subsidiaries; between an entity and its owners; between an entity and other organizations in which it has part ownership, such as joint ventures; and between an entity and an assortment of special purpose entities, such as those designed to keep debt off the balance sheet. The accounting for related-entity transactions is straightforward: Since related-entity transactions are not “arms-length” transactions with outside parties, they need to be either (a) eliminated upon the development of consolidated financial
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ACTG 630 – Case Assignment Due: Wednesday, December 3 Please submit one assignment per group. No more than 3 students per group. Read “Growing Pains at Groupon” by Dutta, Caplan and Marcinko (2014) and complete the questions included in the Case Requirements section (beginning on page 238). Instructions for accessing the FASB Codification database: 1. Go to http://aaahq.org/ascLogin.cfm 2. User ID: AAA51526 3. Password: x43AYtX ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION Vol. 29, No. 1 2014 pp. 229–245 American
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passive ones, is a major step forward. The growth in the field of human/computer interaction has been related to the quality of the interaction as well as the different branching areas experienced in its history. Rather than just designing normal interfaces, in the past the differing researching branches often had multiple focuses concerning the concepts relating to multimodality. This multimodality comprises an inter-disciplinary attitude which understands the communication and the
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1.0 Performance Management Today we believe that an organization’s competitive success is achieved through people. Then, it follows that the skills and performance of people are critical. Performance management is a continuous process of identifying, measuring and developing performance of individuals and teams and aligning performance with the strategic goals of the organization. The system through which organizations set work goals, determine performance standard, assign and evaluate work, provide
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Chapter 10 Property, Plant, and Equipment and Intangible Assets: Acquisition and Disposition AACSB assurance of learning standards in accounting and business education require documentation of outcomes assessment. Although schools, departments, and faculty may approach assessment and its documentation differently, one approach is to provide specific questions on exams that become the basis for assessment. To aid faculty in this endeavor, we have labeled each question, exercise, and problem
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Worksheet — Business and fraud risk identification 511 Page 1 of 7 Entity Period ended Objective: To provide additional guidance on business and fraud risk identification. First identify sources of risk through understanding the entity (Form 510). This worksheet provides some additional sources of business and fraud risk that may be considered along with some typical control procedures. Cross reference the additional risk factors identified to Forms 520/522 (or their equivalent) where
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Work Plan for the Consideration of Incorporating International Financial Reporting Standards into the Financial Reporting System for U.S. Issuers A Comparison of U.S. GAAP and IFRS A Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Paper November 16, 2011 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION This is a paper by the Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Commission has expressed no view regarding the analysis, findings
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-Who's in charge of internal control --> management (SOX) -Management has to sign off to show internal control is working -Everything over $10,000 needs a signature (stamps) ACFE (association of certified fraud examiners --> results from misconduct of employees, managers, and executives) definition of occupational fraud - "use of one's occupation for personal enrichment through the deliberate misuse or misapplication of the employing org's resources or assets." Fraud - A generic term
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Classification A Current Liability Current Asset Plant Asset—Contra Plant Asset—Contra Operating Expense Current Asset—Contra Operating Expense Financial Statement Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Income Statement Balance Sheet Income Statement Income Statement Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Normal Balance Credit Debit Credit Credit Debit Credit Debit Debit Credit Debit Debit Credit Debit Debit Debit Debit Debit Credit Debit Credit Debit Debit Credit Debit (1) Debit Credit
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depreciation Accelerated depreciation is a method of allocating the cost of an asset in which the annual depreciation amounts are larger in an asset’s early years and decrease over time. An example of accelerated depreciation would be the double-declining balance method. Access controls Procedures designed to restrict access to online terminal devices, programs, and data. Access controls consist of ”user authentication” and ”user authorization.” Account Place within an accounting system where the increases
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