The Sarbanes-Oxley Act created the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) to assume the responsibility of overseeing the auditors of public companies. The PCAOB is a private-sector‚ non-profit corporation. It was established to "protect the interests of investors and further the public interests in the preparation of informative‚ fair‚ and independent audit reports". (The PCAOB) Although the PCAOB is a private sector organization‚ it has many government-like regulatory functions. The PCAOB
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Company Stock Project Write-Up Southwest is one of the most growing domestic airlines along with JetBlue Airways and United Airlines. Southwest airline was first established in Texas in 1967. In the start of its business‚ southwest focused only in the Southwest region (that’s where the name came from). With 45 years of service‚ Southwest expands its company to the whole country with more than 3‚400 flights each day. Southwest currently has a total capital of 10‚991 million dollars. In 2011
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AYB340 COMPANY ACCOUNTING TOPIC 1 - SOLUTIONS TO TUTORIAL QUESTIONS CASE STUDIES Case Study 1 - Accounting Policies The board of directors has resolved to change the accounting policy for treatment of advertising expenditure. Previously‚ advertising expenditure has been expensed as incurred. Following extensive market research‚ the board has taken the view that benefits from advertising expenditure in the form of product awareness and increased sales will be received by the company
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Course Subject: Accounting for Decision-making Course Code : GSM5301 Group : 8 Case Study : Prestige Telephone Company Background of Case Study In April 1997‚ president of Prestige Telephone Company (PTC)‚ Daniel Rowe‚ was making arrangements to meet with its computer data service subsidiary Prestige Data Services’ (henceforth PDS) manager Susan Bradley. This subsidiary performs data processing for the telephone company and sells computer services to other companies. In 1994‚ Rowe suggested
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The Walt Disney Company Please responds to the following: •The Walt Disney Company is in the following businesses: theme parks‚ Disney Cruise Line‚ resort properties‚ movie‚ video‚ and theatrical productions‚ television broadcasting‚ radio broadcasting‚ musical recording and sales of animation art‚ Anaheim Mighty Ducks NHL franchise‚ Anaheim Angels Major League Baseball franchise‚ books and magazine publishing‚ interactive software and internet sites‚ and The Disney Store retail shops. •Based
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Information gathering and Accounting/Business techniques 2.1 Sources of Information: 9 2.1.1 Primary source: 9 2.1.2 Secondary sources: 9 2.2 Description of the methods used to collect information 10 2.2.1 Interviews 10 2.2.2 Annual reports and ACCA manuals 11 2.2.3 Online access 11 2.3 The limitations of information gathering 11 2.3.1 Primary source 11 2.3.2 Secondary sources 12 12.4 Ethical issues that arose during information gathering: 13 2.5 The accounting / business techniques
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Valdez‚ Victoria Janina V. FM42FC3 REACTION PAPER: ACCOUNTING IN 2015 What Will the Next 15 Years Bring?” By: Michael Alles‚ Alexander Kogan‚ and Miklos A. Vasarthelyi (Faculty members of the Rutgers University‚ Neawark‚ New Jersey‚ USA) The paper focused on single greatest change agent facing accounting in the next 15 years which is technology. Emerging trends in technology will fundamentally alter the way in which both business and accounting will be conducted. The measurement and reporting
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Competitors cannot imitate it ii. Provide customers with superior value c. What must we do? Success requirements * Basic tasks that an organization must perform in a market or industry to compete successfully. 3. SWOT Analysis: Why do we do it? The Purpose of it! * A SWOT (Strength‚ Weakness‚ Opportunity & Threats) is a useful analysis that helps companies develop effective strategic planning for both online and offline. This exercise takes into account not only your own business‚ but
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If a company earns net income of $25 million in Year 8‚ has 10 million shares of stock‚ pays a dividend of $1.00 per share‚ and has annual interest costs of $10 million‚ then | | |[pic]|[pic]|the company would have Year 8 earnings per share of $1.50. | | |[pic]| | |[pic]|[pic]|the company’s retained earnings for
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responsible‚ and many companies have developed a plan that ensures they are being socially responsible while still meeting their sales/profit goals. This paper will evaluate Company Q’s current policies and attitude and make recommendations to improve them towards social responsibility and in turn increase their bottom line. In Company Q’s case some business decisions need to be re-analyzed in order to ensure they are meeting their goals‚ as well as being socially responsible. Company Q is a small locally
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