. People often say they will fix things but just make them worse. People need to know how the Everglades came to be this way‚ that we almost failed our restoration‚ and the ways we can fix it. The everglades wasn’t always this dirty. The Everglades was once home to many rare species of plants and animals.The Everglades was always a delicate place‚ so a small change could do something big. The Seminole and Miccosukee
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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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we need to verify if impairment should be recognized. 2. The impairement is $600‚000. GAAP methodology of determining impairment uses a two-step recoverability test. Step one‚ requires a company to estimate the future undiscounted cash flows expected from the use of that asset and its eventual disposition. If impairment has occurred‚ step two would determine the loss by subtracting the fair value from the carrying amount of the asset. 3. Ida should record $500‚000 impairment loss on the U
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ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING Presented by: Rojina Sapkota Abhilasha Thapa Pooja Shah Sandeep Gautam Mendhala Lama Gurung AND THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION What is ETHICS? -All about making right choices and producing good behavior What is ETHICS in ACCOUNTING? -Being responsible enough to behave as a TRUSTWORTHY accountant. ROLE/IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING To provide true knowledge of the financial transactions taking place. To ensure correct decision making . WHAT IS AN ETHICAL DILEMMA
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