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    Ethics 7401 Paper

    Zac Johnson ACCT 7401 Individual Assignment 1 3/25/2015 Sarah Jones Case Frame the ethical issue The ethical issue in this case deals with Sarah Jones independence of conducting the audit of FNB because her parents are dependent on the dividends from their significant investment in the bank. Gather all the facts Sarah Jones serves as an auditor in charge at a reputable accounting firm Trout & Cod CPA firm. She supports her family financially while her husband is a stay-at-home dad

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    Joint Activities with a Fund-Raising Appeal

    Joint Activities with a Fund-Raising Appeal The Joint Costs of Multi-purpose Activities is the subject of AICPA Statement of Position No. 98-It applies when an organization combines the fundraising function with another function - usually some type of program activity, such as public education ("Joint Cost Allocation | Nonprofit Accounting Basics," n.d.). There are three criteria that must be met in order for a non-for profit organization; Purpose, audience, and content. The purpose indicates

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    Avoiding Irs Penalties

    Southern California in October. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) created a guide that details steps that Americans can take to minimize financial loss associated with disaster. The guide also contains a section on tax considerations and if the guide is taken into consideration, the taxpayer may be eligible for a tax benefit. (AICPA) Suggestions when filing taxes include seeking expert advice from a CPA financial planner

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    Basic Accounting Concepts and Business Structures

    Category A includes FASB Standards, Interpretations, and Staff Positions, APB Opinions, and AICPA Accounting Research Bulletin Category B contains FASB Technical Bulletins, which are no longer issued, AICPA Industry Audit and Accounting Guidelines, and AICPA Statements of Position. Category C incompasses FASB Emerging Issues Task Force and AICPA AcSEC Practice bullitens. Category D consists of AICPA Accounting Interpretations, FASB Implementation Guides, and widely recognized and prevalent industry

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    Establishing a Subsidiary as a Corporation

    The purpose of this memo is to help explain why a subsidiary would be set up as a corporation. When looking into deferred taxes, it is imperative to look into what the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has to say about the subject. " deferred tax liability is recognized for temporary differences that will result in net taxable amounts in future years." ("Financial Accounting Standards Board," n.d.). More simply stated deferred tax is a tax that is paid at a later period (ex. income

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    Legality and Ethicality of Financial Reporting

    Legality and Ethicality of Financial Reporting Janet Tran ETH/376 Kathrine Parks University of Phoenix/Axia July 21, 2014 Excello Telecommunications was presented with a dilemma on how the company should report earnings so that they would appear to have met earning estimates for the 2010 financial year. The CFO, Terry Reed, was concerned with how failure to meet earning estimates would affect bonuses, stock options, and the share price of

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    Accounting 501

    CHAPTER 1 Financial Accounting and Accounting Standards ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE Topics 1. 2. 3. Subject matter of accounting. Environment of accounting. Role of principles, objectives, standards, and accounting theory. Historical development of accounting standards. Authoritative pronouncements and standards-setting bodies. Questions 1 2, 3, 4 5, 6, 7, 8 Cases 1 3, 4 2, 4 4. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 5, 17 5. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 28 29 6, 7

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    Oracle Corporation - Business Structure and Valuation

    Individual Research Project: Oracle Corporation - Business Structure and Valuation. Executive Summary This research project summarizes the business of Oracle Corporation (Oracle), the company’s key competitive advantage factors and the valuation of the company. In this summary, the corporate structure of Oracle, the company’s business and competitive advantage and the valuation of the company are discussed. Oracle is involved in the business

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    Management Accounting

    Chapter 1 Introduction to Accounting and Business OBJECTIVES Obj 1 Describe the nature of a business and the role of ethics and accounting in business. Obj 2 Summarize the development of accounting principles and relate them to practice. Obj 3 State the accounting equation and define each element of the equation. Obj 4 Describe and illustrate how business transactions can be recorded in terms of the resulting change in the basic elements of the accounting equation. Obj 5 Describe the

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    Compilation of Financial Statements

    Compilation of Financial Statements 2011 AR Section 80 Compilation of Financial Statements Issue date, unless otherwise indicated: December 2009 See section 9080 for interpretations of this section. Source: SSARS No. 19 .01 This section establishes standards and provides guidance on compilations of financial statements. The accountant is required to comply with the provisions of this section whenever he or she is engaged to report on compiled financial statements or submits financial

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