techniques is the best at serving its needs. Analysis As O’Connor noticed, when managing high-tech revenue streams, “a proper revenue recognition can make the difference between viability one quarter and being out of business the next” (O’Connor, 2002). In the case presented by Hemo Tech the deliverables are represented by the goal that the organization has. According to FDA regulations and presented by Deloitte, the five equipment units, the boxes of supplies are the
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North Face. You see Crawford new Deloitte’s materiality threshold and expected them to propose adjustments but ultimately pass due to the fact there was no assumed “Immaterial” impact. However, it was later realized that Crawford did not inform the Deloitte auditors of the $2.65 million portion of the barter transaction. It safer to purpose and report then purpose and pass. 2. Should auditors take explicit measures to prevent their clients from discovering or becoming aware of the materiality thresholds
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Report of the independent auditor to the members of Deloitte LLP 10 Consolidated income statement 11 Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 12 Consolidated balance sheet 13 Consolidated statement of changes in equity 15 Consolidated cash flow statement 16 Notes to the financial statements 17 Report to members The Board presents its report to the members and the audited financial statements of Deloitte LLP for the year ended 31 May 2011. The financial
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Energy & Resources Accounting for Emission Rights Introduction Accounting for greenhouse gas emissions remains a challenge, and market participants continue to wait for clear guidance from accounting standards setters. Formative efforts on the part of those standards setters have proven unsuccessful. The International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (“IFRIC”) initially took on this task, and issued IFRIC 3, Emission Rights. Unfortunately, considerable pressure from both the business
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Energy & Resources Accounting for Emission Rights Introduction Accounting for greenhouse gas emissions remains a challenge, and market participants continue to wait for clear guidance from accounting standards setters. Formative efforts on the part of those standards setters have proven unsuccessful. The International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (“IFRIC”) initially took on this task, and issued IFRIC 3, Emission Rights. Unfortunately, considerable pressure from both
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The 2000 audit remained largely unchanged from prior years. The team consisted of about twenty staff accountants and tax professionals, divided into subgroups that were supervised by ten Deloitte managers and headed by senior manager William Caswell, who reported directly to Dearlove. Several of the Deloitte managers had significant prior experience auditing and reviewing Adelphia's annual and quarterly reports: Caswell had spent six years working on Adelphia engagements; Ivan Hofmann and Robert
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1. The professional standards urge auditors to be cautious when they are considering “uncorrected misstatements” in a client’s financial statements. AU Section 312 discusses such items at length. Following is an excerpt from that discussion. If the auditor concludes that the effects of uncorrected misstatements, individually or in the aggregate, do not cause the financial statements to be materially misstated, they could still be materially misstated because of further misstatements remaining
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Issues With Revenue Recognition within the Software Industry The Isoft Example Financial Controller-SoftWarehouse Ltd This report has been prepared for the Board of Directors of SoftWarehouse Ltd for elucidation about the contentious issues that have given rise to the publication of the article concerning Isoft’s issues with revenue recognition. Finally, it will also assess whether or not these issues are likely to affect SoftWarehouse Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary: 3 Introduction:
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“Discuss and explore issues surrounding the recognition of elements in financial statements” Contents Title: 3 Introduction & Objectives 3 Definitions 5 Recognition 5 Measurement 6 Discussion 6 Revenue Recognition (IAS 18) 6 Property, Plant and Equipment (IAS 16) 8 Xerox Revenue Recognition Scandal 9 Recognition in the Annual Statements 10 Conclusion 13 Bibliography 14 Appendices 17 Appendix 1 – Standards from IASB 17 Appendix 2 – Proposed plan for FASB and IASB
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To: CFO of Coconut Telegraph From: Grant Curran Subject: Impact of New Revenue Recognition Standard CFO, According to the new standard the agreement on March 1, 2014 should be combined with the original agreement. The services and training in the March agreement are of similar nature and there is a common objective between the two agreements. The addition of these obligations isn’t going to change the main objective of the original contract. The second agreement between Coconut and Buffet
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