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interpreted for the users of the campus's decision makers. The reports provided will depend on the decisions that each user will make depending on the internal or external users.The State of Texas audits the Systems financial statements that are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for the State government as a whole. The State Auditor will analyze, examine and review the accuracy of the financial statements, and the responsibility of the managerial roles. The Texas A&M System also has internal auditors that will review the operations of the campus to ensure the A&M System is in compliance before the external auditors review the financials.The most
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outlook for accountants and auditors shows that the demand will increase 10 percent (faster than average) from 2016 to 2026. The median annual wage for the profession in the U.S was approximately $69,350 in 2017. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the national organization representing the accounting profession in the U.S. The major U.S professional qualification is CPA. U.S based firms works under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), for which CPA is the designation of choice, on the other hand, majority of the rest of the world serve under the International Financial Reporting standards (IFRS). Some of the other level, such as the Chartered
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generally accepted for purposes of fulfilling the commission's mission, protecting the public. The SEC has the ability to interact and guide with the various standard setters, which is important if they start heading in divergent directions. This coordination is particularly important as work towards unified global accounting standards are developed (SEC, 2006).The regulatory process does, change over time in response to the needs of investors and the public (SEC, 2006). In review of the recent events there is a push from the public and the agencies to improve the system for more accurate regulation. The agencies should work together to develop improvements from the agency standpoint. Some
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was the final countdown for companies reporting under US GAAP.Some of the foreign firms will no longer need to reconcile their financials to GAAP. The Securities and Exchange Commission continues to seriously explore the possibility of allowing U.S. companies to report their financial results using international accounting standards. U. S. companies report using generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP, which are largely set by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. (cfo.com) The SEC currently requires foreign companies using International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, to reconcile their reports to U.S. GAAP in order to list on U.S. exchanges. (cfo.com
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the financial statements and other information presented in their reports, The financial statements were prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of financial statements requires certain estimates and judgments, which are based upon currently available information and management's view of current conditions and circumstances.
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cash flows
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16.
_____ are principles for financial reporting established by an independent agency called the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
a. Accounting guidelines
b. Government‑approved accounting standards
c. Certified rules and regulations
d. Generally accepted accounting principles
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17.
Which of the following groups is typically not interested in financial accounting information?
a. labor unions
b. creditors
c. suppliers
d. all of these groups have some use for financial accounting information
(d; Moderate)
SCENARIO-BASED
Bakersfield, Smith, and Babble LLC is a midsized accounting firm in New England. In order to project an image as a
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Maria Hernandez
The Financial Accounting and Standards Board, FASB is an organization that sets down the accounting rules and guidelines that makeup Generally Accepted Accounting Principle, GAAP. The FASB developed the Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts, SFAC, to guide the Board in setting up standards in order to better understand accounting issues. SFAC No.1 explains the primary objectives in financial reporting. The primary objectives of financial reporting are to provide useful information to the people reviewing the financial report. The people reviewing the financial report should get clear understanding of the public company and see whether or not the business is
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Maria Hernandez
The Financial Accounting and Standards Board, FASB is an organization that sets down the accounting rules and guidelines that makeup Generally Accepted Accounting Principle, GAAP. The FASB developed the Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts, SFAC, to guide the Board in setting up standards in order to better understand accounting issues. SFAC No.1 explains the primary objectives in financial reporting. The primary objectives of financial reporting are to provide useful information to the people reviewing the financial report. The people reviewing the financial report should get clear understanding of the public company and see whether or not the business is
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with accounting principles generally accepted in the United states of America'. The UK equivalent for this phrasing used in their Audits is as follows : 'the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the company and the group at 29 March 2003' and 'the financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with the companies act 1985' These statements may seem similar at first but within them is perhaps a hint at the nature of accounting in the two countries and by comparison how they differ in their approach. The reference to generally accepted accounting procedure (GAAP) in the US audit refers to the US equivalent of the ASB. In comparison with UK
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sound principles that form the foundation for ethical behavior are (1) avoid small ethical lapses, (2) focus on your long-term reputation, and (3) be willing to suffer adverse personal consequences for holding to an ethical position.
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Accountants serving a business firm, governmental agency, not-for-profit organization, etc., as an employee are engaged in private accounting. Accountants who provide accounting services to clients on a fee basis are engaged in public accounting.
6.
FASB stands for the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The FASB sets generally accepted accounting principles by first identifying specific issues in financial accounting. As these issues arise, the FASB
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corporate ladder on his way to the top. The CEO must have vision, be a decision maker, risk taker, and always on the pulse of every head managers department.The CFO's primary role in the company will be to examine the day-to-day financial outlook of the company. He will have knowledge of the generally accepted accounting principles, and must know the security exchange commission regulations. The CFO should be able to handle the capital financing and operational financing with ease. The duties of the CFO vary widely. They oversee all financial and account functions and formulate and administer the organization's overall financial plans and policies. The CFO manages all other financial managers
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basis and GAAP clearly explained?
GAAP basis is used for the City of Wheaton budgets. There are no differences that are discussed between the budgetary basis and the GAAP basis. Budgetary Information Budgets are adopted on a basis consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.
15. Review the General Fund column of the Balance Sheet for governmental funds. What are the major assets? Liabilities? What categories of Fund Balances are reported?
The major assets listed here are: cash and investments, and property taxes. The largest liabilities are from: accounts and deposits payable. Fund Balance categories: nonspendable, assigned, and unassigned funds.
16. From the General
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al, 2017, pp. 28-33). Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) “requires companies to test their … assets … for impairment and recognize an impairment loss when the financial statement carrying value of those assets … exceeds it fair value and is not recoverable” (Liberty University Custom: Girgenti, et al, 2017, p. 30). Depreciation and amoritization should “be allocated by systematic and rational procedures” according to GAAP requirements (Liberty University Custom: Girgenti, et al, 2017, p. 28). These authors continued by stating that “management judgment is required for determining the appropriate period of depreciation” (p. 28). Improper disclosures on the financial statements
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an ongoing ability to generate cash that is money available to invest business in growth. Besides, a higher liquidity ratio shows company is more liquid and has better coverage of outstanding debts. company make more profit by disperse cash and more dividends could be accepted by shareholders. Burberry and Mulberry indicates that positive working capital could stimulate company to reinvest project and shareholders could obtain more dividends. However, their net income ratio has slightly fluctuation of Burberry and hardly growth of Mulberry, it may have trouble paying back creditors or bankruptcy, If a company's current assets do not exceed current liabilities.
It is important signal that
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overvalued according to the accounting valuation. In April 2, 1993, when Philip Morris cut the price of Marlboro cigarettes by 40 cents a pack.. That was on a Friday (Marlboro Friday). On Monday, the stock market value of packaged goods companies fell by $25 billion. Everybody agreed: brands were doomed.So does all these news hinder an end to the era of megabranding ? Are brands dying and brand building is dead ? or is these an indication of a new era of brand building & managing ? and the turnaround in brand fortunes can be explained by market changes(ie: better informed & educated customers, the speedy response of imitators and increase retailing power.) couple with the generally
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category B and C where it can even halt the production of the products within these categories (Agrawal 2019).
RISK OF LOSS
Company tends to start focusing more on Category A and consider category B and C to have less value however they still possess value that the company tends to forget. If the company pays less attention to the products in category B and C, it. could potentially lead too loss and that could have major impact on the yearly sales (Merritt 2019)
CONFLICTS WITH OTHER COST SYSTEMS
ABC analysis does not meet the requirements of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) so if a company uses this analysis, it must operate with two different costing systems; GAAP for external
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. If so, they are accepted and a transaction is entered into the computer system. If not, the shipment is returned to the vendor. Since the system matches the goods received with the purchase order, there is no need for the vendor to send an invoice --- the system is able to send out a cheque immediately, with no discrepancies.Through reengineering, Ford cut the required number of manual accounting transactions and reconciliations associated with processing and paying for the goods it used from nine to three, thereby producing "a 75% reduction in head count, not the twenty percent it would have got with a conventional program."2. Some of the principles of reengineering are listed as follows and
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Taj McKnight
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25 March 2018
Sustainable Development of Environment
Sustainable development is the need of the present time not only for the survival of mankind but also for its future protection. Unlike the other great revolutions in human history the Green Revolution and the Industrial Revolution the ‘sustainable revolution’ will have to take place rapidly, consciously and on many different levels and in many different spheres, simultaneously.
Sustainable development was defined by (Brundtland, 1987) as a development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own need. Economists generally accepted and supported
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curved.
Nature also has an abundance of geometry. Patterns can be found on leaves, in flowers, in seashells and many other places. Even our own bodies consist of patterns, curves and line segments. It is through the observation of nature that scientists have begun to explore and explain the more basic principles now accepted as scientific truths. These observations and realizations have lead to the progression of new learning in both science and geometry. This began with the simple repetitive patterns such as the orbiting of the planets or the back and forth motion of a penndulum. It continues today as new theorems and natural events are explained and represented through geometric
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case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Treaties and the law adopted by the Union on the basis of the Treaties have primacy over the law of Member States, under the conditions laid down by the said case law.
All of the above shows that EU law is supreme to the national law of the Member States. However, up to what extent is Community law truly supreme? Although the principle is generally accepted in practice, national courts reserve the right to review the constitutionality of EU law.[footnoteRef:4] Depending on the Member States’ national constitutional positions, different solutions have been developed to accommodate and adapt to incompatibility between national law and
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