Accounting Finance Coursework 2010 Free Term Papers
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Posting Data into the Accounting System
Posting data into the accounting system According to Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield, (2010),” A company records in accounts those transactions and events that affect its assets, liabilities, and equities,” (Accounting Cycle).Once the information is approved it is entered into the accounting system by the a/r and a/p clerks. This information makes it way to the ledgers at the end of the month. Trial Balance According to Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield, (2010),” A company usually prepares
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Research Methods in Finance
Introduction This research is an event-time study of the OTC stocks that were listed over the period od 1966-1977 on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). This period was chosen because it covers an overview of the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation (NASDAQ)'s communications system in the OTC market. During the pre-NASDAQ period, on average the stocks earned substantial abnormal positive returns in response to the listing announcements. Whie during the post-NASDAQ period,
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Startegic Management Accounting
Tables of content Page No Introduction 03 Models and concepts affecting the pricing decision 03 Approaches to pricing 04 i. Cost–volume–profit analysis 05 ii. Cost plus mark-up pricing 07 iii. Target rate of return pricing 07 Standard costing and Variance analysis 08 The role of standard costing and variance analysis 12 Limitations of Standard Costing and variance analysis 12 Evaluation of Activity Based Costing system 13 Advantages of ABC system 17 Limitations of ABC
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Accounting Information System
The term 'strategic management accounting' has now been in use for more than ten years, with the result that its underlying concepts should now be fairly well understood. Unfortunately the evidence strongly suggests that many businesses are experiencing severe difficulties in practically applying these concepts. This is particularly worrying when it occurs during a period of increasing competition, as the need for very clearly focused competitive strategies is obviously increased. Management accounting should be fulfilling
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The Accounting Cycle
The accounting cycle is the timeframe and process in which a company utilizes to prepare its financial statements. The accounting cycle is completed by first reviewing all transactions that affect the business (assets, liability and owner's equity). Next make an entry of each transaction based on how it is received or disbursed (credit or debit). The third step would be to post the transaction in the general ledger account by name and date. The fourth
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Accounting Rate
Accounting rate of return is the rate arrived at by expressing the average annual net profit (after tax) as given in the income statement as a percentage of the total investment or averageinvestment. The accounting rate of return is based on accounting profits.the accounting rate of return (ARR), computed from the financial statements, is a periodic andan ex post indicator. Vatter (1966) ascertains that ARR is a figure based only on the data relatedto a
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Finance Case
5 You are considering purchasing a bond that will start paying a coupon of $ per year five years from now and the coupon payments will continue forever. If the discount rate is 6%, what is the maximum price you will pay? 8 The preferred stock of Placer Corp. currently sells for $33.33 per share. The annual dividend of $3 is fixed. Assuming a constant dividend forever, what is the rate of return on this
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Financial Accounting
Session 1: Introduction to Financial Statements Presentation Slides Introduction_to_Financial_Statements (3,50 MB) Session 2: Balance Sheet Concepts Presentation Slides Balance_Sheet_Concepts (3, MB) Inditex Annual Report 2008 Annual_Report_2008 (15,44 MB) Solution of Exercises - Session 2 SOLUTION_OF_PROPOSED_EXERCISES_Session_2.pdf (101,43 KB) Sessions 3 & 4: Income Statement. The Statement of Cash Flows Solution Quiz MULTIPLE_CHOICE_Example_A_Solution.pdf (86,99 KB) Slides Sessions 3 & 4 Sessions_03_&_04_Income_Statement_Cash_Flow_Statement_GMBA_(handout).ppt (7,27 MB) Solution of Exercises - Sessions 3 & 4 SOLUTION_OF_PROPOSED_EXERCISES_Sessions_3_&_4.pdf (126,41 KB) Instructions individual project
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Accounting Cycle Paper
Introduction I currently am working as a branch manager in a Credit Union. Although I do some accounting as a manager in my branch, we have a complete accounting department that is considered a back office department at our headquarters. Our headquarters is located in Vienna Virginia. The accounting department is made up of some very important positions that most are aware of, but there is also a position that does accounting and do not
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Accounting Standards
Accounting standards are set as guidelines for businesses, on how accounting transaction should be treated. Accounting standards are needed so that financial statements will fairly and consistently describe financial performance. Without standards, users of financial statements would need to learn the accounting rules of each company, and comparisons between companies would be difficult. For this assignment the main focus would be on standards governing accounting treatments relating to tangible assets (non-current) and accounting treatments relating
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Accounting Cycle Paper
Accounting Cycle Paper Intermediate Financial Accounting I The accounting cycle is a logical series of steps that accountants follow to keep necessary accounting records and prepare financial statements. The first two steps are very closely related, and are accomplished during the month as transactions occur. The first step in the accounting cycle involves sorting business transactions into an appropriate number of debits and credits to be entered on the accounting records. The second in the
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Arthur Anderson: Questionable Accounting Practices
Assignment 3: “Arthur Anderson: Questionable Accounting Practices” HRM 522 Business Ethics August 12, 2012 Abstract The following paper will discuss the rise and fall of the infamous accounting firm, Arthur Andersen. We will discuss the lethal mistakes that brought down the nearly ninety year old firm. The following four questions will be the basis of our research; (1) Review the mandated requirements for legal compliance (from Chapter 4) and determine which requirements apply to
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Accounting Hw Wiley Marks and Spencer
The financial statements of Marks and Spencer plc (M&S) are available at the book's companion website or can be accessed at http://corporate.marksandspencer.com/documents/publications/2010/Annual_Report_2010. Instructions Refer to M&S's financial statements and the accompanying notes to answer the following questions. (a) Using the notes to the consolidated financial statements, determine M&S's revenue recognition policies. (b) Give two examples of where historical cost information is reported in M&S's financial statements and related notes. Give two examples of the use
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Acc202 - Managerial Accounting Case 1
Explain the main differences between the absorption and contribution (behavioral, variable) income statements. Will net income always be the same under the two approaches? If not, explain the difference. The differences between the absorption and variable income statements are as follows: 1. Under absorption income statement, the cost of per unit of inventory is inclusive of direct material, direct labor, variable manufacturing overhead and fixed manufacturing overhead. on the other hand, in case of variable
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (hipaa) of 1996
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 The HIPAA and its Purpose The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 is generally divided into two parts in order to reflect the two major purposes thereof, namely: (1) to protect health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs; (2) the establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers,
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Solution to the Problem of Induction (wittgensteinian Hinge Prop and Kantian Synthetic a Priori Account)
What is the most worrying formulation of the problem of induction? And the best response I HAVE TWO HANDS. HINGE PROPOSITIONS ARE WHY I SHOULDN'T THEM IN THE FIRE! This account challenges Hume's skepticism, arguing that both a hinge proposition and synthetic a priori account – which I argue is another form of hinge proposition - renders Hume's skeptical objections ineffective, thus failing to undermine our use of inductive reasoning. I argue initially for a
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Procedural Account of Autonomy, Coherence Reasons Responsiveness
Is the coherentist notion of autonomy coherent? I endeavour to establish a content-neutral account of autonomy articulating a structure whereby actions can be deemed autonomous, as substantive accounts positing constraints on autonomy derived from socially generated ideals, fail to account for the lack of consensus over values within our pluralistic society. In considering strict coherentism, the obvious problems arise that the account fails to deal with coercive aspects of the origins of our ‘core selves'
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According to Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (hkicpa)
The conceptual framework is a system connected of objectives and fundamentals that prescribes the nature, function and limitations of financial reporting. The objectives identify the purposes of financial statement and the fundamentals concepts of financial accounting and reporting. Those concepts provide guidance in selecting the transactions, events, and circumstances to be accounted, how they should be recognized and measured, and how they should be summarized and reported. According to Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public
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Whether the Use of Cookie Cutter Reserves Is Ethical and Within Accounting Standards
Summary Nick O'Brian works for his aunt's software company in the accounting department. He had graduated college two months prior but has held other positions such as junior auditor in the past. Nick decides to take a look at the financial statements and crunch some numbers. In doing so he discovers some questionable practices regarding revenue recognition in which he brings to the attention of the CFO, Lee Marchetti. Lee Marchetti acknowledges that the rules
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Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club: A Baseball Accounting Dispute
KANSAS CITY ZEPHYRS BASEBALL CLUB: A BASEBALL ACCOUNTING DISPUTE The controversy between the owners and players concerning how to account the expenses is crucial to understand if the company could be profitable and then able to meet players’ requirements. In this case three problems are under the scrutiny of the arbiter: roster depreciation, player compensation and the transfer pricing of related party operation, thus issues regarding the stadium cost. Players and owners are struggling against
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Corporate Finance in the U.S.
A. Do you think Adam Lee should develop a strategic plan for the company? Why? What are the central elements of such a plan? What is the role of finance in a strategic plan? Yes. The goal of companies is to create more wealth for the owners and for financial managers to make their company more valuable and without well designed strategic and tactical plans in place it is impossible to do. The central elements
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Mental Accounting
1. Introduction Neel and Sam planned to spend $100 on a theater ticket. Neel purchased a ticket but then lost it carelessly. In a separate instance of carelessness, Sam lost $100 in cash. Neel was hesitant to spend a further $100 on a replacement ticket, while Sam's loss did not interrupt her theater plans. Edbert and Edrea both had $200 season tickets to a four day cricket tournament at the Lords cricket ground. The weather
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Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance, Assignment II Problem 1 a) “If corporate debt is exposed to market risk, Modigliani-Miller’s proposition I will not hold.” FALSE MM1 states that the firm’s value is independent of its capital structure. MM1 doesn’t say anything about the riskiness of the debt. When the firm’s capital structure becomes more levered, the riskiness of the firm increases, but the firm value is unchanged. MM1 holds. b) “Because both bondholders and stockholders demand higher rates
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Finance Case
In a socialist market economy, the separation of ownership and control is one of the premises of the establishment of modern enterprise system, the resulting conflicts of interest between managers and outside investors also become the core of the modern corporate governance research. In their seminal study, based on the dispersed ownership structure, Berle and Means (1932) analyzed the first class of agency problem according to “strong managers, weak shareholders”. Since then, a great deal
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How Is Managerial Accounting Different from Financial Accounting?
How is managerial accounting different from financial accounting? The major difference between managerial and financial accounting is one is looking within the company walls, while the other is looking outside of the business. During the next couple paragraphs we will be breaking down the two different types in greater detail. Managerial accounting is looking internally into the way a company does business. This information is used by the management team for briefings on ways to
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