For profit vs. not for profit organizations Melinda Colp AIU Online Healthcare Administration HCM630-1203D-01 Professor Michael Schmitt September 16‚ 2012 Non-Profit healthcare organization vs. for-profit healthcare organization “Hospitals can be non-profit‚ for-profit‚ and government-owned and/or operated” (Baker & Baker‚ 2006). There are different terms for each classification in how to report and handle the finances but the basics are the same for any type of business. Business
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States Health System Strengths Professor Rodriguez Introduction For-profit hospitals provide a service to make a profit which is returned first to organizations and then to their shareholders. Non-profit hospitals exist first to provide a service and second to accumulate assets which are returned to the hospital ’s community in the form of additional services (Consumers Union‚ 1998). Johns Hopkins Hospital is non-profit healthcare organization that provides many service to the Baltimore community
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The SWOT of Non Profit and For Profit By Shelley Coulter Submitted: May 20‚ 2013 Instructor: Olivia Kerr PHI445: Personal & Organizational Ethics (BIJ1316A) Thesis: Believing in who you are and what your purpose in life‚ sets the standards on which you live. Shelley Coulter Introduction The highest ranking professions involve helping people. Among the lowest ranking occupations are those associated with the not profit and for profit organizations. The Mesopotamian Code
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Wal-Mart employs more people than any other company in the United States outside of the Federal government‚ yet the majority of its employees with children live below the poverty line. "Buy American" banners are prominently placed throughout its stores; however‚ the majority of its goods are made outside the U.S. and often in sweatshops. Critics believe that Wal-Mart opens stores to saturate the marketplace and clear out the competition‚ then closes the stores and leaves them sitting empty. Freedom
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ECON 600 Lecture 3: Profit Maximization I. The Concept of Profit Maximization Profit is defined as total revenue minus total cost. Π = TR – TC (We use Π to stand for profit because we use P for something else: price.) Total revenue simply means the total amount of money that the firm receives from sales of its product or other sources. Total cost means the cost of all factors of production. But – and this is crucial – we have to think in terms of opportunity cost‚ not just explicit
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amounts which are set aside out of the profits for a specific purpose e.g. provisions for bad debts‚ doubtful debts or depreciation‚ etc. These provisions are made in view of some expected events. Any expected loss in the future relating to the current accounting period must be charged (i.e. debited) to the profit and loss account of the current period. Similarly‚ any expected gain in the future relating to the current year must be credited to the profit and loss account of the current year. N
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Opinion essay Advertisements aimed at children should be banned Have you ever thought about advertisements influence too children? In nowadays we can see many advertisements aimed to children. In my opinion this ads should be banned. First and foremost i believe advertisements aimed at children should be banned because these ads are wrong and unnecessary they are often for toys or junk food. Children are very easily fooled by ads‚ and cannot tell when an advertisement is stretching the truth
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BUSINESS AND TRANSFER TAXATION 6th Edition (BY: VALENCIA & ROXAS) 105 SUGGESTED ANSWERS Chapter 14: OTHER PERCENTAGE TAXES CHAPTER 14 PERCENTAGE TAXES Problem 14–1 1. False – 3% of gross sales or gross receipts. 2. False – business tax. 3. False – advalorem tax. 4. False – if the business is VAT-registered or engaged in business tax-exempt transactions‚ it shall not be subject to 3% OPT. Also not all OPT rate is 3%. 5. False – Non-VAT business is not allowed to have Input VAT. 6. True
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A great deal of advertising on television is aimed at children‚ promoting not only toys and sweets but also products such as food‚ drink‚ music‚ films and clothing to young consumers from toddlers to teenagers. Increasingly‚ this practice is coming under criticism from parents’ organisations‚ politicians and pressure groups in many countries. Many western countries have currently imposed national restrictions‚ and these have also been proposed in most other European Union countries and in the USA
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INCREAS PROFITABILITY OF BRANCH profit center Definition A business unit or department which is treated as a distinct entity enabling revenues and expenses to be determined so that profitability can be measured. Distinctly identifiable department or unit that contributes to the overall financial results of a firm. Where adequate cost accounting systems are in place‚ profit centers are given responsibility to target certain percentages of the total revenue and are given adequate authority
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