A Controller’s Challenge Background “Would you come over to Mr. Patterson’s office right away?” Jim Woodruff was a bit puzzled about the summons from the president’s office; no meeting was scheduled and Bill Patterson’s style was not an impromptu one. Organizer and calculator in hand, Jim left for the meeting wondering what the subject might be and how he might mentally prepare for whatever discussion was about to take place. Jim was the recently appointed as the controller of Advanced Parts
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Will IFRS and GAAP Convergence (or Adoption) work for investors? What a Switch from GAAP to IFRS May Mean for Investors Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2011/11/28/what-switch-from-gaap-to-ifrs-may-mean-for-investors/#ixzz1t7Fuj1U9 The convergence between IFRS and GAAP has been a hot topic in the world of accounting. From defining the difference between adoption and convergence, when should the US adopt to IFRS, how should the US do it, what’s the impact for public company
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Learning Team Deliverable Team D The advantages of last-in first-out (LIFO) method consist of four different components. The first advantage of LIFO is recent cost against current revenues. This is advantage because the inventory cost will matched the physical cost of the replacement inventory without inflation to drive up the cost. The LIFO reduced the inventory profits by matching the recent costs against revenues. This will help in eliminating cost of goods sold to be understated and profit
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210 Balance Sheet 10 Overall S99 SEC Materials General • 6. Inventories. o (a) State separately in the balance sheet or in a note thereto, if practicable, the amounts of major classes of inventory such as: (1) Finished goods; (2) inventoried costs relating to long-term contracts or programs (see (d) below and § 210.4–05); (3) work in process (see § 210.4–05); (4) raw materials; and (5) supplies. o If the method of calculating a LIFO inventory
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ax Return Problem 1 (TRP 1) Corporate Tax Return Information The Snap-It-Open Corporation incorporated and began operations on January 15, 2002. Its address is 3701 Commerce Drive, Baltimore, MD 23239. Its employer identification number is 69-7414447. It elects to file its initial tax return for 2002 as a calendar-year corporation and uses the accrual method of accounting. It elects the LIFO method of inventory valuation. Jason Sprull (SSN 333-33-3333) and Martin Winsock (SSN 555-55-5555)
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1. Inter-process Communication (IPC) Introduction Inter-Process Communication, which in short is known as IPC, deals mainly with the techniques and mechanisms that facilitate communication between processes. Now, why do we need special separate mechanisms or techniques for communicating between processes? Why isn't it possible to have information shared between two processes without using such special mechanisms? Let us start from something primitive. Imagine you have two glasses completely filled
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Available for Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales: One TV set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cost Flow Assumption FIFO Financial Statements Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cost of Goods Sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gross Margin on Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ending Inventory
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Inventory Equation • LIFO and FIFO cost-flow assumptions • LIFO tax conformity rule • Inventory accounting: IFRS vs. GAAP • Disclosures regarding cost flow assumptions 8 Two Main Issues Inventory accounting has two fundamental components: 1) Product Costing Decision: What costs are included in each product's inventory account? (Product costing is discussed in depth in managerial accounting). 2) Cost Flow Decision (LIFO/FIFO): Once costs are in the inventory account
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The choice of inventory accounting methods, specifically for the case of FIFO and LIFO, has developed into a decision, which includes varying consequences and comes with specific implications and benefits, such as communicating private information with FIFO (Hughes, and Schwartz, 1988, p.42) or tax benefits for the choice of LIFO (Morse and Richardson, 1983, p.125). Every firm and manager has to face the decision of which accounting method to choose, and has to include several aspects into their
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Timothy Towfeless Acct 301A Paper Prof. Jose Miranda Lopez FIFO Cost Flow for Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) Inventory Throughout the course of this class, many topics have been brought to the table. In every accounting class, they will reiterate the conceptual framework of accounting by briefly discuss about the Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement. Each accounting class they will go in depth of those conceptual frameworks, but in the perspective from the side of Assets or Liability
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