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Compilation And Review Engagements, March 1, 2014; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Corporatisation Or Sole Proprietorship? Business Vehicles For New Businesses, Teng Aun Khoo, Clement Kai Guan Tan

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

How to choose a business vehicle for a startup business.

Active Cds Trading And Managers’ Voluntary Disclosure, Jae Bum Kim, Pervin K. Shroff, Dushyantk Umar Vyas, Regina Wittenber

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

No abstract provided.

Tax Harmonization In The West African Monetary Zone: Issues And Challenges, Emmanuel Ating Onwioduokit

Bullion

This paper explored the theoretical underpinnings for tax harmonization in a monetary union and critically perused the existing tax system in the WAMZ countries and found considerable differences in the applicable tax rates across the countries in the zone. This paper found that tax and proposes that tax harmonization should be the goal for all aspects of member states' tax system and concluded that a high degree harmonization is necessary in the indirect taxes; as such taxes may create an immediate obstacle to the free movement of goods and the free supply of services within the internal market.

Bridging The Housing Deficit Gap In Nigeria Through The Mortgage Refinancing Scheme., Bandele A. G. Amoo, Nkereuwen I. Akpan, B. Hamma

Bullion

The objective of this paper is to assess the efficacy of housing mortgages and the current mortgage refinancing company at addressing the housing deficit in Nigeria. This paper would be structured ' thus: section I is the introduction, while section 2 looks of housing provision and policy in Nigeria. Existing housing finance options in Nigeria are discussed in section 3 and the need for mortgage refinancing in Nigeria in section 4. Challenges of mortgage refinancing in Nigeria are examined in section 5, while the conclusion and recommendations are presented in section 6.

Audit Sampling, March1, 2014; Aicpa Audit Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

State And Local Governments, March 1, 2014; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Not-For-Profit Entities, March 1, 2014; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Do Social Biases Impede Auditor Reliance On Specialists? Toward A Theory Of Social Similarity, Rina Maxine Limor

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Does social similarity between the auditor and a specialist induce social biases that impair the auditor's reliance on the specialist? It is important to examine potential impairments to reliance since auditors do not possess expertise in many of the areas examined during the audit. One type of specialist that is increasingly relied upon by the auditor is the IT specialist.

Since firms have two approaches to the organization of IT personnel (decentralized vs. centralized) and often use professional designations as a hiring criteria for specialists, I examine two dimensions of social similarity: domain knowledge distinctiveness and spatial distance. Using a …

Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards: Amendment To Auditing Standards No. 122, Statement On Auditing Standards, Clarification And Recodification, Section 920, Letters For Underwriters And Certain Other Requesting Parties, As Amended, February 13, 2014, Comments Are Requested By April 15, 2014; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2014, February 13, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

Using The Work Of Internal Auditors; Statement Of Auditing Standards No. 128, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Statements on Auditing Standards

No abstract provided.

Government Auditing Standards And Circular A-133 Audits, February 1, 2014, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Managerial Agency Costs Of Socialistic Internal Capital Markets: Empirical Evidence From China, Jiwei Wang, Kangtao Ye

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This study provides empirical evidence of managerial agency costs in socialistic internal capital markets. Listed Chinese companies are required to disclose the amount of resources that are reallocated to other firms of the parent company, which provides us with a direct measure of the socialistic subsidization of weak member firms by strong member firms within a business group. We hypothesize that in strong member firms, managerial compensation is less sensitive to firm performance because cross-subsidization makes it difficult for group CEOs to hold the managers in strong firms accountable for their own firms' performance, and also increases the noise in …

Financial Reporting Differences And Debt Contracting, Anna B. Brown

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

I examine the relationship between contracting parties' familiarity with one another's accounting information and the terms and structure of debt contracts. I use the differences in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) among contracting parties domiciled in different countries as a proxy for how familiar a lending bank will be with a borrower's accounting information. I find that a larger difference between the GAAP of the lender and the GAAP of the borrower is associated with a higher credit spread and higher fees. I also find that a larger difference between the GAAP of the lender and the GAAP of the …

Sweepstakes Craze, Andrew Eaton, Dr. Doug Dean

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In the rage of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” and popular voyeur reality TV shows with prize money of a million dollars, offering cash and prizes as incentives to visit a Web site is a popular trend among companies trying to compete for attention among hundreds of thousands of consumer sites on the Internet.

Enterprise Technology On Trial, M. Cody Woods, Dr. Conan Albrecht

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Corporations in today’s high-tech business world must be fully networked internally and externally to be competitive. Quick development and employment of connection applications is vital to a corporation’s success. Only by effectively connecting internally to all divisions and externally to customers, suppliers and partners, can companies gain advantage over their competitors. Two major software companies, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft, have each developed new technologies that promise to change the way corporations connect to each other and do business today by providing a common development standard.

September 11, 2001: How Did The Airlines Account For This Tragic Event?, Terry H. Jackson, Dr. Ted Christensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

September 11, 2001 will be a day long remembered by Americans and for people around the world. The destruction to the World Trade Center and the Pentagon not only led to the loss of many lives, but these events also affected our economy in a dramatic way. Many industries have been affected by the terrorist attacks, but the industry that has been most directly affected is the airline industry. On the balance sheet, American Airlines and United Airlines only lost two used airplanes each. However, cancelled flights, a decrease in demand for flights, lawsuits, and increased security costs have lead …

Factors Influencing The Growth And Development Of Nicaraguan Small Businesses, Seth Sunderland, Dr. Ted Christensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The term “small business” is relative to who is applying the term. The United States Small Business Administration classifies any business with 1 to 499 employees as a small business. In 1999 the Peace Corp issued a study on Nicaraguan businesses that defined small businesses as employing 1 to 20 employees. The same Peace Corp study found that 79 percent of Nicaraguan labor force is employed by businesses employing 20 or less people. The Peace Corp also found that only 13 percent of the Nicaraguan labor force works for a business that employs more than 100 people. These numbers indicate …

Has “Regulation Full Disclosure” Helped Level The Playing Field For Investors?, Chad Larson, Dr. Ted Christensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The Securities and Exchange Commission requires companies to file special reports, called Form 8-K reports, within five to fifteen days of important events that could affect shareholders’ investment decisions. For example, required filings include announcements of events such as mergers and acquisitions, changes in auditors, changes in top management, and other events the filing company deems important to investors. Companies file these reports under nine different item headings. Item Five is the only disclosure that is “optional,” and the nature of Item Five disclosures allows them to contain an array of information and diverse types of information. Electronic copies of …

A Key Ingredient In Fraud Detection: The Net Worth Method, Chad O. Albrecht, Dr. W. Steve Albrecht

Journal of Undergraduate Research

When someone is suspected of committing fraud within a business, one of the most effective procedures to determine if the person is actually committing fraud is to determine their net worth by performing a calculation known as the net worth method.