...321 Reflection Essay After I take ACC 221 and ACC 222, this semester I decide to take ACC 321. The name of the class is intermediate financial accounting. Before I took the class, I heard the class is the most difficult class among accounting class because of there is a lot of materials to cover in very short time. There are around 15 chapters to cover in a semester so that we have to learn a chapter in a week because we have to use some classes to take the exams and quizzes. And if I want to learn this course well and get a good grade as what I did in ACC221 and ACC222. I will have to read the book, listen to the teacher carefully, do the quiz well, prepare for the exam well and finish all the homework online. It is very important to study the ungraded homework as well because there are more questions to practice, more different kinds of problems to solve, different essay questions and more challenging question to practice. In chapter 1, we learned the differences between GAAP (General Accepted Accounting Principal) and IASB (International Accounting Standard Board). GAAP is the principal that America is using and IASB is the standard that Europe and some other countries are using. AICPA is America Institute of Certified Public Accountant. CPA is Certified Public Accountant. FASB is Financial Accounting Standard Board. SEC is the Securities and Exchange Commissions. In chapter 2, we learn the qualitative characteristics of accounting information like Relevance (Predictable...
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...be undertaken casually. Students who have not taken ACCT 221 within the last two years may have difficulty.) Prerequisites: BMGT 110 (or at least two years of business or management experience) and ACCT 221. A comprehensive analysis of financial accounting topics involved in preparing financial statements and in external reporting. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: ACCT 310 or BMGT 310. Course Goals/Objectives This course should help you develop the ability to apply GAAP to a variety of complex accounting and financial reporting situations. The specific goals of this course are to: • provide a more extensive understanding of financial accounting principles and procedures and their role in the managerial decision-making process, through (a) the textbook and other written materials, (b) discussion of accounting topics via Web conferencing and online case study assignments, (c) research on the World Wide Web, and (d) FARS / Financial Accounting Research System • present financial accounting processes, procedures, terminology, concepts, and case studies • provide a higher level of problem-analysis and problem-solving ability through the use of CPA-level professional accounting materials After completing this course, you should be able to: • solve problems by analyzing, calculating, and completing accounting exercises covering topics of financial reporting • apply accounting concepts, principles, and procedures to business, international...
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...Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 The major components of Sugar Investment Trust (SIT) annual report: 3 3.0 The Five potential users 5 4.0 How useful are companies’ annual reports in addressing the needs of users of accounts? 6 5.0 Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 8 6.0 To what extent does the regulatory framework govern the preparation of an Annual Report? 9 7.0 To what extent reported profit figures can mislead users of accounts? 10 8.0 Cash flow statements 11 9.0 Accounting Ratios and Cash Flow Statement Analysis 11 10. Cash Flow Statement Analysis 14 11. Criticism of traditional financial accounting and problems encountered in inter-firm comparison. 14 12. Contribution list 16 13. References 16 1.0 Introduction T he Sugar Investment Trust (SIT) is a body corporate established under an Act of Parliament in 1994 which operates as a company under the Companies Act 2001. It is the largest shareholder based public company in Mauritius with more than 40,000 members. It has more than 55,000 shareholders. The foundation of Sugar Investment Trust (SIT) constitutes a landmark in the Mauritian history. It was set up primarily as a participation scheme in the sugar industry but it has become a model of economic democratisation in the country. It provides a forum for participation of planters and workers at corporate decision making level of sugar milling companies and as equity participation. Therefore, it ensures a share of...
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...to lifelong success. It’s all about opportunity. Accounting professionals can work in any sector, anywhere in the world. And when you choose CGA, you’ll gain the leadership, problem-solving and technical skills that are sought after by organizations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. The CGA Program of Professional Studies gives you the tools to succeed in business, no matter where your career takes you. You’ll enter the workforce with the applied knowledge and demonstrated expertise that employers want, including specialized technical knowledge, sectorspecific competencies, problem-solving skills and the ethical integrity to lead. CGA’s competency-based curriculum is simply your best way to prepare for a rewarding career in financial management. Flexible study options and the freedom to choose the career you want CGA is all about choice. You choose the professional-studies path and real-world experience that best match your career goals and interests. We give you the skills and freedom to work in any type of organization, in any industry, at any level of management. With a CGA designation, your opportunities—both professional and personal, at home and around the world—are limitless. Take your place as a highly respected member of the business world. Karmen Rempel, CGA Manager Grant Thornton LLP Vancouver, British Columbia Why CGA? There are many reasons why CGA is the fastest-growing accounting designation in Canada. With CGA, you can: 1. Pursue...
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...Licensed to: iChapters User Eugene F. Brigham UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Joel F. Houston UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Copyright 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. Eugene F. Brigham UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Joel F. Houston UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Copyright 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. Licensed to: iChapters User This is an electronic version of the print textbook. Due to electronic rights restrictions, some third party content may be suppressed. Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. The publisher reserves the right to remove content from this title at any time...
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...0 0 1992 Pergamon Press Ltd. Case INTRODUCING ACCOUNTING - A COMPREHENSIVE CASE APPROACH SOUTHERN Marvin L. Carbon METHODIST UNIVERSITY 3. Warren Higgins UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SOUTHERN Virginia L. Lewis METHODIST UNIVERSITY Abstract: The paper presents a 4-part case study designed to be used in introducing the subject matter of financial accounting to undergraduate students, to MBAs, or to executives in a participative and intuitive fashion. Part 1 introduces the theoretical constructs of accounting (e.g., the entity, revenue recognition, valuation) and the fundamen~Is of balance sheet prepamtion, part 2 the topic of income measurement, part 3 the subject of cash flows, and part 4 the recording of tmnsactions in worksheet format. As the setting for the case is a mythical barter economy in the high mountains of ChateIe, the student is forced to put aside preconceptions of accounting as a mere set of procedural rules and to think (and rethink} choices and issues in the manner of an intellectual puzzle. The parts are solved sequentially, with common solutions agreed upon before the undertaking of the next piece. The final section of the paper presents plausible solutions. For years, accounting educators have sought a genuinely new and more effective way of introducing the subject matter of accounting. This was a significant concern of the Study Group on Introductory Accounting (1971) sponsored by the Price Waterhouse Foundation. That...
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...11 Risks of Strategic Management 11 The Strategic Management Process 11 Strategic Management as a Process 16 Summary 18 Key Terms 19 Questions for Discussion 19 2 3 PART TWO STRATEGY FORMULATION 2. SM_Prelims.indd 17 Company Mission What is a Company Mission? 23 The Need for an Explicit Mission 24 Formulating a Mission 24 Basic Product or Service; Primary Market; Principal Technology Company Goals: Survival; Growth; Profitability 26 Company Philosophy 28 Public Image 29 Company Self-Concept 33 Newest Trends in Mission Components 33 An Exemplary Mission Statement 35 Boards of Directors 37 Agency Theory 38 22 25 2/8/2012 10:17:09 AM Contents How Agency Problems Occur 39 Problems That Can Result from Agency 39 Solutions to the Agency Problem 40 Summary 41 Key Terms 41 Questions for Discussion 41 Appendix A: Company Vision 43 Appendix B: BB&T Vision, Mission, and Purpose 3. 4. SM_Prelims.indd 18 44 Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics The Stakeholder Approach to Social Responsibility 52 The Dynamics of Social Responsibility 54 Types of Social Responsibility 57 Corporate Social Responsibility and Profitability 60 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 66 The New Corporate Governance Structure 69 Privatization as a Response to Sarbanes-Oxley 70 CSR’s Effect on the Mission Statement 71 Social Audit 71 Satisfying Corporate Social Responsibility 72 The Core of the CSR Debate 73 Mutual Advantages of Collaborative...
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...Submitted To: Dr. Bishwajit Chandra Deb Chairman of BBA Faculty Associate Professor Dept. of Accounting & Information Systems Comilla University, Comilla Submitted By: Kazi Ayesha Akter Class Id: 0906019 Batch: 4th Session: 2009-10 Dept. of Accounting and Information Systems Comilla University, Comilla Letter of Transmittal September 03,2014 Dr. Bishwajit Chandra Deb Chairman Associate Professor Dept. of Accounting & Information Systems Comilla University, Comilla Subject: Submission of Research Paper on The Customer satisfaction On Environmental Friendly Banking “Green banking” On Dutch Bangla bank ltd. Dear Sir, By the grace of almighty Allah, the benevolent and merciful, your solitary help, I have been successful to complete the research on the study of “Research Paper on The Customer satisfaction On Environmental Friendly Banking “Green banking” On Dutch Bangla bank.” that you have asked to prepare. I have tried our best to make the research within the given time period. Though my intention was strong to make the best research, unfortunately there may be some mistakes. I hope that you will consider my mistakes with mercifully. Therefore, I sincerely, expect that you would be kind enough to accept my research paper for evaluation and oblige thereby. Sincerely yours, Kazi Ayesha Akter Class Id: 0906019 Batch: 4th Session: 2009-10 Dept. of Accounting and Information Systems Comilla University, Comilla. Acknowledgement It was very kind desire of the...
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...MALAYSIAN TAX PRACTITIONERS’ PERCEPTION ON THE PRACTICE OF AGGRESSIVE TAX AVOIDANCE Nur Fikhriah Binti Takril, and Sri Wahyu Sakina Ahmad Sanusi Depertment of Accounting Faculty of Management and Muamalah Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor nurfikhriah@kuis.edu.my, sriwahyu@kuis.edu.my ABSTRACT Malaysian tax research has put little attention on the tax morale of Malaysian tax environment. Therefore, the objective of this study is to explore the perception of Malaysian tax practitioners in giving tax advice to tax clients whether to promote aggressive tax avoidance or to promote tax compliance. It is accordance to the implementation of SAS which had given taxpayers freedom to declare their income and compute their own tax liability. This self-determination in tax assessment had given them the opportunity to manipulate the tax account which resulted to lower or minimum tax paid. Aggressive tax avoidance is a non-compliance behavior by exploiting tax law ambiguity, playing with accounting figures and transactions to reduce tax. Moreover, the SAS had increases the demand of tax practitioners services as most taxpayers especially from the corporate sector feel incompetence and unqualified to file their own tax affairs appropriately. A survey approach is used to obtain information from tax practitioners practicing in public accounting firms in urban towns. Tax practitioners who perceived leniently on the practice of aggressive tax avoidance signify a likelihood of aggressive tax avoidance...
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...Running Head: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS Sun Microsystems, Inc. Financial Analysis Kimberly Berrien, Lisa Dean, Joseph Iacovone, Mario Mezzacapo, and Kairis Roach MMPBL/503 Introduction to Finance and Accounting University of Phoenix June 8, 2010 Mr. Leonard Shelton, Instructor Introduction Sun Microsystems is a principal supplier of computer related products and has issued a letter to company stockholders as part of the 2001 annual report. To present promising and profitable information to shareholders, financial and accounting managers must prepare financial statements that shows where the company stands financially at the current time. The report includes a balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement commenting on the company’s estimated future position. In this paper, both a quantitative and qualitative analysis will be conducted in order to explain the importance, use, and limitations of financial statements and how profitability ratios play a significant part in the formation of the data presented to shareholders. There will be also recommendations to aid Sun Microsystem in finding and responding to company strengths and weaknesses. The recommendations offered will be presented as alternative ways for financial managers to analyze Sun Microsystems financial position and provide the company and its shareholders with strategic guidance toward a more profitable future. Let’s begin with the importance of financial statement analysis...
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...Jessica Yarington Critical Analysis: Bribery and its Effect on Business Practices BMAL 560-D06 Dr. Henry Critical Analysis Critical Analysis Topic: Bribery and it’s Effect on Business Practices PRINCIPLE: * Bribery refers to “the offering, giving, soliciting, or receiving of any item of value as a means of influencing the actions of an individual holding a public or legal duty” (Bribery, 2015). * Economist say that bribery negatively impacts economic growth because it encourages rent seeking behavior (Bribery, 2015). * Rent seeking behavior refers to an “individual’s or corporation’s attempt to illicitly influence the open market in order to provide that individual or corporation with a disproportionate amount of wealth” (Bribery, 2015). * The United Nations reported that corruption costs governments about $1.6 trillion dollars every year. * Economists estimated, based on a poll done in 86 countries, that 1 in every 4 businesspersons worldwide, paid a bribe in the past year (Lawrence & Weber, 2014). * Legislation has been established in an attempt to combat bribery. * The US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is considered to have the widest jurisdictional reach, being aggressively enforced, both nationally and worldwide (Ernst & Young, 2013). PRACTICE: * Bribery is found in almost all sectors of the global market (Lawrence & Weber, 2014). * An analysis of Transparency International’s Corruption...
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...Problem 10.4 | | Bank reconciliation | | | | | | | | | | CAVANAGH’S CHARTER TOURS Required: A. Set up cash receipts and cash payments journals with totals shown, and enter the necessary adjustments, and complete the journals for June. B. Post the journals in requirement A to the general ledger Cash at Bank account and balance the account. C. Prepare a bank reconciliation statement at 30 June. D. What is the amount of cash that should be reported on the 30 June balance sheet? A. | Cash Receipts Journal | | | Cash Payments Journal | Date | Particulars | Cash at Bank | | Date | Particulars | Cash at Bank | Jun 30 | Progress, total | $22 898 | | Jun 30 | Progress, total | $24 576 | | Vinko Ltd | | | | Bank fees | 32 | | (dishon. cheque) | (327) | | | Adj. to Chq. 842 Error | 9 | | Electronic transfer | 680 | | | | | | Interest revenue | 54 | | | | | | | $23 305 | | | | $24 617 | | | | | | | | B. Cash at Bank | 1/6 | Balance b./d | $6 300 | 30/6 | CPJ | $24 617 | 30/6 | CRJ | 23 305 | | ...
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...RISK MA~AG¡MINT: ASSEI-lIABIUIY MANAGIMINI AND INIIRISI ~AII ~ISK i LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. To understand risk management as driven by risk exposure, the R in TRICl( To understand asset-liability management (ALM) as the coordinated management of a bank's on- and off-balance sheet activities driven by interest rate risk and its two components: priee risk and reinvestment risk To undersland accounting and economic measures of ALM performance To understand the duration or maturity imbalance (gap) in banks' balance sheets in terms of rate-sensitive assets (RSAs) and rate-sensitive liabilities (RSLs) To understand ALM risk profiles as pictures of banks' exposure to interest rale risk and how to hedge that risk using on- and off-balance sheet methods CHAPTER THEME The business of banking involves the measuring, managing, and accepting of risk, which means the heart of bank financial management is risk managemcnt. One of the most important risk management functions in banking is asset-liability management or ALM, broadly defined as the coordinated management of a bank's balance sheet to allow for alternative interest rate, liquidity, and prepayment scenarios. Three techniques of ALM are (1) on-balance sheet matching of the repricing o[ assets and liabilities, (2) off-balance shcet hedging of on-balance sheet risks, and (3) securitization, which removes risk from the balance sheet. The key variables of ALM inelude accounling measures such as net interest...
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...British Airways Plc Annual Report and Accounts Year ended 31 December 2012 Company registration number: 1777777 This page has been intentionally left blank Contents Officers and professional advisers 1 Business review and Directors’ report Business review Management review Financial review Internal controls and risk management Directors’ report 2 5 8 12 Directors’ responsibilities statement in relation to the financial statements 14 Independent auditors’ report 15 Group financial statements Group consolidated income statement Group statement of other comprehensive income Balance sheets Cash flow statements Statements of changes in equity Notes to the accounts Operating and financial statistics Fleet table Principal investments Glossary Subsidiary undertakings 16 17 18 19 20 21 79 80 81 82 83 British Airways Plc Officers and professional advisers Directors Sir Martin Broughton Alison Reed Keith Williams Nick Swift Andrew Crawley Frank van der Post Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Ken Smart Gavin Patterson Garrett Copeland Julia Simpson Secretary Kulbinder Dosanjh (Chairman) (Deputy Chairman) (Chief Executive Officer) (Chief Financial Officer) Registered office Waterside PO Box 365 Harmondsworth UB7 0GB Parent company International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. Calle Velázquez 130 Madrid, 28006 Spain Independent auditors Ernst & Young LLP 1 More London Place London SE1 2AF 1 British Airways Plc Business review and Directors’ report ...
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...SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES AND CASES For FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS AND SECURITY VALUATION Stephen H. Penman Fifth Edition CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Investing and Valuation Exercises Drill Exercises E1.1. Calculating Enterprise Value This exercise tests the understanding of the basic value relation: Enterprise Value = Value of Debt + Value of Equity Enterprise Value = $600 + $1,200 million = $1,800 million (Enterprise value is also referred to as the value of the firm, and sometimes as the value of the operations.) E1.2. Calculating Value Per Share Rearranging the value relations, Equity Value = Enterprise Value – Value of Debt Equity Value = $2,700 - $900 million = $1,800 Value per share on 900 million shares = $1,800/900 = $2.00 E1.3 Buy or Sell? Value = $850 + $675 = $1,525 million Value per share = $1,525/25 = $61 Market price = $45 Therefore, BUY! Applications E1.4. Finding Information on the Internet: Dell Inc., General Motors, and Ford This is an exercise in discovery. The links on the book’s web site will help with the search. E1.5. Enterprise Market Value: General Mills and Hewlett-Packard a) General Mills | | | |Market value of the equity = $36.50 ( 644.8 million shares = ...
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