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US ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
An in-Depth study of the accounting treatment of five accounting themes in the USA: with a Comparative between the USA and France
Accounting treatment of five accounting themes
Introduction
There are a lot of differences between the accounting standards of USA and the rest of the world. Especially, on the five ...
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PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING
Principles of Accounting
Principles of Accounting
Cost ascertainment or Product Costing
The primary concern of cost accounting is to determine the cost of product service, process or an operation. In Cost accounting, a systematic cost determination is attempted by analyzing the cost of a product in terms of cost elements ...
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ACCOUNTING
Accounting: How does GAAP, FASB, FPC affect pipe line accounting?
How does GAAP, FASB, FPC impact pipe line accounting for the oil and gas industry?
Introduction
In relation to the oil and gas industry, the pipe line accounting is the process of underwriting that is done with the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
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PUSH-DOWN ACCOUNTING
Push-Down Accounting
Push-Down Accounting
I strongly support the use of push-down accounting. Push-down accounting, also called new basis accounting, is an accounting system in which separate financial statements are prepared for acquired, subsidiary companies that are either wholly or partially owned (the ownership has to be equal to or greater than ...
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SAM WALTON
“Managerial Accounting” Lessons from Sam Walton's Life
“Managerial Accounting” Lessons from Sam Walton's Life
Sam Walton was the founder of two American retailers, Wal-Mart and Sam's Club. He was the patriarch of the Walton family, one of the richest families in the world. Sam Walton was born on 29th March ...
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FINANCIAL REPORTING ANALYSIS
Financial Reporting Analysis
Financial Reporting Analysis
International comparative financial accounting
International comparative financial accounting is a diverse and expanding area of accounting research. Many such studies deal with international harmonization (Emenyonu and Gray 1992; Archer, Delvaille and McLeay 1996; Roberts, Salter and Kantor 1996). These have tended to examine harmonization ...
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Profitability versus Liquidity
Profitability versus Liquidity
Introduction
This paper intends to discuss profitability and liquidity. The basic tradeoff between the concepts of profitability and liquidity will be explored. Moreover, important and related aspects of these two concepts will be discussed. The purpose of this paper is to make the reader aware about ...
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ACCOUNTING
Full Costing Verse Variable Costing: Does The Choice Still Matter?
Table of Contents
Introduction1
Discussion1
Full Costing (Absorption Costing) Vs Marginal Costing1
Conceptual Framework and Key Assumptions of the Approaches2
Comparison in Absorption Costing Vs Marginal Costing3
Relative Strengths and weaknesses of Absorption Costing Vs Marginal Costing4
Does The Choice Matter? - A Critical Response7
References11
Full Costing Versus Variable ...
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Audit Reforms and Future Developments
Audit Reforms and Future Developments
Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to expand the boundaries of our knowledge by exploring some relevant facts and figures relating to the audit reforms and its future development. Most large profit and nonprofits organizations will obtain an annual financial audit. Usually, ...
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ICAS
ICAS - Internal Controls of Accounting System
ICAS - Internal Controls of Accounting System ISS Mediclean
General Introduction to ICAS
The Internal Controls of Accounting System (ICAS) comprises the plan of the organization and the records concerning the safeguarding of assets and reliability of accounting records. These types of controls provide reasonable ...