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CAPITAL STRUCTURE
A View of Capital Structure
A View of Capital Structure
Capital Structure tells that how a corporation invests funds and assets with fractional arrangement of debt, equity and securities (Baker & Martin, 2011, p. 17). A business's capital structure is, in fact, the arrangement or composition of its liabilities. Suppose a ...
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GOOD TAX
Characteristics of a Good tax
Characteristics of a Good Tax
Key Principles in a Tax Policy
The primary purpose of taxation is to raise revenue to fund government expenditure programmes. Ultimately, different groups will have different ideas regarding the additional purposes of taxation. These will include redistribution and changing behaviour. It ...
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ADVANCED FINANCIAL REPORTING
Advanced Financial Reporting
International Accounting standards
International Accounting standards
An older set of standards stating how types of transactions and other events should be reflected in financial statements. In the past, international accounting standards (IAS) issued by the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC).
Main Features of IAS
Accrual in the ...
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TAXES
Taxation System in the UK and Hong Kong
Taxation System in the UK and Hong Kong
Introduction
Taxation originated as a means to finance the activities of government, and that still remains its primary purpose in most of the world. However, in recent years, taxation also has been used to discourage ...
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Analysis of the Corporate Governance Systems
Table of Contents
Introduction1
Current Corporate Governance System2
Regulatory Framework for Corporate Governance3
Board Composition3
Accountability and Audit4
The Case of Enron4
Challenges in the Path of Improved Governance5
Corporate Governance Reforms6
Globalisation6
Disclosure of Confidential Information6
Misinterpretation of Financial Objectives7
Manipulation in the Accounting Numbers7
Social Economy Organisations8
Future Direction of Corporate Governance8
Systematic Risk9
Securitisation9
FASB and IASB9
International ...
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ARTICLE BRIEF
Summary of article: Unearned Income Medicare Contribution Tax
Summary of article: Unearned Income Medicare Contribution Tax
Introduction
Medicare is a U.S. social insurance program that provides health coverage to seniors and disabled persons without a test of need. However, in the year 2010 a reconciliation Act came which ratify many portions of ...
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SKILLS LEARNING STATEMENT
Skills and Learning Statement (SLS)
Assessment of Skills and Learning Statement (SLS)
Organisation's Budgetary Control System and Its Link with Performance Management and Decision Making
Like individuals, organisations too concerns with a balance between their expenses and revenues. Every company has a certain budget, in which it has to plan ...
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Working Capital
Working Capital
Introduction
The most basic definition of working capital is considered as the resources required operating the company. Thus working capital is what is commonly called current assets. Analysis of working capital management is part of financial analysis. The term financial also known as analysis and interpretation of financial statements' ...
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PARMALAT
Unethical Activity of Parmalat
Introduction
The company was founded by Calisto Tanzi, who in 1961 started a small dairy in Collecchio close to Parma . In the seventies the strong demand for long-life milk to Parmalat allowed to grow their market share (Buchanan, 2005). During the nineties , after the IPO, the ...
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ACCOUNTING
Subjectivity Lies at the Heart of the Accounting
Subjectivity Lies at the Heart of the Accounting
Introduction
Accounting is defined as a collection of data in a systematic, structured, and valuable quantitative information expressed in currency units on the transactions. It is the art of recording the data then classify it and ...