Ethical Dimensions of Financial Accounting: Keeping two sets of Records Financial Accounting is an informational tool intended for both managers of a company and for external parties of an organization as defined by Garrison. There is also an existence of some regulatory bodies requiring the use of different principles accordingly within companies’ jurisdiction. In some cases‚ companies are required to keep two sets of accounting records. For example‚ publicly traded companies are required to
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2102FE Financial Accounting ASSIGNMENT 2: Semester 2‚ 2013 DUE DATES: ASSIGNMENT: 22nd Oct 2013 (5.00pm) Tuesday‚ WEIGHTING: 15% WORD LENGTH: Maximum 1500 words. This assignment requires students to: (i) Prepare an essay relating to the Presentation of Financial Statements‚ (ii) Apply the relevant Accounting Standards and Corporate Legislation to a practical situation‚ and (iii) Analyze and discuss specific problems to associate with changes in accounting policies‚ and changes
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Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis” Text and Cases Case 1-2 Accounting Ethics a. What‚ if any‚ ethical issue is involved in this case? Legally the financial vice president is not obligated to move to the new standard; however‚ I do see an ethical issue with this decision. The ethical decision lies in the fact that the vice president is knowingly presenting financial statements that do not reflect the true condition of the company. This is a great example of the line between ethics
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The Introductory‚ the Financial and the Statistical Sections (table of contents) 2) Review the Introductory Section of the CAFR a) Was the entity’s annual report of the previous year awarded a “certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting” by the Government Finance Officers Association? What is the significance of this award? Yes‚ it is significant because it is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting‚ and its attainment
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Accounting Basics: Introduction Accounting is a glorious but misunderstood field. The popular view is that it’s mostly mind-numbing number-crunching; it certainly has some of that‚ but it’s also a rich intellectual pursuit with an abundance of compelling and controversial issues. Accountants are often stereotyped as soulless drones laboring listlessly in the bowels of corporate bureaucracies. But many accountants will tell you that it’s people skills‚ not technical knowledge‚ that are crucial to
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of 1 - 20.0/ 20.0 Points Question 1 of 20 1.0/ 1.0 Points 1. According to the author‚ our explanations of social problems‚ for the most part‚ are based on all the following except: A.life experiences. B.exhaustive review of the literature. C.good guesses. D.opinions. Question 2 of 20 1.0/ 1.0 Points 2. __________ is the systematic study of individuals‚ groups‚ and social structures. A.Psychology. B.Anthropology. C.Socialism. D.Sociology. Question 3 of 20 1.0/ 1.0 Points 3.
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D. The tax rates are 40% for 2010 and 35% for 2011 and subsequent years. E. Income taxes of 320‚000 are due per the tax return for 2010. F. No deferred taxes existed at the beginning of 2010. 1. Compute taxable income for 2010 2. Compute pretax financial income for 2010 3. Prepare the journal entries to record income tax expense deferred income taxes and income taxes payable for 2010 and 2011. Assume taxable income was 980‚000 in 2011. $. Prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement
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local market area residents. The Company EB is incorporated in Eldoret Town‚ its postal address being The mobile number being It is owned and managed by its owner-Eric Kipchoror Kiplagat. Mr.Eric Kipchoror Kiplagat has extensive experience in accounting‚ sales‚ marketing‚ and management and is the Sales Executive of Sergoit Golf & Wildlife. The company intends to hire two full-time pastry bakers and six waitresses to handle customer service and day to day operations. Products and Services
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Financial Reporting Quality and Investment Efficiency Rodrigo S. Verdi The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania 1303 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Philadelphia‚ PA 19104 Email: rverdi@wharton.upenn.edu Phone: (215) 898-7783 Abstract This paper studies the relation between financial reporting quality and investment efficiency on a sample of 49‚543 firm-year observations between 1980 and 2003. Financial reporting quality has been posited to improve investment efficiency‚ but there has been
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Costs assigned to the building of a house should appear on the income statement when Answer a. the purchase order to manufacture the house is received. b. the house is sold. c. cash is collected for the sale of the house. d. the house is completed. The basic document for keeping track of costs in a job order costing system is a Answer a. labor time card. b. job order cost card. c. process cost report. d. materials requisition form. The following information is available at the
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