CHAPTER 2: RELEVANT REVENUES AND COSTS The primary goal of a firm is to maximize profits. This implies‚ of course‚ that each decision a manager makes is consistent with that goal. Although managers are expected to rely on internally-produced reports‚ such as balance sheets and income statements‚ to help them make decisions‚ most of the information that appears on these statements is period-based rather than decision-based. A balance sheet shows the sum total of a firm’s assets and liabilities
Premium Costs Variable cost Cost
Capital and Revenue Expenditures Edwin Bivens XACC- 291 06/08/2014 Capital and Revenue Expenditures: The Differences and Similarities. In order to be able to explain the differences between Capital Expenditure and Revenue Expenditure; I believe it is important to understand what each are: A capital expenditure is an amount spent to acquire or improve a long-term asset such as equipment or buildings. Usually the cost is recorded in an account classified as Property‚ Plant and
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
UNDERSTANDING THE REVENUE ALLOCATION FORMULA New Nigerian September 5‚ Daily Champion Sept.6‚ Daily Trust Sept.7‚ Leadership Sept. 7‚ Sunday Tribune Sept. 10‚ Daily Sun Sept 12‚ Vanguard Sept.15&10‚ Daily Independent October 4‚ 2006 It was my last official outing as Head of Public Relations at the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) when I joined other members of the Commission to the inauguration of a Special Committee on Revenue Allocation constituted by Federal
Premium President of the United States Federal government of the United States Nigeria
Chapter 10 Auditing the Revenue Process SEC SAB101: Revenue recognition 1. 有persuasive evidence 有证据 2. Delivery occurred‚ service rendered，东西给了服务于需求 3. Price is fixed/determinable 价格固定 4. 有collectability钱收的回来 Fraud Risk in Revenue cycle: 欺诈风险 1. Side agreement: off-book‚ adjust record to entice customer 2. Channel stuffing: 填塞分销渠道，造成销售假象 inflate sales by forcing product through a distribution channel 3. Related party transaction: 实质重于形式原则substance over form是指企业应当按照交易或事项的经济实质进行会计核算，而不应当仅仅按照它们的法律形式作为会计核算的依据
Premium Invoice Financial audit General ledger
Revenue and sales maximization Revenue maximization Maximizing sales revenue is an alternative to profit maximization and occurs when the marginal revenue‚ MR‚ from selling an extra unit is zero. The notion that business firms (especially those operating in the real world) are primarily motivated by the desire to achieve the greatest possible level of sales‚ rather than profit maximization. On a day-to-day basis‚ most real world firms probably do try to maximize sales rather than profit. For firms
Premium Profit maximization Revenue
Nature is the world around us‚ except for human-made phenomena. As humans are the only animal species that consciously‚ powerfully manipulates the environment‚ we think of ourselves as exalted‚ as special. We acknowledge that in an objective view we are merely one of many organisms‚ and that we are not able to survive outside of our natural world of air‚ earth‚ water and life. But we tend to be poor leaders in the "hierarchy" of animal life. Despite our greatness‚ too often we waste‚ we fight‚ we
Premium Life Animal
Algebra I Cost-Revenue Business Project This project is designed for you to demonstrate your understanding of systems of linear equations. Before starting‚ read the entire project outline and requirements. During this project you are to do the following: 1) Pair up with a partner and create a business that sells one commodity of your choice (points for creativity). 2) Create a Market Research Survey that will be used to survey 50 students to help you discover what potential customers are looking
Premium Variable cost Costs Fixed cost
Chapter 2 Sources of Innovation SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTER In this chapter consideration is given to the role of creativity as the underlying process for the generation of novel and useful ideas. Individual creativity is considered to a function of intellectual abilities‚ knowledge‚ thinking styles‚ personality traits‚ intrinsic motivation and environment. Firm creativity is more than the sum of member creativity. Firm creativity is also a function of the organizational structure and the strategic
Premium Innovation Research Creativity
Ethical Aspects of Revenue Management Revenue management is quiet new department in hotels. The main goal of this department is to divide inventory and set the right price for the right room at the right time. It is all about increasing sales and revenue‚ and for some people everything related to the cash flow is unethical. But what is the right price? For what target it is working? Is it ethical or no? This questions would be discussed in the following paper. But first of all lets define so
Premium Ethics Pricing Business ethics
Revenue Management WorkShop 1 Module Name: Planning 2011-2012 WS Objective After attending workshop 1 you should be able to: Provide examples of market segments and sub segments; Explain the relation between segmentation and revenue management; Describe the role of price fencing within revenue management; Describe various terms & conditions used within revenue management; Explain the relation between price‚ purchase conditions & availability; Explain the factors that influence
Premium Microeconomics Pricing Marketing