xx/xx/xxxx xacc/280 week 8 Checkpoint The collapse of Enron back in 2001 shows a number of unethical practice. This company shows unethical practice in accounting as well as business. This company is a perfect example on how unethical behavior of a few people can affect millions of individuals. This also affected these individuals for many years after. Enron was the first business to have nationwide gas pipeline networks. On November 8‚ 2001 Enron made an announcement in a SEC filing that
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This work of XACC 280 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 contains: What are reversing entries and why are they required? What would happen if reversing entries were not made? What transactions might require reversing entries? What transactions might not require reversing entries? Business - Accounting ACC 280 Week 1 Individual Assignment Financial Statements Paper ACC 280 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ch. 1‚ 2‚ 7 Textbook Exercises ACC 280 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
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This document of XACC 280 Week 9 Capstone Discussion Question shows the solutions to the following problems: Review the annual reports for PepsiCo.‚ Inc and the Coca-Cola Company in the Appendixes A B of Financial Accounting. Select either PepsiCo‚ Inc or Coca-Cola Company. In your estimation‚ the company you chose may be financially healthier or weaker. Would you invest in this company? Explain why or why not. Justify your reasoning by presenting at least three key financial ratios
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December 30‚ Mr. Rackers and I had briefly spoken about his desired task time completion in his office. He had explained to me that it was acceptable to continue and complete my task at my reported time while justifying the reasons for it to be a joint project on Fridays. However‚ Ms. Pancake had said the exact opposite in regards to my work performance in the termination letter. While explaining this‚ she had explained to me that she had created a log of the completion time. After refuting the false
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Accounting Team Project Naomi Konen and Chue Lee 8-2 a) Joan’s first mistake is not using control of cash receipts. She is having only one person go through the whole accounting controls process. There should be other people involved in this process including Joan herself. Joan must also realize the limitations of human controls. One person going through the entire process is bound to make a human error. b) Joan initially failed by trying to joke about her employee stealing. Stealing
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Internal Controls XACC 280 By University of Phoenix Professor This paper will discuss the internal controls and how they work in business. I will shed some light on the organizations financial and business policies‚ process and procedures. The purpose of these internal controls is to protect the company’s resources against fraud‚ misappropriate funds and most important waste. A company can spend quite a
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Ratio‚ Vertical and Horizontal Analyses XXXXXXXXXX XACC/280 XXXXXXXXXX Ratio‚ Vertical and Horizontal Analyses The three tools of financial statements analysis are Horizontal (trend)‚ Vertical (common size)‚ and Ratio. The first financial statement analysis is horizontal which evaluates the performance of the company from one accounting period to the next. Horizontal analyses’ are conducted to assess any relative changes in different items over a specified time period. It also indicates
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Week 3 DQ Organization is a social unit of people that is structured and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals. (Businessdictionary.com) Organization as a structure distributes responsibilities among the members of the company (child 2005‚ p.6). By allocating people and recourses to the necessary tasks and designating responsibilities‚ the organization contributes to the successful implementations of its goals. While organization as a process focus more closely on behaviors
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Accounting consists of basic assumptions‚ principles‚ and constraints. There are four basic assumptions of accounting that are the fundamental basis of any set of accounts. The four basic assumptions of accounting include: monetary unit assumption‚ economic period assumption‚ time period assumption‚ and going concern assumption. Monetary unit assumption states that only transaction data that is expressed in terms of money can be included in the accounting records. Economic period assumption states
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There are three ways to analyze financial statements there is the vertical analysis‚ which uses the base percentage to express the assets or liabilities and stockholders’ equity. Horizontal analysis or the trend analysis is how someone can evaluate the financial statement over a period. With this method‚ one can determine an increase or decrease in assets liabilities or stockholders equity. This can be done in percentage or totals Horizontal analysis is used primarily with an intercompany comparison
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