Accounting Cases; Costing and Sunk Costs
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This 8 page paper looks at two case studies supplied by the student and discusses the different accounting concepts presented in them, looks at the key learning points and considers who they may apply to other organizations. The first considers a company that increases sales, but makes a loss. The company is using absorption costing and has not accounted for costs in an effective manner. The second case looks at a company that is launching a new product and has to decide how to discontinue the older product. This case is considered in terms of sunk costs. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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Accounting Concepts
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The Concept of Going Concern; This 5 page paper considers the purpose and meaning of this concept and how it can be seen as supporting other accounting principles such as accruals and matching concepts as well as historical costing. This paper also consider how the going concern concept should be used, and how it may be seen as a balance to prudence and conservatism. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS AND ORGANIZATIONS
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This 20-page paper discusses a variety of accounting concepts and theories, including elements of a financial statement, news releases from the FASB, the structure of the FASB and an article and literature dealing with an accounting theory issue. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Accounting Concepts and Reading Accounts
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This 3 page paper is written in 2 parts. The first part defines several terms; GAAP, historic cost, the difference between accrual basis and cash basis accounting and what are meant by current and non current assets and liabilities. The second part of the paper looks at three sets of accounts and considers the way that they are presented. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS, ORGANIZATIONS AND THEORIES
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This 15-page paper discusses accounting theories and practices as they pertain to organizations in general. Specific topics discussed include the FASB and FAF, SPEs, OFB and other aspects. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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ACCOUNTING CYCLE OF MCDONALD'S CORP.
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This 3-page paper goes through the steps of an accounting cycle using McDonald's purchase of potatoes. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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ACCOUNTING CYCLES
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This 2.5 page paper discusses the use of the accounting cycle and analyzes each step in the cycle. The paper also discusses the rationale for the cycle as a whole. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Accounting Exercises
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An 8 page paper in two parts. Part 1 describes and critiques the budget process at River Beverages. Part 2 builds various spreadsheets for cash and cash requirements throughout one quarter. Included are a sales budget, cash receipts budget, purchases budget, cash disbursements budget and the beginning of a summary cash budget. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Accounting for Discretionary Costs with Specific Attention on Research and Development
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This 6 page paper examines issues related with discretionary costs, paying particular interest to research and development costs. The writer discusses what they are and how they occur as well as how they are accounted for, looking at their treatment as either operational costs or capitalized costs. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Accounting for Employee Stock Option Schemes
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Employee stock options schemes are not cost free to the employer. However, under certain circumstances employers did not have to account for costs in the accounts. This 7 page paper considers how and why employee stock options schemes were used and accounted for and considers the impact of FASB 123 which introduced the concept of the fair value method accounting for employee stock options as the preferred method above ARP 25 which had out forward the intrinsic value method. The paper also considered the impact and likely result of FASB 123 (R). Real company figures are used to illustrate the differences. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
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Accounting for Equity Investment Securities
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5 pages. This research paper is an informational tool on the topic of accounting for equity investment securities held as assets with emphasis on recognition, decognition and holding of the securities. These will be described in detail regarding the accounting for equity investment securities before the existence of SFAS 115. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Accounting for Goodwill
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A 3 page paper discussing the audit approach for a case in which a company seeks to overstate assets and disguise a loss on discontinued operations. The paper uses FASB Statements No. 141 and 142 to conclude that details need to be disclosed and that the auditor must issue a qualified or adverse opinion if it is not. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Accounting for Goodwill
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5 pages. 'Accounting for goodwill presents the accountant with no particular difficulties'. This statement is discussed critically, and is answered in relation to the relevant accounting codes. Particular points are suggested with examples from companies as a way to better understand exactly what goodwill accounting is. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Accounting for Leasehold Interests
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This 4 page paper looks at how and why A leasehold interest might have a value and why it is regarded as a depreciating asset and how this dealt with in terms of valuations. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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Accounting for Overheads
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This 6 page paper is written in two parts. The first part discusses the arbitrary nature of overhead recovery, arguing that it is merely a way in which to get back indirect expense incurred by business and can never be regarded as correct or equitable. The second part of the paper looks at activity based costing and how this can add value to the organisation and help performance improvements. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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Accounting for Proposed Acquisitions
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This 10 page paper shows the student how to answer questions regarding acquisition, considering what price acquisitions should go ahead at and the way it may effect shareholders. The second part of the paper then looks at the proposed takeover of Safeway by different supermarket chain, considering it from an accounting perspective. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Accounting for Settlement Certificates
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This 5 page paper using the general accounting concepts to consider if certificates that are issues to give a discount on a product as the result of a law suit may be accounted for as a sales promotion. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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ACCOUNTING FRAUD
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This 12-page paper examines the financials fraud perpetrated by WorldCom, Tyco, Adelphia and ZZZZ Best. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Accounting in Italy and the United Kingdom; Some Differences and Similarities
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This 5 page paper looks at the way in which the accounting practices in these countries compare. With both countries being members of the single European market it may be expected that the accounting standard would be the same, but as this paper demonstrates similarities do exist, but they are by no means identical. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Accounting in the Realm of Electronic Commerce
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Ecommerce saves time and money, particularly in relationship to accounting functions. By allowing the bank to handle cash, the vendors to handle accounts payable, the stock vendor to handle the stock investment portfolio, etc., the company can be stripped down to its barest essentials . . . in support of a fully functional financial institution, no matter its trade. Reviewed in this regard are internets and intranets, advantages and disadvantages of ecommerce, batch and real-time processing, EDI, and ERP systems. Bibliography lists 3 sources. jvActUse.rtf
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Accounting Information Systems and the Small to Medium Sized Business
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This 5 page paper considers the way in which accounting information systems will impact on small and medium sized businesses. The event of the event of these packages is seen as a golden opportunity, but there are also some disadvantages with the advantages. The writer takes a balanced view and includes discussion on aspects such as information availability, security, operational problems and advantages and the use of different types of computer networks and systems. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
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ACCOUNTING ISSUES AND CORPORATE SPYING
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This paper examines the ties between corporate spying and the accounting profession. While literature hasn't been written specifically on this topic, the paper ties these two concepts together, and offer suggestions of how companies can protect themselves from loss of information. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Accounting Issues; A Case Study
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This 12 page paper answers questions regarding a fictitious company Pro Tech and problems it is facing. The writer answers questions regarding how to restructure, including a chart, the adoption of activity based costing (ABC) accounting, resolving a threatened strike and the use of net present value (NPV). The bibliography cites 13 sources.
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Accounting Methods for Combining Companies
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This 10 page paper highlights International Accounting Standard (IAS) No.22 bulletin, Accounting for Business Combinations. Questions, inclusive of case studies, are posed and answers are provided. The paper focuses on mergers, acquisitions and subsidiaries. Pooling is discussed in depth. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Accounting Methods for Public Companies
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This 20 page paper considers the specific accounting methods and manipulations utilized by public companies to keep their shareholder values high. This paper considers the most widely utilized methods and the development of cost-accounting as it relates to the process of supporting shareholder value. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Accounting Problems at Dell
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This 3 page outlines the accounting issues that Dell has faced where it has been accused of using warranty accruals and the accounting for warranty liabilities to manipulate their earnings figures. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Accounting Projections
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This 3 page paper looks at questions set by the student. The first questions looks at net sales for a company over a period of years and asses if a 10% increase is possible the following year. The second question considers a profit and loss (income) account where there is to be a 20% increases in the sales and calculates the rest of the accounts from that figure using a percentage method. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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Accounting Questions
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This 4 page paper is written in two parts. The first part of the paper looks at how the allocation or non allocation of untraceable costs may result in a different interpretation in department performance and skew the results. The second part of the paper considers activity based costing and whether is suitable to be used for a piano manufacturing and as well as the potential problems if it is not used. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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Accounting Questions
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This 4 page paper looks at 4 issues in accounting in the UK. The first is the way that non current assets are accounted for, the second looks at the problems encounter when valuing stock, the third considers the challenges of the historical costing convention and the last part discusses the use of ratio analysis to determine if the benefits outweigh the difficulties. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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Accounting Questions
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This 5 page paper answers several question supplied by the student. Fictitious company Majestic Limo need a balance sheet preparing and a second company has balance sheet figures provided with the need to calculate the level of retained earnings. The next part prepares an income statement, retained earnings statement and a balance sheet and then assesses the company's liquidity and probable past profitability.
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Accounting Questions
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A 5 page paper answering several questions about what a company should do to improve its bottom line. Its sales are down for the first nine months of the year and expenses and inventories have increased. The paper provides calculations for the company's ROI, capital turnover and gross margin, and discusses possible courses of action. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Accounting Questions
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This 5 page paper answers questions concerning the way account takes place. The first looks at a case study to examine the way the practices fit in with the hierarchy of accounting qualities. The paper then considers the way in which accounting standards are set within the US and discusses whether the standards should be the same for all types of organization.
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Accounting Questions
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This 7 page paper answers question set by the student, showing the calculation of current and long term assets, contribution levels, break even points, the calculation of ratios and how ratios can be interpreted.
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Accounting Questions
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This 8 page paper answers several questions asked by the student. The paper first looks at agency costs within a company and the use of funds to buy an unrelated company or to be used to motivate staff. The second part of the paper looks at issues regarding cost centres, profit centres and transfer costs. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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Accounting Questions
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This 8 page paper tutors the student on how to answer set questions regarding balance sheet and income statement formation and calculations. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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Accounting Questions
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This 9 page paper answers 8 questions. These include the stages of the accounting cycle, why accounting is only a means to an end rather than an end in itself. Who designs and installs accounting systems, who external users may be, the different types of accounting, the impact of profitability on the balance sheet, explanations of revenue and expenses and the importance of cash flow.
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Accounting Questions
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This 10 page paper answers four questions set by the student showing the stages used and calculation used to produce the answers. The first question looks at calculating net present value (NPV), also included are earnings estimates for a company, issues and calculations concerning a rights issue, and the differences between a share issue and the use of debt to raise finance for a company.
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Accounting Questions
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This 10 page paper answers a set of 4 questions set by the student. The paper starts by looking at why companies such as Enron, WorldCom and Parmalat have all faced bankruptcy. The paper then considers the different discount models, looks at equity arbitrage theory and Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)for inventory control. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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Accounting Questions
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This 15 page paper answers a range of questions set by the student looking at the way variable costs and fixed costs can be budgeted, cost variances, product mix variances and an NPV and IRR calculation.
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Accounting Questions
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This 18 page paper answers five multipart questions set by the student, looking at the completion of income and balance sheets and why a business ay not make a profit in the first year with the fictional case of Kassick Co, different methods of depreciation using periodic and perpetual methodologies, how wages deduction and how share issuances and dividends will be recorded.
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