governments is that businesses have profit as their main motive whereas the others have service. A primary purpose of financial reporting is to report on an entity’s accomplishments — how well it achieved its objectives. Accordingly, the financial statements of businesses measure profitability, their key objective. Financial reports of governments and other not-for-profits should not focus on profitability, since it is not a relevant objective. Ideally, therefore, they should focus on other performance
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2007 PricewaterhouseCoopers’ publications and tools PricewaterhouseCoopers has a range of tools and publications to help companies apply IFRS (see also the inside back cover). Illustrat ive Consolidated Fin ancial Statements • Corporate, 2007 • Banking, 2006 • Insurance, 2006 • Investment funds, 2006 • Investment property, 2006 Realistic sets of financial statements – for existing IFRS preparers in the above sectors – illustrating the required disclosure and presentation. Measurement
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21 1 2 3 4 5 Chapter Twenty-One Analyzing Financial Statements After completing this chapter, you should be able to: Explain the objectives of financial statement analysis. Describe and use the following four analytical techniques: horizontal analysis, trend analysis, vertical analysis, and ratio analysis. Explain the importance of comparisons and trends in financial statement analysis. Prepare and interpret common-size financial statements. Define and compute the various financial ratios discussed
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Dhaka April 2011. Neaz Executive Summary An audit is an examination of a company’s financial statements prepared by the directors of the company. Its purpose is to give the company’s owners an independent, professional and informed opinion stating. Assurance services are a class of services provided by certified public accountants (CPAs) in public practice. While the
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case 61 Checklist 62 Case studies 63 Action points 65 5 Planning Ahead 66 Choosing a partner 66 Case studies: going into partnership 69 Measuring the competition 71 Competitive analysis 75 Finding the right premises 77 The systems you will need 79 Deciding your business status 80 Understanding the basics of taxation 81 Preparing to survive - and succeed 84 Case studies 85 Action points 87 6 Marketing Your Enterprise 89 Debunking the marketing myth 89 Creating the right personal image
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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 Manufacturing Company, a division of a Fortune 500 company. He had started his career
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES Moses Gerard Shyne CHAPTER 3 1. Explain why nations and companies participate in international trade. Because no national economy produces all the goods and services that its people need. 2. Describe the concepts of absolute and comparative advantage. A nation has an absolute advantage if (1) it’s the only source of a particular product or (2) it can make more of a product using the same amount of or fewer resources than other countries. Because of climate and soil conditions
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profession. Some people will claim that when they were in high school, this was their best subject and they loved it and so they will need to major in it. I believe the best reason for majoring in accounting is because it has wide varieties of career path that one can major in. People should understand that this field is not all about debits and credits. It is more of a communicating language in the world of business and this is why many chief executive officers hold a degree in this field. In the day
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