Problem 1: Under contract of sale dated April 30, 2013, the purchasers, Chris and Marie, agreed to purchase a two bedroom home unit from Simon, the vendor. Max was the conveyancer acting for the vendor. Completion date was June 15, with time the essence of the contract. Due to problems in obtaining finance, Chris and Marie phoned Max’s office on June 8, requesting a week’s extension of the completion date. Max was not available but the secretary said “I think that will be alright, but I’ll get
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principle provides that revenue is recognized when? Pages 907-8 Dot Point, Inc. is a retailer of washers and dryers and offers a three-year service contract on each appliance sold. Although Dot Point sells the appliances on an installment basis, all service contracts are cash sales at the time of purchase by the buyer. Collections received for service contracts should be recorded when? An alternative available when the seller is exposed to continued risks of ownership through return of the product is
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substantially accomplished what it must do to be entitled to the benefits represented by the revenues, that is, when the earnings process is complete or virtually complete. Revenue Recognition Issues Usually revenue is recognized at the point of sale because most of the uncertainties related to the earning process are removed and the exchange price is known. But, the earning process itself is not defined precisely anywhere in the authoritative literature. More importantly, an entity's
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defined as a form of trading in which the buyer and different companies come together to make purchases and sales in an electronic environment (Yeoman, 2004). In this kind of trading on the electronic medium both the buyers and the sellers are business people or two organizations. The example of this trade can be when the wholesalers are selling their goods to the retailers through internet. Another example can be when the manufacturers advertise and sell their productions online to the wholesaler
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs) ON ISLAMIC BANKING Prepared by Mr. Imran Ahmad Mr. Ghulam Shabbir Islamic Banking Department State Bank of Pakistan Karachi. PART 1: RIBA AND INTEREST......................................................................................... 4 Question No. 1). What is Islamic Banking? ................................................................................................ 4 Question No. 2). What is the philosophy of Islamic banking?...
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Company’s) method on estimating sales returns and allowances. According to the PCAOB order, Medicis was allowing their customers (whom were mainly wholesale distributors) to return expired or nearly expired products. Medicis was reporting allowances for sales returns based on replacement cost rather than sale price, which resulted in their revenues being materially overstated. The order sites SFAS 48 (also consistent with ASC 605-15-25) which provides guidance criteria for sales transactions with rights
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What is meant by a “triple-bottom-line” strategy? Give an example of a company that has adopted this type of strategy. A triple-bottom-line strategy places emphasis on a company’s environmental and social responsibilities as well as the traditional bottom line of economic prosperity. It recognizes that the long-term health of the firm is interdependent with the health of the environment and the betterment of society. There are many examples – one if Kraft Foods. For details see their 2010 report:
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A Handbook on Derivatives © Rajkumar .S Adukia B.com (Hons.), L.L.B, AICWA, FCA radukia@vsnl.com/rajkumar@gmail.com 093230 61049/ 093221 39642 www.carajkumarradukia.com If interested in receiving similar technical updates subscribe to carajkumarradukia-subscribe@yahoogroups.com PREFACE Derivatives have changed the world of finance as pervasively as the Internet has changed communications .Well they are everywhere nowadays
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WPS3593 The Role of Factoring for Financing Small and Medium Enterprises Leora Klapper Development Research Group The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 (202) 473-8738 lklapper@worldbank.org Abstract: Around the world, factoring is a growing source of external financing for corporations and small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). What is unique about factoring is that the credit provided by a lender is explicitly linked to the value of a supplier’s accounts receivable and
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Mishkin Chapter 8 An Economic Analysis of Financial Structure (pp. 168-192) Modified & Extended Mishkin Notes Professor Leigh Tesfatsion Department of Economics Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011-1070 Last Revised: 6 April 2011 © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved 8-1 Key In-Class Discussion Questions • What basic “stylized facts” characterize the current U.S. financial system? • Do transactions costs and asymmetric information help to explain these stylized facts? • Enron
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