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This 3 page paper is written in two parts. The first part identifies and explains the 4 different statements which are found in audited annual accounts. The second part of the paper considers important actions that should be found in the office of a successful health organization, in the context of accounting functions. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at the way in which Cost Profit Value accounting may still be useful in the 21st century, looking at how and when it may be used and the advantages that are offered which are not present in modern cost accounting methods such as activity based costing. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

In three pages this paper critically examines the author’s purpose for writing this brief historical account of this black regional military unit that served both the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War, discusses what sources the text relies upon, considers why President Abraham Lincoln finally acquiesced to the use of black troops for combat, and finally addresses what readers should take away from this historical account. No additional sources are listed.

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.

This 5 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student. Frantek are a company that had a contract to sell computer boards, but they have not been able to meet their contractual obligations. The buyer re-negotiates some more favorable terms for Frantek. The paper looks at the impact on accounting issues such as revenue recognition, inventory valuation and accounting for liabilities. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 12 page paper looks at the value of the published annual accounts of the Dutch firm NKT for those making decision about the company. The writer looks at the content of the document and the way it may be interpreted in the context of the firm and the general accounting and investment environment. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing cost accounting, specifically absorption costing and variable costing. Activity-based costing also is included, as is a section on accounting ethics. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper compares and contrasts to approaches to accounting; triple bottom line and the use of systems theory. The approach is discussed as both complimentary and conflicting approaches for the extension of traditional financial accounting practices. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

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.

This 4 page paper looks at the different influences that may be observed when comparing two companies the same industry which compiled their annual accounts under different accounting regimes. The paper compares IFRS and US GAAP. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 5 page paper examines the idea of responsibility accounting looking at the underlying concepts, the use of responsibility centres and the associated advantages and disadvantages of the responsibility accounting system. The bibliography cites two sources.

A 3 page memo reviewing the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)' position on accounting for the special-purpose entity. The paper provides an overview of post-Enron changes and the clarification provided by FASB in December 2008. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6-page paper provides an argument between what offers the best utility, relevance and timeliness: principles-based accounting or rules-based accounting. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4-page paper provides commentary about principles-based accounting vs. rules-based accounting, and how ethicical judgment fits into each one. Bibliography list 2 sources.

This 6 page paper examines and summarizes the contents of the international accounting standards IAS 37 which deals with Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets; outlining the contents of the standard and the practical impact that the standard hats on annual accounts. The bibliography cites three sources.

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.

This 7 page paper looks at the Disney Annual accounts and considers different models of assessing the cost of capital and compares them to the actual cost of equity and cost of debt calculated from the accounts. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

A 4 page paper. Using a case study, Tyco International: A Case of Corporate Malfeasance, provided by the student, the writer responds to three questions/issues: how to account for Kozlowski's behavior, how to account for the board's failure to fulfill duties, and what new CEO Breen must do to regain public confidence as well as that of other stakeholders. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page paper that discusses specific issues. The paper begins with comments related to what the philosophy of public finance seems to be today (spend, spend, spend), then discusses the differences between governmental accounting and non-governmental accounting and lastly, comments on government budgeting and financial reporting. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper compares and contrasts triple bottom line accounting with organisational profit accounting and considers the different views and perspectives concerning the approaches. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

A 3 page paper discussing the benefits and uses of responsibility accounting. The antidote to micromanaging is delegation, but with that delegation arises the need for managers delegated to, to be accountable for their decisions. Responsibility accounting fills that need and is practiced at many companies, including Coca-Cola. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8 page paper considers the issues in terms of trust and credibility in the accounting profession. The writer argues that historically public trust has been regained as loop holes and standards have been bettered. Using the example of Enron and comparing US and UK accounting and auditing standards the case is made for increasing levels of regulations to overcome the fears and difficulties associated with the causes of mistrust. The bibliography cites 10 sources.

4 pages in length. Stagnancy and interpretation are two elements that have no place within the fundamentally stringent nature of accounting procedures, yet typical standards have reflected precisely this approach to the conceptual aspect of principles-based methods. The extent to which Enron and WorldCom helped to redefine accounting procedures is both grand and far-reaching; that the industry has moved away from a principles-based to a rules-based approach speaks to fortifying the former with two integral - and wholly absent - components. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page research paper that offers a first-person account of a challenging learning experience personal to the writer/tutor. This account discusses the writer’s feelings and attitudes toward the experience in terms of classical conditioning and negative reinforcement. The writer then relates how the learning was finally accomplished in terms of the constructivist paradigm. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares three accounts of early American history. There is a prevalent perspective among Americans that the earliest colonists to North America were homogenous in their purpose and intentions in coming to the New World. This viewpoint overlooks the immense diversity of early colonists and the multiple reasons that they had for establishing a presence in the wilderness of North America. This examination of this diversity looks specifically at the first-person accounts of three early colonial leader: John Smith, William Bradford and John Winthrop. Bibliography lists 4 sources.