Exposure Draft Accounting Standard (AS) 10 (revised) Tangible Fixed Assets (Last date for Comments: February 28‚ 2006) The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Issued by Accounting Standards Board Exposure Draft Revised AS 10‚ Tangible Fixed Assets Contents INVITATION TO COMMENT [Exposure Draft] Accounting Standard AS 10 (revised) Pages 4-5 Tangible Fixed Assets OBJECTIVE SCOPE DEFINITIONS RECOGNITION Initial Costs Subsequent Costs MEASUREMENT AT RECOGNITION Elements
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of the world is now in the process of globalization. Accounting‚ as ‘a major tool of business communication’ (Walton et al.‚ 2003)‚ plays a crucial role in promoting the growth of the global economy. Therefore‚ a relatively harmonious and comparable accounting system which could be accepted and understood by all the countries is required for several reasons. Firstly‚ accounting diversity represents an obstacle to the understanding of accounting information for both international companies and international
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indicates that the operation of Singapore Airline is highly relying on its own financial resources rather than debt. Interest Coverage Ratio provides an insight of a company’s ability to pay the interest charges on its debt. The ratio below 1.0 is generally considered as unable to generate enough cash to cover its interest for companies in any industry. The ratio of 1.5 is considered as the minium requirenment for any companies to be able to finance its interest charges (Bergen‚ JV 2010). In the period
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suppliers generally look for the level of liquidity in the company ranks‚ shareholders look for dividend paying policies of the organization and its future growth plans and investors search for the debt in company’s balance sheet and its ability to pay the debt. We can reach a consensus statement that all the participants of the company have different motives and they look for their own particular type of information to fulfill their respective desires (Jackson‚ 2008). Stakeholders Types Generally a company
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Module 4 Analyzing and Interpreting Financial Statements Learning Objectives – coverage by question True/ False Multiple Choice Exercises Problems Essay Questions LO1 Compute return on equity (ROE) and disaggregate it into operating and nonoperating returns. 1-6 1-9 1-6 1-4 1-2 LO2 Disaggregate operating return (RNOA) into components of profitability and asset turnover. 1‚ 7-9 10-14 7-9 5-6 1-3 LO3 Explain nonoperating return and compute it from return on equity and the
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HOMEWORK 3: DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. A finance student states‚ “I don’t understand why anyone pays any attention to accounting earnings numbers‚ given that a ‘clean’ number like cash from operations is readily available.” Do you agree? Why or why not? I disagree with the finance student‚ because net income forecasts future cash flow and is informative. a. Net income forecasts future cash flow better than current cash flow‚ and does so by recording transactions associated with cash consequences
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Accounting Irregularities at Groupon Introduction In September 23 2011‚ Groupon (the Company)‚ a rapidly growing online coupon merchant was forced by the SEC to file a restated S-1 registration statement. The reason for the restatement was that the SEC objected to the accounting methods that Groupon used in the calculation of its revenue‚ causing it to be overstated. According to Villanova University (2012)‚ Groupon’s auditors at Ernst & Young stated that Groupon was not setting aside sufficient
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Importance of Human Resource Accounting: Human Resource Accounting provides useful information to the management‚ financial analysts and employees as stated below: a) Human Resource Accounting helps the management in the Employment‚ locating and utilization of human resources. b) It helps in deciding the transfers‚ promotion‚ training and retrenchment of human resources. c) It provides a basis for planning of physical assets via-à-vis human resources. d) It assists in evaluating
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equation‚ we had $200‚ 00 in assets (what we invested) and $100‚000 in liabilities and shareholder’s equity. Chapter 1 Accounting in Action: E 1-5 pg. 34 Instructions: For each of the three situations‚ say if the accounting method used is correct or incorrect. If correct‚ identify which principle or assumption supports the method used. If incorrect‚ identify which principle or assumption has been violated. E1-5 Meredith Cleaners has the following balance sheet items. Accounts payable
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1 CHAPTER ONE: ACCOUNTING IN BUSINESS Chapter Outline I. Importance of Accounting—we live in the information age‚ where information‚ and its reliability‚ impacts the financial well-being of us all. A. Accounting Activities Accounting is an information and measurement system that identifies‚ records and communicates relevant‚ reliable‚ and comparable information about an organizations business activities. B. Users of Accounting Information 1. External Information Users—those not directly involved
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