Introductory Accounting Finance Essays and Term Papers
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The Theries We Use to Help Us Understand Standard Setting in National Arenas Don’t Work So Well at the International Level Where the International Accounting Starndards Board Is Taking a Lead Role.We Will Have to Modify Them or Expand Our Theoretical Re
Abstract This paper is devoted to investigate the recent development of Australian accounting standards-setting in the light of theories of economics and sociology particularly in respect of the events and controversies around convergence of international accounting standards. The purpose of this paper is to examine the strength and weakness of different theories in the analysis of standard-setting process and more importantly, seek to compare standard setting process and major players involved in national and international
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Car Financing in China
OVERVIEW China and its economy Capital : Beijing Population : 1.3 billion Area : 9.6 million sq km Currency : Yuan Ren Min Bi GNP : $4 Trillion (2001) GDP : PPP $7.262 trillion (2004 est.) Per Capita : $5,600 (2004 est.) Form : People's Republic Official Languages : Chinese (Mandarin) Growth Rate in Real GDP : 1999 7.1% 2000 8.0% 2001 7.3% 2002 8.0% 2003 8.4% 2004 9.1% Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.1%
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The History of Accounting
The history of accounting is as old as civilization and is among the most important professions in economic and cultural development. Much of what we know about the daily lives of ancient people comes from accounting records, such as inventories and sales records, found at archeological sites. People in all civilizations have maintained various types of records of business activities and the earliest known records kept are the clay tablet records for the payment of
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Why Is Corporate Finance Important to All Managers?
Why is corporate finance important to all managers? Corporate finance is a specific area of finance dealing with the financial decisions corporations make and the tools as well as analyses used to make these decisions. The primary goal of corporate finance is to enhance corporate value, without taking excessive financial risks. A corporation’s management’s primary responsibility is to maximize the shareholder’s wealth which translates to stock price maximization. Corporate finance provides the skills managers need
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Worldcom Paper Accounting
Financial Accounting Due: April 17, 2008 MON & WED 2:00-3:45 WorldCom Case WorldCom was an American telecommunication company back in the 1990's that made many successful mergers and then ran into serious problems with the SEC. In 1997 WorldCom merged with MCI communications for 37 billion dollars and became the second largest merger in US history. WorldCom was the second largest long distance phone service provider here in the US and also owned major part
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Financial and Managerial Accounting: Whats the Difference
Financial and Managerial Accounting: What’s The Difference? Whether it is a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or a limited liability company, all businesses survive on the buying/selling of goods and services for cash or credit. They may buy land and build office complexes, stores, or factories. They may buy supplies, equipment, merchandise to sell, and/or the raw materials required to manufacture goods. They hire employees, pay salaries and benefits. All of these “business” activities need to
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The Big Bang (personal Account) (tragedy)
The Big Bang My lesson about playing with fire was a hard one learned. That one summer day so long ago was one of the longest days in my life. The morning was a normal one. The afternoon was when things started to heat up. That night was one I thought would never end.That morning was one just like any other summer day. The sun was bright and warm. We also had family in from
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Accounting
The following explanations of terms are presented to aid in understanding the narrative discussions and illustrations included in this text and the terminology generally used in governmental accounting, auditing, financial reporting and budgeting. Because this glossary is reprinted from the Government Finance Association's Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting, the terms and explanations have not been modified to reflect specific Texas school district issues, etc. Synonyms for specific terms also may be presented in this appendix.
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Lester Electronics Financing Alternative Benchmarking
Lester Electronics Financing Alternative Benchmarking Corporate growth usually occurs internally when a firm grows its existing departments through normal capital budgeting activities. However, the most dramatic examples of growth sometimes results from mergers. Many reasons have been offered by financial managers to account for frequent merger activity. The primary motivation behind a merger is that it provides an opportunity to bring together and increase the value of the combined enterprise. One commonly used research tool
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Account Glossary
Glossary Account Record of a business transaction. When you buy something on credit, the company you are dealing with will set up an "account". This means that they set up a record of what you buy and what you pay. You should do the same thing with any customers to whom you give credit. Accounts A generic term for the financial documents that companies in the UK are required to file each year. Most companies
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Accounting Overview
Overview of Accounting This presentation is to give information to a group of small business owners with no accounting or financial knowledge. The presentation is designed to help the small business owner understand and fulfill their accounting and finance responsibilities. I will identify the audiences, purposes, and natures of financial statements and managerial reports. I will also explain the use of financial accounting information in making informed and ethical business decisions. Identifying the Audience Financial
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Accounting Standards
The Federal Government, State and Local Governments (SLG), and Not-for-profit organizations (NFP) all have unique objectives and assets under their control. As a result it may not be feasible to develop a single set of accounting standards that accurately represents all of their financial activity in a manner that is useful to concerned parties. To resolve these discrepancies three separate standard setting bodies have been tasked with developing Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for these
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Accounts Analysis Tesco
‘Tesco’s has already turned around many of the T&S convenience stores they bought a year ago. …80 of the 450 outlets have been revamped as Teso express stores… average sales are up by 80 percent’ The Gaurdian 26/121/03 Gearing Teso’s 0.25:1 Sainsbury’s 0.16:1 M&s 0.28:1 • Gearing is a measure of risk when investing in a company • Proportion of capital made up of fixed interest borrowing • The effect of the investments in HIT
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Managerial Accounting
Program Area Costs Administration Salaries: Administrator $60,000 Assistant $35,000 Two Secretaries $42,000 Supplies $35,000 Advertising and promotion $9,000 Professional meetings/dues $14,000 Purchased Services: Accounting and billing $15,000 Custodial $13,000 Security $12,000 Consulting $10,000 Community Mental Health Services Salaries (two social workers) $46,000 Transportation $10,000 Outpatient mental health treatment Salaries: Psychiatrist $86,000 Two Social Workers $70,000 Budget Cut Recommendation This table represents all the areas that our funds are allocated. In an effort to “trim-the-fat”,
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Debt Financing
Debt financing means borrowing money that is to be repaid over a period of time, usually with interest. Debt financing can be either short-term (full repayment due in less than one year) or long-term (repayment due over more than one year). The lender does not gain an ownership interest in your business and your obligations are limited to repaying the loan. In smaller businesses, personal guarantees are likely to be required on most debt instruments;
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Manager Infrastructure + Finance
Mr. Tom Lastname January 25, 2008 Manager of Accounting, YSSB Health Inc. 123 The Street, Suite 101 Toronto, ON M1X 1X1 Dear Mr. Lastname: Re: Review of Notes to Financial Statements, Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2007 YSSB Health Inc. (“YSSB”) retained Kitscha + Associates (“Kitscha”) to review a set of notes pertaining to YSSB’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007. Kitscha has assumed that all financial reporting should follow Canadian
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Accounting
Justin Denman Accounting and Auditing Processes March 4, 2000 Writing Assignment #1 Revenue Recognition Policies The purpose of this paper is to compare the revenue recognition policies of two companies in the search, detection, navigation, guidance, and aeronautical systems industry. The two companies I have selected are Aerosonic Corporation, and Esco Electronics Company. Esco Electronics Company is engaged in the design, manufacture, sale and support of engineered products. These products are used principally in
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The Effects of Technology on the Accounting Profession
The accounting profession is changing rapidly. Noor Azizi Ismail, in his article: Information Technology & Accounting: Issues and Challenges, gives a brief history of Information Technology as it applies to accounting. The term accounting system had been used before the introduction of the computer. In the early 1950s and 1960s, known as the �machine accounting’ era IT was mainly implemented to support the clerical aspects of accounting functions such as payroll, accounts receivable and accounts
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Corporate Finance: Npv for Airbus Projects
Corporate Finance: NPV for Airbus Projects The decision to commit to a huge investment of $13B to develop the Airbus A3XX super jet should not be taken lightly. There are many issues to consider regarding the profitability of the project. Firstly, there are conflicting projections of the market demand from Airbus and Boeing, which could lead to dramatic differences in the demand for Very Large Aircraft (VLA) and ultimately the number of planes sold. We
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Financing China's Health System
FINANCING CHINA'S HEALTH SYSTEM: Systems of finance: China's health care finance system consists of three formal systems and an informal component. Gongfei yiliao or Government Employee Health Insurance, provides coverage for government workers at all political divisional levels (central, provincial, county, township, and village), including officials of labor unions, youth's and women's leagues, the staff of cultural, educational, health and research institutes and students at approved colleges and universities. The government is solely responsible for
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Finance
Mikyle anonymous March 29, 2006 English 1102-02 Mrs. anonymous Finance Wikipedia’s accurate definition of finance is “The activity of finance is the application of a set of techniques that individuals and organizations (entities) use to manage their financial affairs, particularly the differences between income and expenditure and the risks of their investments” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance. I discuss the importance of keeping track and updating financial reports as well as simple bank statements. These are just some
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2 Accounts of Wwii
Matthew Terhune #302899169 1/30/02 Fussell believes that the soldier of world war two, "suffers so deeply from contempt and damage to his selfhood, from absurdity and boredom and chickenshit, that some anodyne is necessary", and that the anodyne of choice was alcohol. I would argue that Fussell is correct, especially regarding the connection between the absurdity of the war and the associated damage to soldiers image of themselves as good and patriotic, and the use
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Campaign Finance Reform Systems
5 March 2001 Campaign Finance Reform Systems Lyndon Johnson called it “more loophole than law” (Clean Money Reform). Campaign finance has given birth to an untold number of court cases, regulations and limits involving those seeking office. As naturally follows, there has been a rise in reform proposals, loopholes and PACs to counter the current practices of campaign financing. These two facts alone are enough to declare it is an issue which warrants an appropriate
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The Issues Related to Stock Options and How They Should Be Accounted For
The purpose of this case study is to discuss the issues related to stock options and how they should be accounted for. Introduction In the early 1990s, FASB proposed an accounting rule calling for corporations to recognize compensation expense for certain stock options when they were granted to executives and employees. This proposal was met with strong opposition from many different sources including: Congress who passed a resolution by vote urging FASB to drop the
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