(ACC312 QUESTION: THE RELEVANCE OF CORPORATE REPORTING BASED ON HISTORICAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICE HAS CONTINUED TO GENERATE INTENSIVE DEBATES OF DIFFERENT FORCES IN THE WORLD, WHICH IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN A HIGH INFLATIONARY AND DISTORTED ECONOMY LIKE NIGERIA. DISCUSS THE STATEMENT IN RELATION TO JUSTIFICATION FOR INFLATION ACCOUNTING IN NIGERIA. NOVEMBER, 2011. INTRODUCTION Inflation account is a system of accounting which, unlike historical cost accounting takes into account changing prices
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Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Certification 2002. • Successfully completed Business Ethics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Money and Banking, Statistics, Organizational Behavior, Globalization: Business & Society in the Information Age. BASIC ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS AND BUSINESS STRUCTURE Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) are a set of principles, procedures, and authoritative standards set by policy boards and simply the commonly accepted way of recording and reporting financial
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FFA PAPER F3 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING BPP Learning Media is the sole ACCA Platinum Approved Learning Partner – content for FIA and ACCA qualifications. In this, the only FFA/F3 study text to be reviewed by the examiner: We highlight the most important elements in the syllabus and the key skills you will need We signpost how each chapter links to the syllabus and the study guide We provide lots of exam focus points demonstrating what the examiner will want you to do We emphasise key
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org COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FAIR VALUE AND HISTORICAL COST ACCOUNTING ON REPORTED PROFIT: A STUDY OF SELECTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA BESSONG, PETER KEKUNG and CHARLES, EFFIONG DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR, P.M.B.1115, CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA Tel: +234 8037079607 ABSTRACT This study aimed to critically examine the effects of fair value accounting and historical cost accounting on the reported profits. However, since the major
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Accounting for iPhone at Apple Inc. 1. What is subscription accounting? Subscription accounting is a method in which to recognize the revenue and cost of goods sold are evenly divided over a specific period of time. The revenue is deferred into unearned revenue which would be considered as a liability account. This method also deals with the timing of a sale, in which the sale during the middle of the month will still be recognized in the full month. In this case, Apple uses a straight-line
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IMPAIRMENT Depreciation, depletion, and amortization reflect a gradual consumption of the benefits inherent in an operational asset. An implicit assumption in allocating the cost of an asset over its useful life is that there has been no significant reduction in the anticipated total benefits or service potential of the asset. Situations can arise, however, that cause a significant decline or impairment of those benefits or service potentials. An extreme case would be the destruction of a plant
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must be assigned to individual reporting units. * To test for impairment, the fair value of the reporting unit is compared with its carrying amount. * If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, the goodwill of that reporting unit is considered unimpaired. * If the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment of the reporting unit’s goodwill is implied. * The amount of the reporting unit’s goodwill impairment is measured
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accounting principle. F 5. Reporting cumulative effect of change in principle. T 6. Disclosure requirements for a change in principle. T 7. Indirect effect of an accounting change. T 8. Retrospective application impracticality. F 9. Reporting changes in accounting estimates. T 10. Change in principle vs. change in estimate. F 11. Accounting for change in depreciation method. F 12. Accounting for change in reporting entities. T 13. Example of a change in reporting entities. F 14. Accounting
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decreasing-charge methods. Generally, companies use one of two decreasing-charge methods: sum-of-the-years'-digits or declining-balance. account sales A report, prepared by the consignee for the consignor, that shows the merchandise received, merchandise sold, expenses chargeable to the consignment, and the cash remitted. Account, 68 A systematic arrangement that shows the effect of transactions and other events on a specific element (asset, liability, and so on). Companies keep a separate account for
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and summarize what a firm owns (assets), what a firm owes (liabilities), and the difference between the two (the firm’s equity) at any given time. A balance sheet shows a company’s assets, liabilities and shareholders’ equity at the end of the reporting period. It does not show the flows into and out of the accounts during the period. The Balance Statement only tells how the company stands on one particular day, for instance the 31st of December or 30th of April. The Balance Statement is usually
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