Glossary oF Accounting, Finance and Economic Terms Accounting – pages 1‐7 and 8 Finance – page 7 Economics – page 7 ACCOUNTING: http://www.alpineguild.com/glossary_of_important.htm Account ‐‐ a record of financial transactions; usually refers to a specific category or type, such as travel expense account or purchase account. Accountant ‐‐ a person who trained to prepare and maintain financial records. Accounting ‐‐ a system for keeping score in business, using dollars. Accounting peri
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Will the system be able to adapt as the company changes the nature of its operations? As one of the major users of the information system, accountants need to participate in these analyses. Third, what is the long-run viability of the proposed supplier? Here again accountants can make a valuable contribution by analyzing the long-run economic viability of proposed vendors. 13.2 Companies such as Wal-Mart have moved beyond JIT to
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Horizontal analysis results b. Vertical analysis results c. Trend analysis results d. Ratio analysis results As defined by Business Dictionary (2014) Horizontal Analysis is ” Comparative study of a balance sheet or income statement for two or more accounting periods, to compute both total and relative variances for each line item.” Competition Bikes Inc. will be analyzed in each area in regards to years 6, 7, & 8. Analyzing the strengths and weakness of the operations throughout the discussed years
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25 October 2010 The Manager Company Announcements Office Australian Stock Exchange Limited PO Box H224 Australia Square SYDNEY NSW 2000 Dear Sir/Madam 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Please find attached Navigator Resources Limited’s 2010 Annual Report which is being dispatched to shareholders today. A copy will also shortly be www.navigatorresources.com.au. Yours sincerely NAVIGATOR RESOURCES LTD available on the Company’s website at GERRY KACZMAREK Company Secretary Ground Floor, 45 Richardson Street
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time the payroll checks or electronic transfers are issued. The account is used to minimize accounting costs and to isolate payroll risks to one account. 12-3. We disagree with the auditor's assessment of inherent risk of cash transactions as low. Granted, the accounting for cash and marketable securities is not overly complex. However, the liquidity of the accounts, coupled with their susceptibility to fraud or misappropriation, makes the inherent risk of the accounts at least moderate - if not high
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Malaysia ACE Market – An Overview of Licensees C&M Industry Financial Performance Overview Telecommunications Companies Broadcasters Trends of C&M Companies Financial Performance Digital Signature C&M Revenue by Services Market Segment ARPU Comparison
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11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; one of the largest corporate bankruptcy filings at that time. When the investigations commenced and the tangled Enron web was unraveled, it was discovered that Enron had perpetrated a very sophisticated form of accounting fraud through its repeated use of what are referred to as Special Purpose Entities (“SPEs”). In their most basic forms, SPEs are business entities formed for the purpose of conducting a well specified activity such as construction of a gas pipeline
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shareholders by subscribing shares of the company. A company’s creditors can only look to the share capital for the payment in the event of a winding up. To protect creditors, a general rule known as the rule in Trevor v Whitworth was developed to prohibit a company from reducing its share capital because a reduction in capital would prejudice the rights of creditors. Moreover, the reduction would in effect diminish the pool of funds available to the company to pay its creditors. The rule in Trevor
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(iii) Intended user (shareholders etc…) 2. Subject matter (what is being audited –> eg. fin. rpt) 3. Suitable criteria (against what -> eg.Acctg Stds) 4. Sufficient appropriate evidence (Enough quality) 5. Written assurance report Textbook page(s) 4 & 5 7
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Circular No 197/2015 Dated 9 Sept 2015 To Members of the Malaysian Bar Sijil Annual 2016 Pursuant to part III of the Legal Profession Act 1976 (“LPA”), Sijil Annual and Practising Certificate shall be renewed annually by every advocate and solicitor. Members can obtain the Form of Application for Sijil Annual 2016 and the Application Form for Practising Certificate 2016 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Application Forms”) by the following means: (1) Download the attachments
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