CPA 104 FINANCIAL REPORTING MODULE 1 THE FRAMEWORK AND ITS APPLICATION IN FINANCIAL REPORTING Part A: The role of a framework of accounting in global financial markets Objective of General Purpose Financial Reporting To provide financial information about the reporting entity that is useful to existing and potential investors‚ lenders and other creditors in making decisions about providing resources to the entity. Key factors driving the globalisation of financial markets Technological innovation
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Executive Summary This case study focused on the Microsoft Corporation and charges made by their competitors‚ the Federal Trade Commission‚ and the Department of Justice of antitrust violations and a monopoly of the computer operating systems and applications software‚ software development tools (e.g.‚ programming language software)‚ and hardware peripherals (e.g.‚ Microsoft Mouse) that Microsoft specializes in. It focused on numerous issues that would lead one to believe that Microsoft was in fact monopolizing
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Chapter 1 An Overview of Financial Management and The Financial Environment ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 1-1 a. A proprietorship‚ or sole proprietorship‚ is a business owned by one individual. A partnership exists when two or more persons associate to conduct a business. In contrast‚ a corporation is a legal entity created by a state. The corporation is separate and distinct from its owners and managers. b. In a limited partnership‚ limited partners’ liabilities‚ investment returns and control
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Financial Statements for Internal Reporting Purposes vs. Financial Statements for External Reporting Purposes It is common in most companies to maintain two set of financial statements; one being used/presented for internal reporting purposes and another for reporting externally. Internal reports are used primarily to aid management in the decision making process throughout the course of the business. These are subject to internal audit to make sure that all information reported are fair and correct
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Financial Reporting of the Coca Cola Company ACC/290 November 27‚ 2012 Financial Reporting of the Coca Cola Company When looking at a company’s financial statements‚ such as the Coca Cola Company‚ one piece of important information that should not be overlooked is the total current assets. Kimmel‚ Weygandt‚ and Kieso describe current assets as “assets that a company expects to convert to cash or use up within one year or its operating cycle‚ whichever is longer” (2009). The total current assets
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24/07/2013 Overview of ACCT2011 Institutional and Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting Week 1 Lecture Schedule of weekly topics › UoS Outline Assessment › Mid-semester test (7 Sep 2013) 40% 60% › Final exam (final exam period) ACCT2011 Financial Accounting A Dr Eagle Zhang › Please note: You must achieve at least 40% in the final exam to pass the unit AND get an overall mark of 50% or more. 1 4 Overview of ACCT 2011 1. Applying specific accounting standards: • interpreting
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410 Instructor’s Manual Financial Accounting and Reporting Twelfth edition Barry Elliott Jamie Elliott For further instructor material please visit: www.pearsoned.co.uk/elliott-elliott ISBN: 978-0-273-71271-8 ( Pearson Education Limited 2008 Lecturers adopting the main text are permitted to download and photocopy the manual as required. [pic] Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated Companies
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Ch 8: Financial Reporting and Management Reporting System GL master ledger: the principal file in the GLS database. Based on chart of accounts. FRS draws upon GL master to produce the firm’s financial statements General ledger history file and journal voucher history file- prior period info Responsibility center file: contains revenues‚ expenditures‚ and other resource utilization data for each responsibility center in the organization (used for responsibility reports) Budget master file: contains
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*Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy 1. What are the factors that likely explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity? The most obvious reason for the difference between the market value of equity and the book value of equity is the inability to record certain intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ and perhaps most importantly‚ human capital. These intangible assets are likely to provide tremendous earnings
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Application Software. Around 1990‚ Microsoft became more aggressive in application software for IBM-standard PCs. It began to bundle Word‚ Excel‚ and PowerPoint into a popular suite‚ MS Office. It also began to offer “competitive upgrades” – discounts for customers who were switching from WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3.Starting in 1995 and all the way to 2008‚ MS was the dominant provider of word processors‚ spreadsheets‚ and presentation software. Internet Browsers. Bill Gates sent a memo to his
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