THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING FINAL EXAMINATION‚ JUNE 2009 J ACCT 5930 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING • Time Allowed: Reading Time: This examination paper has 3 Hours 10 minutes 16 pages Total Number of Questions: 6 Total Marks Available: Answer ALL questions The questions are NOT of equal value All answers are to be written in the examination booklet provided Candidates are to supply their own calculators All answers must be written in ink. Except where they are expressly required
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developed the theory of positive accounting which is focused on the assumption that ‘all individual action is driven by self-interest and that individuals will act in an opportunistic manner to increase their wealth’. Based on Watts and Zimmerman’s theory‚ Deegan suggests that owners would expect managers to undertake activities that might not always be in the best interests of the owners due to the presumption that individuals act in their own interests. Furthermore‚ due to the position managers have
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ACCT 2127 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS SEMESTER 2‚ 2013 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT – Blackmores Ltd Overview You are required to undertake an analysis of the financial health and management practices of Blackmores Limited (Blackmores). The analysis is to be based primarily on 2012 Annual Report of the corporation and any other information you deem relevant e.g. newspaper and journal articles etc. This will require you to search for articles on Blackmores. Background We will discuss
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Primary users Financial accounting : the primary users of financial accounting are the external users‚ shareholders‚ investors ‚ creditors‚ lenders and government. Share holders are using financial information to know about their investment e.g how the investment is running‚ what is the organization profit and what is the value of the organization. Investors use financial information to know in which organization they should invest and to look how was the organsation performance in the past so
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Overview of Financial system of Bangladesh The financial system of Bangladesh is comprised of three broad fragmented sectors: 1. Formal Sector‚ 2. Semi-Formal Sector‚ 3. Informal Sector. The sectors have been categorized in accordance with their degree of regulation. The formal sector includes all regulated institutions like Banks‚ Non-Bank Financial Institutions (FIs)‚ Insurance Companies‚ Capital Market Intermediaries like Brokerage Houses‚ Merchant Banks etc.; Micro Finance Institutions
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(3). Lodge Form 5 (a return showing full names and address of all partners of the firm) to CCM (Appendix 6(a)) iii) Appointment of first auditors (S 172(1)) Appoint at any time before co 1st AGM. Can be made either Circular resolution of the board At board meeting Advisable As soon as
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arises‚ how much power and influence does the SEC have over the FASB pertaining to setting accounting standards? Do the SEC and FASB work together as believed by the authors of The Accounting Standards Setting Process in the U.S.: Examinations of the SEC-FASB Relationship ? Or is the FASB in complete control of the standard setting process? The SEC has the legal responsibility to set accounting standards‚ but gave this duty to the FASB. According to the article a lot of what the FASB does is a
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Regulation environment:1. accounting is regulated by private-sector body(FASB)‚ but government underpins the authority of its standards. 2. no legal requirement for the publication of FS3. each state has its own corporate statutes and not rigorously enforced. Reports rendered to local agencies are often unavailable to the public4. only listed companies have compulsory requrirements for FR at the federal level as specified by the SEC. | | | | Regulation environment:1. Dutch accounting presents several interesting
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The Financial System MULT- UB.0027.01 Integrating Global Economics‚ Politics and Markets In a Historical and Contemporary Context Fall 2014 Profs. Roy C. Smith and Ingo Walter M-W 11:00 – 12.15 T/A: Ryan Lloyd‚ prl252@stern.nyu.edu Room: 5-90 Course Description: Recent global financial turbulence has demonstrated both how important the financial system is to the world economy and how complex it is. Financial systems are centered on key institutions‚ instruments and markets. But they
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value in the new standards specifically. Finally in combination with the concrete background in China‚ we put forward some advices on the carrying out of the fair value in the accounting practice. [Key words] Fair Value; China new accounting standard Since January 1‚ 2007‚ the China new accounting standards will become mandatory for listed Chinese enterprises. The adoption of the new China accounting standards system brings about substantial convergence between Chinese standards and International
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