Cheryl Montoya picked up the phone and called her boss‚ Wes Chan‚ the vice president of marketing at Piedmont Fasteners Corporation: “Wes‚ I’m not sure how to go about answering the questions that came up at the meeting with the president yesterday:’ “What’s the problem?” “The president wanted to know the break-even point for each of the company’s products‚ but I am having trouble figuring them out:’ “I’m sure you can handle it‚ Cheryl. And‚ by the way‚ I need your analysis on my desk tomorrow
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between principles-based accounting and rules-based accounting? Almost all companies are required to prepare their financial statements as set out by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ whose standards are generally principles-based. Recently‚ there has been much debate on whether principle-based accounting would be more efficient than the popular rules-based accounting - especially in response to accounting scandals‚ such as Enron and Worldcom‚ the current way of accounting has been
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set of accounting criteria used to develop medical centers financial statements are known as generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). GAAP are a mixture of respected criteria created by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and accountants. The SEC has authority granted by The Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934‚ to determine reporting and disclosure requirements. Oversight is the general functions of the SEC‚ granting the Governmental Accounting Standards
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Re Kingston Cotton Mills Auditors are watchdogs not bloodhound Entitled to trust the officers and employees of the co being audited Entitled to rely on the figures presented to them Have any reason to be suspicious‚ should personally make enquiries or checks APPOINTMENT Approved co and consent to act as auditor S8 appoint approved co auditor applied to Minister to Finance satisfied Minister of good character and competent to perform the duties of auditors i) granted with approval to act or ii)
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Return on Investment and Economic Value Added as Performance measures in an Organisation. Introduction Performance measurement in an organisation is a fundamental requirement by management‚ investors and other stakeholders. This ultimately guides stakeholders to make appropriate decisions based on information available to them to determine what the organisation wants to achieve and how the performance will be measured. Organisations that are large in structure and operations focus has been to
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Managerial Accounting Chapters 11-13 Chapter 10 – 3 Relevant costs are costs that are avoidable by choosing another alternative. If a variable cost differs between alternatives in a decision‚ than it is relevant; however‚ it is not necessarily true that ALL variable costs are relevant. Chapter 10 – 7 Prentiss would need to isolate the unavoidable costs of the product line first. A decision of whether a product line or other segment should be dropped should focus on the differences in the
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THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION IN DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES AND PROCESSES OVIDIA DOINEA ovidia.doinea@ucv.ro GHEORGHE LEPĂDAT gheorghe.lepadat@ucv.ro VASILE TOMIŢĂ vasile.tomita@ucv.ro IONELA DĂNIASA ionela.daniasa@ucv.ro University of Craiova ABSTRACT. The paper generates insights about the linkages between the exploitation of inside information on capital markets‚ the integration of organizational information‚ the use of accounting information‚ the relationship between information asymmetry
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Qn. Discuss managerial actions that affect the value of the firm. Managerial actions range from strategy decisions‚ to capital structure decisions to decisions on the composition of the managerial team. Dividend Policy The dividends issued by a firm to its shareholders have a signalling effect to the market as they reflect the management’s view on the future prospects of their firm. An increase in ordinary dividends by management is a sign of managerial optimism about the future.This
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Accounting Principles i Running head: GENERAL ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES General Accepted Accounting Principles Accounting Principles ii Abstract My paper is about the GAAP (General Acceptance of Accounting Principles) which were created by the Accounting Principles Board (APB). The board was created by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) in 1959. APB issued 31 Opinions from 1959 to 1973 and those Opinions created GAAP. I think GAAP is interesting
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CHAPTER 3 PROBLEM 3-43 (35 MINUTES) 1. Predetermined overhead rate = budgeted overhead ÷ budgeted direct-labor cost = $2‚730‚000 ÷ $2‚100‚000 = 130% of direct labor cost 2. Additions (debits) total $7‚802‚500 [$2‚800‚000 + $2‚175‚000 + ($2‚175‚000 x 130%)]. 3. The finished-goods inventory consisted of job no. 3154‚ which cost $175‚750 [$78‚000 + $42‚500 + ($42‚500 x 130%)]. 4. Since there is no work in process at year-end‚ all amounts in the Work-in-Process account must
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