The first three organizations in line to recuperate their funds were Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and General Electric Group. They had been offering financial solutions and encouragement to purchase the WorldCom stock based on a favorable business relatio Continue Reading...
Investors want to know how a stock will perform in the future, not just its historical value and capital maintenance expenses. What arguments can be raised against the "politicization" of accounting standard setting? One accountant believes that t Continue Reading...
Healthcare Financial Statements emphasizes on how accountants belonging to a healthcare organization make use of the accounts rule to evaluate their organization's financial statements. This paper also outlines the troubles a company could be into i Continue Reading...
Auditing We are living in times of continuous change that thrives on information. Information is the cornerstone of the financial construct of organizations. Information and access thereto drives the success of organizations in present times. The w Continue Reading...
Financial Statements Conceptual Frameworks and Financial Statements It has been said that financial statements provide comprehensive information about the reporting entity that is useful to existing and potential stakeholders. While that is genera Continue Reading...
SEC ICTV The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has a large responsibility for ensuring that the country's vital economic needs are protected. The purpose of this essay is to discuss a real world and practical application of the SEC's involvem Continue Reading...
Sarbanes-Oxley Act I agree with the points presented in the Sarbanes-Oxley and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) essay. Investors and portfolio managers are typically outsiders when it comes to internal financial matters within compa Continue Reading...
deceitful profession, certified public accountants would most certainly not be the first to come to mind. That is because CPAs are known and respected for their honesty. The profession goes out of its way to project that image, and there is a certai Continue Reading...
The most notable include: The inability to account for risks from customers with poor credit. The way sales are recorded with the income booked once the transaction is closed (versus when the income is received). Preparing for sudden shifts in th Continue Reading...
Hair Emporium There are a number of different types of accounting systems. The Hair Emporium must choose a system based on its business situation. As a franchisor, one of the most important things to remember is that the cost of the franchise includ Continue Reading...
As they can use this mechanism to: protect themselves and not directly reveal this information to the general public. ("Mortgage Mess, n.d.) A good example of this can be seen with New Century Financial during: the 2004 and 2005 audits. In this sit Continue Reading...
In other words, people's opinion on accounting companies can be easily distorted by accounting scandals and unethical activities that harm clients. The importance of ethics in accounting is also revealed by the legal actions that can be taken again Continue Reading...
In other words, with respect to the dilemma between IFRS and U.S. GAAP, the view provided by the article is that recent changes have actually manifested a far more intensive process of oversight in the latter than is proposed by the former. To the Continue Reading...
Control environment: (i) Insistent accounting policies or practices. (ii) Demands from senior management to augment revenues and earnings (iii) Absence of involvement by the accounting or finance department in transactions or in the supervision of a Continue Reading...
CPA Profession The accounting profession has had more than its share of ups and downs in the last two decades. The business environment in this period, led by major technological innovations, has changed drastically and become infinitely complex -- Continue Reading...
New PCAOB Reporting Requirements A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE NEW PCAOB REPORTING A Practical Guide to the New PCAOB Reporting Requirements PCAOB is a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board established by Sarbanes-Oxley Act to oversee the auditin Continue Reading...
Improper Data Analysis Led to the Fall of Enron The downfall of the Enron Corporation in 2001 had far reaching effects that are still felt to this day. Employees, shareholders, auditors, executives, the public and many other stakeholders are still Continue Reading...
financial statements of Barnes and Noble and Borders Group for fiscal year 2009. The companies' statements provide information about their financial health, as well as discuss plans for the coming fiscal year. The balance sheet reveals detailed inf Continue Reading...
Adjusting entries are extra journal entries that are prepared prior to the preparation of financial statements. These journal entries are usually prepared to ensure that the financial records of a company stick to the matching principles and revenue Continue Reading...
Auditing of Enron Corporation Responsible Accounting and Enron Questions There were numerous parties associated with Enron who were responsible for creating the "crisis of confidence" in the accounting profession. At the top of the list would be En Continue Reading...
While the information is not as technical as the Journal of Accountancy, the publication is important to keeping firm members caught up at a glance upon general business issues. Information about the advertisements carried in the publication includ Continue Reading...
While it can be argued that auditors bear a degree of responsibility to evaluate management practices, Cousteau clearly took the view that on the whole the financial statements did accurately reflect the firm's circumstances; that the fraud did not Continue Reading...
Working capital reduction is not always a bad thing -- tightening receivables and inventory turns is often considered to be good financial policy. In the case of Unilever, it is important to synthesize the two statements. We can see, for example, t Continue Reading...
Future investments would be better possible and a timely payment of debts would also help the employer. For instance look at the employees who receive their wages on time as a result of a timely collection of the accounts receivable; knowing that th Continue Reading...
The statute of limitation for the discovery of fraud is increased to two years from discovery date and five years following the act. Criminal penalties for securities fraud was increased to 25 years, by SOX. Each public company's CEO and CFO must c Continue Reading...
(the Company) to the Loan Agreement with Western Financial Services (the Lender). For the purpose of providing you with this letter, other than as set out herein, we have carried out the audit and review of the Company's financial information Repor Continue Reading...
The amount and complexity of information created and overseen by the auditors in terms of expenses, earnings, and taxes will also increase. The ongoing growth of global organizations is also demanding greater auditing expertise concerning internatio Continue Reading...
Accountants no longer sit at a table with a 10-key adding machine, tallying numbers. They have a variety of careers to choice from in this interesting and challenging profession. Different Types of Accounting There are differences in financial acco Continue Reading...
Introduction Agency theory is a theory explicating the relationship between the shareholders, who act as the principals, and the managers, who act as the agents. Within this relationship, the principal either employs or delegates an agent to carry ou Continue Reading...
IFRS and U.S. GAAP The U.S.' GAAP and the IFRS serve the same functions. IFRS and U.S. GAAP provide a system of principles of accounting, which is used to draft financial statements. IFRS is used among countries in the developed world while GAAP is Continue Reading...
MF Global Discuss the key difference between conducting a financial audit and a fraud audit, and the related level of responsibility of the auditing firm. Financial audits are typically carried out by certified public accountants or outside agencie Continue Reading...
Security Threats Explain companies held liable losses sustained a successful attack made accounting information system sources. The paper APA style includes -text citations sources. Liability for losses in successful attack made on their accounting Continue Reading...
Such accounting is accounting from a purely realistic and numerical perspective, having nothing to do with what those numbers would signify in the context of life within the larger society. All accountants must swear by a strict code of ethics, yet Continue Reading...
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) pioneered and mulled over a set of standards for auditing professionals. These eventually became recognized as the 10 generally accepted auditing standards. The 10 generally accepted auditin Continue Reading...
Using these different techniques reveals different information about the company. So for example we know that Tesco earned £67.6 billion in revenue last year, and that this is an increase of 8.1% over the previous year. This is the top line nu Continue Reading...
Since the ABC method is more apt to associate the correct costs to the processes that utilize them then it allows for more accurate billing to the clients. For example, an x-ray process can be broken down into four primary cost drivers, administrati Continue Reading...
Profit Organization Interest Identify the core functions of each department, their strengths and weaknesses, and make recommendations for improvement, as appropriate. In the case of Rambus (the for profit organization we are investigating) there a Continue Reading...
FI ASB The FASB and the IASB As a series of recent and ongoing events have made abundantly clear, there is a great need for consistency and oversight in the accounting practices of large business, and for overall standardization that will lead to i Continue Reading...
Like any person with interest in the financial services sector, I am interested in maximizing my value, in terms of the quality of my education and the value I hope to bring to my future clients upon graduation as a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) Continue Reading...
Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted to facilitate in guaranteeing the correctness of financial reporting by the public listed companies. In the stir of millions of dollars of investor's money going down the gutter because of their reposing faith on the fi Continue Reading...
