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Financial Accounting Topics: Cases And Analysis, Charles Boatright Aug 2020

Financial Accounting Topics: Cases And Analysis, Charles Boatright

Honors Theses

This thesis consists of twelve individual case studies that analyze issues and topics related to the current financial accounting landscape. These cases take a practical and professional look at financial accounting the real current world, using technical understanding that has been gained throughout the coursework of the Bachelors of Accountancy major as well as professional skepticism and judgement to assess the situations. All of these cases were facilitated by the Patterson School of Accountancy over a year long period. These cases pertain to recent accounting changes such as pensions, the financial implications of recent scandals such as the BP oil …


An Analysis Of Accounting Concepts Through A Comprehensive Series Of Case Studies, Colin Baker May 2020

An Analysis Of Accounting Concepts Through A Comprehensive Series Of Case Studies, Colin Baker

Honors Theses

This thesis is a compilation of 10 case studies completed under the direction of Dr. Victoria Dickinson during the ACCY 420 course over two semesters to satisfy the requirements of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. Each case guides the study of different accounting standards. These include topics such as contingent liabilities, retirement obligations, non-GAAP financial reporting, financial statement analysis, and more. The case topics often coincided with subjects that were being covered in intermediate, audit, and tax accounting. These cases provided an opportunity to learn how to do independent accounting research in FASB codification. Each case exposed me to …


Accounting Research And Professional Development, Ragan Riley May 2020

Accounting Research And Professional Development, Ragan Riley

Honors Theses

This paper is a compilation of various accounting studies assigned by Dr. Victoria Dickinson throughout a yearlong professional development course for accounting. During each of the twelve cases, the student was required to identify accounting principle problems within the cases, research proper accounting practices, and critically think through how these situations should have been handled in order for these companies to be in accordance with GAAP. There were also cases that facilitated decision making for students in their future career such as location decisions and articles regarding current accounting problems. This course allowed students to network with peers and accounting …


What Else Can Financial Statements Tell You?, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Feb 2020

What Else Can Financial Statements Tell You?, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.


Alert That Restricts The Use Of The Auditor's Written Communication; Statement On Auditing Standards, 125, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2011

Alert That Restricts The Use Of The Auditor's Written Communication; Statement On Auditing Standards, 125, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Statements on Auditing Standards

No abstract provided.


Revised Applicability Of Statement On Auditing Standards No. 100, Interim Financial Information; Statement On Auditing Standards, 121, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2011

Revised Applicability Of Statement On Auditing Standards No. 100, Interim Financial Information; Statement On Auditing Standards, 121, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Statements on Auditing Standards

No abstract provided.


Interim Financial Information; Statement On Auditing Standards, 116, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2009

Interim Financial Information; Statement On Auditing Standards, 116, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Statements on Auditing Standards

No abstract provided.


Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards: Interim Financial Information (Amends Au Section 722, Interim Financial Information); Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2008, September 2, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2008

Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards: Interim Financial Information (Amends Au Section 722, Interim Financial Information); Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2008, September 2, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards : Interim Financial Information : (To Supersede Statement On Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information;Interim Financial Information : (To Supersede Statement On Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2002, July 26, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2002

Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards : Interim Financial Information : (To Supersede Statement On Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information;Interim Financial Information : (To Supersede Statement On Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2002, July 26, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

This proposed Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) establishes standards and provides guidance to an accountant performing a review of interim financial information of: 1. A public entity, or 2. A nonpublic entity that makes a filing with a regulatory agency in preparation for a public offering or listing, and has had or is currently having its latest annual financial statements audited. The term interim financial information means financial information or statements covering a period less than a full year or for a 12-month period ending on a date other than the entity's fiscal year end. The term accountant, as used …


Understanding And Implementing Ssars No. 8; Aicpa Practice Aid Series;, J. Russell Madray, Leslye Givarz Jan 2002

Understanding And Implementing Ssars No. 8; Aicpa Practice Aid Series;, J. Russell Madray, Leslye Givarz

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.


Preparing And Reporting On Cash- And Tax-Basis Financial Statements, Michael J. Ramos, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Auditing Publications Team Jan 1998

Preparing And Reporting On Cash- And Tax-Basis Financial Statements, Michael J. Ramos, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Auditing Publications Team

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.


Whitaker Wright, Robert William Gibson, Glenn A. Vent Apr 1994

Whitaker Wright, Robert William Gibson, Glenn A. Vent

Accounting Historians Notebook

Fraud is a significant problem for contemporary businesses, but it is not a new problem. Business fraud was common during the 1890s. This paper examines several accounting issues that were central to Whitaker Wright's trial.


Preparing And Reporting On Cash- And Tax-Basis Financial Statements, Michael J. Ramos, Anita M. Lyons Jan 1994

Preparing And Reporting On Cash- And Tax-Basis Financial Statements, Michael J. Ramos, Anita M. Lyons

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.


Compilation And Review Manual, Volume 2, O. Ray Whittington, Alan J. Winter Jan 1992

Compilation And Review Manual, Volume 2, O. Ray Whittington, Alan J. Winter

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.


Independent Accountant Involvement With Interim Financial Information, Carl R. Borgia Jul 1991

Independent Accountant Involvement With Interim Financial Information, Carl R. Borgia

Woman C.P.A.

No abstract provided.


Process Of Accounting Innovation: The Publication Of Consolidated Accounts In Britain In 1910, John Richard Edwards Jan 1991

Process Of Accounting Innovation: The Publication Of Consolidated Accounts In Britain In 1910, John Richard Edwards

Accounting Historians Journal

The most recent effort at restating the auditor's standard report, SAS 58, is the most comprehensive statement of the auditor's role that has ever been adopted. It is an acknowledgment that the previous report had become an ineffective communication of the audit function and was perhaps too cautious in circumscribing the auditor's public responsibilities. This paper compares and analyzes the terminology of the standard report throughout the professions's history with particular emphasis on the recent years leading up to SAS 58. An exhibit compares the parallel terminology and the social, economic and political issues that resulted in each revision. Additionally, …


Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards : Review Of Or Performing Procedures On Interim Financial Information;Review Of Or Performing Procedures On Interim Financial Information; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1991, July 31, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 1991

Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards : Review Of Or Performing Procedures On Interim Financial Information;Review Of Or Performing Procedures On Interim Financial Information; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1991, July 31, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

The Auditing Standards Board is issuing this proposed statement on auditing standards (SAS) to provide expanded guidance to accountants in performing reviews of, or procedures on, interim financial information. This proposed Statement: 1. Clarifies the knowledge of the entity's internal control structure that the accountant needs to obtain when the accountant is engaged to review interim financial information but has not audited the most recent annual financial statements. 2. Incorporates additional guidance on accounting estimates and performing analytical procedures in connection with a review of interim financial information. 3. Requires the accountant, in performing a review of interim financial information, …


Understanding Based Alternative To “Plain Paper Prohibitation”, Louis G. Gutberlet Oct 1990

Understanding Based Alternative To “Plain Paper Prohibitation”, Louis G. Gutberlet

Woman C.P.A.

No abstract provided.


Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards : Communication Of Matters About Interim Financial Information Filed Or To Be Filed With Specified Regulatory Agencies;Communication Of Matters About Interim Financial Information Filed Or To Be Filed With Specified Regulatory Agencies; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1990, June 15, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 1990

Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards : Communication Of Matters About Interim Financial Information Filed Or To Be Filed With Specified Regulatory Agencies;Communication Of Matters About Interim Financial Information Filed Or To Be Filed With Specified Regulatory Agencies; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1990, June 15, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

Pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, certain entities are required to file periodic interim financial information with the Securities and Exchange Commission or another specified regulatory agency. This interim financial information, which is available to the public, is not required to be timely reviewed by an independent auditor. These entities are also required to notify the appropriate regulatory agency about a change of auditor, which provides public information about the identity of the auditors of these entities' annual financial statements. In recognition of these unique filing requirements, this proposed Statement establishes requirements for communications to management and, in …


Compilation And Review; Technical Information For Practitioners Series, 3, Margaret Monaghan Jan 1989

Compilation And Review; Technical Information For Practitioners Series, 3, Margaret Monaghan

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.


What Else Can Financial Statements Tell You?, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants; Jan 1989

What Else Can Financial Statements Tell You?, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants;

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.


Consolidated Financial Statements: Understanding Their Theories, Diana R. Franz Apr 1984

Consolidated Financial Statements: Understanding Their Theories, Diana R. Franz

Woman C.P.A.

No abstract provided.


Development Of Group Accounting In The United Kingdom To 1933, John Richard Edwards, K. M. Webb Jan 1984

Development Of Group Accounting In The United Kingdom To 1933, John Richard Edwards, K. M. Webb

Accounting Historians Journal

The publication of consolidated accounts is an early example of innovative financial reporting procedures being introduced by U.S. companies before they were adopted in the U.K., where Nobel Industries (1922) is generally cited as the first holding company to prepare economic entity based financial reports. This paper produces evidence which shows that the publication of consolidated accounts, by British companies, began at least as early as 1910. Our research nevertheless confirms the generally held view that U.S. developments occurred earlier, and we explore a range of possible explanations for this phenomenon.


Development Of Compilations And Reviews, Larry Joe Rankin Jan 1984

Development Of Compilations And Reviews, Larry Joe Rankin

Accounting Historians Journal

The article reviews the significant events in the development of AICPA standards which led to the establishment of two types of CPA engagements on the financial statements of nonpublic businesses??pilations and reviews. As a part of this development, the article describes various CPA-user communication problems which resulted from unaudited financial statement engagements and limited procedure engagements.


Updated Illustrations Of Management's Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations : A Survey Of The Application Of Recently Amended Rules 14a-3 And14c-3 Of The Securities And Exchange Act Of 1934 In Annual Reports To Shareholders; Financial Report Survey, 26, Hortense Goodman, Leonard Lorensen Jan 1983

Updated Illustrations Of Management's Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations : A Survey Of The Application Of Recently Amended Rules 14a-3 And14c-3 Of The Securities And Exchange Act Of 1934 In Annual Reports To Shareholders; Financial Report Survey, 26, Hortense Goodman, Leonard Lorensen

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Reporting On Compiled Financial Statements; Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services 5, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Jan 1982

Reporting On Compiled Financial Statements; Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services 5, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

AICPA Professional Standards

No abstract provided.


Position Paper: The Issuance Of Compilation Reports By Accountants: The Need For Public Regulation And Professional Oversight, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Jan 1982

Position Paper: The Issuance Of Compilation Reports By Accountants: The Need For Public Regulation And Professional Oversight, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services : Computer-Prepared Interim Financial Statements;Computer-Prepared Interim Financial Statements; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1982, June 15, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Jan 1982

Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services : Computer-Prepared Interim Financial Statements;Computer-Prepared Interim Financial Statements; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1982, June 15, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

This proposed Statement would grant the accountant an exemption from the SSARS 1 requirement to comply, as a minimum, with the standards for a compilation engagement when, in specified circumstances, he submits computer-prepared interim financial statements to his client or others. The draft would require the use of a legend on each page of the statements, stating that the computer-prepared interim financial statements do not purport to reflect all appropriate adjustments and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles (or another comprehensive basis of accounting) and that they were not compiled, reviewed, or audited by an independent accountant.


Compilation Reports On Financial Statements Included In Certain Prescribed Forms; Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services 3, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Jan 1981

Compilation Reports On Financial Statements Included In Certain Prescribed Forms; Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services 3, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

AICPA Professional Standards

No abstract provided.


Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services : Reporting On Compiled Financial Statements ;Reporting On Compiled Financial Statements; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1981, Nov. 30, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Jan 1981

Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services : Reporting On Compiled Financial Statements ;Reporting On Compiled Financial Statements; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1981, Nov. 30, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

This proposed Statement amends the reporting standards for a compilation of financial statements by requiring that the accountant's report indicate that his compilation has been performed in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.