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Independence Considerations For Information Systems Services, December 2021; Practice Aid, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Essays In Mutual Funds, Aadhaar Verma

Doctor of Business Administration Dissertations

This dissertation examines mutual fund portfolio formation, the economic forces that determine how fund managers construct their portfolios, and the market effects of fund portfolio disclosures.

In the first chapter of my dissertation, I study how funds modify their portfolios around disclosure dates in order to cater to their investors’ non-financial preferences. Using social norms and investor boycotts surrounding tobacco and firearm sectors as a proxy for non-financial preferences, I find that these stocks experience significant negative returns on portfolio disclosure dates and significant positive returns on the day after the portfolio disclosure. I also find that funds accelerate their …

Managing Incomplete Data In The Patient Discharge Summary To Support Correct Hospital Reimbursements, Fadi Naser Eddin

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The patient discharge summary is a document that conveys the patient's story to other healthcare practitioners, external users, and, most importantly from a financial perspective, health insurers. A defect or incompleteness in the patient's discharge summary will result in delays in the collection process through denial of the entire or partial reimbursement claim or, in the best-case scenario, delay until the discharge summary issue is resolved. The purpose of this project is to address the issue of the incompleteness of discharge summary from the perspective of healthcare providers, with the goal of understanding, diagnosing, and intervening in the research problem. …

Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Quality Management For An Engagement Performed In Accordance With Statements On Standards For Accounting And Review Services; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2021, November 3, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

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Comment Letters On Proposed Statement On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Quality Management For An Engagement Performed In Accordance With Statements On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, November 3, 2021, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

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Data Analytics And Audit Quality, Ru Gao, Sterling Huang, Rencheng Wang

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

We examine the impact of data analytics on audit quality. Using hand-collected information on data analytics skills of employees of audit firms, we find that human capital investment in data analytics improves audit quality. The analytics capability of both frontline and back-office employees contributes to audit quality. The effect is more pronounced for audit clients with complex business operations, for clients with complicated accounting estimates, and for clients that are more digitalized. Taken together, our findings suggest that an audit office’s analytics capability represents an important office attribute that can affect audit quality.

Examining The Sufficiency And Appropriateness Of Audit Evidence In The United States Banking And Securities Industries, Adama Guilavogui

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The substratum of performing an effective and value-added audit engagement centers on the ability of qualified professionals to gather, assess and draw inferences from audit evidence independently. Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) in the United States instruct auditors to design and implement audit procedures to gain relevant audit evidence to sustain the opinion conveyed in the auditor's report (AS 1105.03). This research examined the scope of audit evidence sufficiency and appropriateness in the United States banking and securities industries. The thesis aimed at enriching the existing body of knowledge on auditing in the target industries. Specifically, the thesis investigated the …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Behavioral Finance And Behavioral Accounting, Bharati Singh

American Business Review

This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of relevant publications in the field of behavioral finance and behavioral accounting. The analysis shows that the emerging themes of research in recent years in behavioral finance is on investors’ sentiment, social media, investors’ attention, and financial literacy. In the field of behavioral accounting, biases such as  overconfidence, framing effects or cognitive constraints on information processing, have been explored in greater detail. Other than cognitive biases, this field includes studies such as behavioral tax, organizational ecology, and performance evaluative style of organization, among others. Interestingly, our analysis suggests that research in behavioral accounting …

Wayfair Sales Tax Nexus: An Illustrative Case Study Of Data Analytics And Data Visualization In An Introductory Tax Course, David Horn, Jacob Enger

The North American Accounting Studies

Data analytics and data visualization technologies are changing the skills needed for future tax accountants. Higher education accrediting bodies have recognized the need for incorporating data analytics and emerging technologies into the curriculum of business schools and accounting programs to meet these changing needs. This paper presents a case study developed to accommodate the need for accounting faculty to incorporate data analytics and data visualization technology into an undergraduate tax course. The case study focuses on the impact of the sales tax economic nexus standards established by the U.S. Supreme Court in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. Students must …

Is Public Accounting Eating Its Seed Corn? An Assessment Of The Outsourcing Of Tax Work, Timothy J. Fogarty, R. Drew Sellers, Dave Jones

The North American Accounting Studies

For many years, public accounting firms have sent much of their tax compliance work to overseas centers for assembly and initial processing. This has achieved labor cost savings for the firms and is made possible by digital data conversion and the belief that the work itself has been commodified. Relocating the work that used to be done by US tax staff may have had some dysfunctional long-term consequences including inhibiting US staff skill and expertise development. This paper offers the data created by 27 interviews with US tax professionals to inform this domain. We also consider possible solutions suggested by …

Virtual Fall Meeting Of Council, October 19-20, 2021, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Council

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Virtual Fall Meeting Of Council, October 19-20, 2021 (Four Pages To The Sheet), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Council

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Understanding The Entity And Its Environment And Assessing The Risks Of Material Misstatement; Statement On Auditing Standards, 145 (October 2021), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Statements on Auditing Standards

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Non-Gaap Earnings And Stock Price Crash Risk, Charles Hsu, Rencheng Wang, Benjamin C. Whipple

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

We investigate whether non-GAAP earnings disclosures increase stock price crash risk. Consistent with non-GAAP disclosures allowing managers to inflate investors’ perceptions about firm performance, our results indicate that income increasing non-GAAP reporting increases crash risk. We also find that managers can use non-GAAP reporting as a substitute for earnings management to withhold bad news from investors (the traditional explanation for crashes). Finally, we find a positive association between non-GAAP reporting and the likelihood of subsequent events that can trigger a crash. Overall, our evidence is consistent with some non-GAAP disclosures exposing investors to risks of large and sudden price declines.

Life And Health Insurance Entities, October 1, 2021; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

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Driving Marketing Efficiency In The Age Of Big Data: Analysis Of Subprime Automotive Borrowers, Edwin Baidoo, Ryan Matthews, Frances Ann Stott, F. Stuart Wells

Atlantic Marketing Journal

Big Data methodologies are applied to understand subprime borrowers in the U.S. automobile space. The focus on the automobile market is essential as this subsegment is responsible for directly and indirectly employing over one million people and creating payrolls in excess of $100 billion annually in the U.S. It is found in this article that if a subprime borrower is a homeowner, the probability of repaying their auto loan increases by almost 4%. However, if the borrower is renting, the likelihood of repaying their auto loan increases by nearly 1.4%. Applying Big Data in making subprime auto loans can add …

Effect Of Gamification Narrative Quality On Users’ Value Co-Creation Behavior In Context Of B2c Sharing Economy, Ziwen Wang

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

B2C sharing economy is now a major part of the economic system in China and the essence of it is the value co-creation of the users and platforms. However, the means to effectively stimulate users into value co-creation in B2C sharing economy are not well-understood. While gamification marketing is a low cost means to enhance user participation, empirical research of high granularity is lacking. This dissertation seeks to fill the gap by exploring how gamification narrative quality affects users’ value co-creation behavior in the B2C sharing economy model and the underlying mechanism.

Using the bike sharing industry in China as …

The Financial Impact Of Manual Inventory Record Errors, Shamia Wynn

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This qualitative case study investigated how the most common inventory errors in a manual manufacturing environment impacted the financial health of the business. All classes of inventory are an equally important asset and are accounted for as money on every business’s balance sheet. The senior leaders of manufacturing businesses are obligated to protect the possession of inventory and to develop strategies to ensure items are converted to revenue. Knowledge of the phenomenon was gained through interviewing and observing participants in their natural setting to discover potential themes and solutions. Inaccurate inventory amounts, waste from utilizing incorrect components in production, and …

تقييم المخاطر العملياتية لمحطة كهرباء الموصل الغازية باعتماد نموذج تحليل نمط الفشل وتأثيراته(Fmea), زهراء غازي ذنون الدباغ

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يسعى البحث الى التطرق الى ابرز النماذج في تشخيص وتقييم المخاطر ممثلة بنموذج تحليل نمط الفشل واثاره Failure Mode And Effect Analysis (FMEA) الذي يُعد اسلوب كفوء لزيادة الموثوقية والسلامة من خلال التخلص من انماط الفشل الممكنة الحدوث وتقييم خطورة هذه الانماط وترتيبها حسب درجة خطورتها ومن ثم اتخاذ الاجراءات التصحيحية التي تؤدي الى التخلص منها كونها تشكل خطر كبير على عمل المنظمات، ويهدف البحث الى تطوير منهجية جيدة لتقييم المخاطر المكونة لنموذج FMEA من خلال تحديد المخاطر الحرجة التي تؤثر على عمل محطة الموصل الغازية وترتيبها حسب درجة خطورتها ومحاولة ايجاد التفسيرات المنطقية لها وطرق علاجها من خلال استخدام …

أثر استعمال مؤشرات التدفقات النقدية في إمكانية التنبؤ المستقبلي بالتعثر المالي: دراسة تطبيقية لعينة من الشركات الصناعية المدرجة في سوق العراق للأوراق المالية, علي عبدالحسين هاني الزاملي, محسن جاسم محمد الحساني

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف هذا البحث إلى التوصل الى مجموعة من المؤشرات المشتقة من قائمة التدفقات النقدية والتي يكون لها وزناً ترجيحياً يمكن استخدامها للتنبؤ بتعثر الشركات الصناعية المدرجة في سوق العراق للأوراق المالية، في وقت مبكر من أجل تنبيه الادارات في الوقت المناسب لأتخاذ الإجراءات التصحيحية الملائمة، ولتحقيق ذلك، تم استخدام (16) مؤشر مشتق من قائمة التدفقات النقدية لعينة مكونة من (8) شركات نصفها متعثر، والنصف الآخر غير متعثر للفترة (2015-2018)، وتم إجراء التحليل باستخدام اسلوب التحليل التمييزي المتعدد، للتوصل إلى المجموعة الأفضل من مؤشرات التدفقات النقدية والتي يمكن من خلالها بناء انموذج تنبؤي يساعد على التمييز بين الشركات المتعثرة وغير المتعثرة، …

Contemporary Cost Management Techniques: The Appropriate Alternative To The Traditional Cost Accounting Systems Applied In The Iraqi Industrial Units – An Applied Case, Faiza Ibrahim Mahmoud Al-Ghabbana

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

The changes in the contemporary business environment have led to the need to develop traditional cost accounting systems applied to industrial firms, which focus mainly on the cost of manufacturing and ways to allocate indirect manufacturing costs to products. The main problem of research has been that traditional cost accounting methods are no longer suitable for application in modern business conditions where there is an increase in the use of technology and dynamic changes in customers’ preferences, global competition conditions, as well as challenges to the survival of industrial firms in the market. Modern cost management techniques therefore focus on …

Collective Impact Of Scrap, Random Breakdown, Overtime And Discontinuous Issuing On Batch Production Planning In A Supply-Chain Environment, Yuan-Shyi Peter Chiu, Jia-Ning Lin, Yunsen Wang, Hung-Yi Chen

Department of Accounting and Finance Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This research explores the collective impact of overtime, random breakdown, discontinuous issuing rule, and scrap on batch production planning in a supply-chain environment. In today’s global business environment, manufacturing firms encounter numerous operational challenges. Externally, they must promptly satisfy the customers’ various requests, while internally, they must cautiously manage several inevitable issues in the fabrication process. These issues might be concerned with scrap, random breakdown, etc. Resolving such issues is crucial for meeting the due dates of customers’ orders, adhering to the expected manufacturing schedules, product quality, and minimizing the total fabrication-transportation-inventory costs. The study develops a model to characterize …

Proposed Changes To Aicpa Standards For Performing And Reporting On Peer Reviews, Clarification Of Aicpa Standards For Performing And Reporting On Peer Reviews; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2021, September 15, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Peer Review Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

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The Power Of Unrequited Love: The Parasocial Relationship, Trust, And Organizational Identification Between Middle-Level Managers And Ceos, Youliang Liao, Bin Lin, Haiyan Zhou, Xi Yang

School of Accountancy Faculty Publications

Previous studies have found that CEOs manage their firms through traditional methods such as leadership and management practices. In this study, we investigate how the parasocial relationship (PSR) between middle-level managers and CEOs affects the organizational trust and the organizational identification (OI) of middle managers. We find that the PSR between middle managers and CEOs has a positive effect on the OI of middle managers, which is mediated by the organizational trust of middle managers.

Purpose: Middle managers and CEOs are the key components of a firm and are crucial to firm strategies and control systems. Middle managers play a …

Public Budgeting As Moral Dilemma, Ben Wroblewski

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Government budget managers are responsible for the proper stewardship of public funds and facilitating the business transactions necessary to meet the public’s needs. Sometimes, during these decisions, managers can experience pressure to make an unethical decision. A better understanding of this issue can help organizations prevent misallocation of funds and adverse effects within the community. The problem is that the general pressure model lacks a framework to explain the decision-making process. Moral utility theory can provide insight into how people weigh or score choices with ethical considerations. This study found that government budget managers included their self-interests when experiencing tension …

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: How Investors Respond When Violation Severity And Corresponding Penalty (Mis)Match, Wioleta Olczak

Accounting Faculty Research and Publications

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has become a major focus for corporations, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Department of Justice (DOJ), as indicated by the dramatic increase in the number of FCPA enforcement actions and the level of civil and criminal penalties. Prior regulatory practice shows that the SEC and the DOJ struggle not only to evaluate the severity of a company's FCPA violation, but also to establish the penalty amount. Given the difficulty in assessing penalties, the severity of a company's FCPA violation at times appears mismatched with the size of the penalty. Leveraging signaling …

Cheating For The Cause: The Effects Of Performance-Based Pay On Socially Oriented Misreporting, Jessen L. Hobson, Ryan D. Sommerfeldt, Laura W. Wang

Faculty Publications

We examine the effect of performance-based pay on misreporting intended to benefit a social mission. We show that performance-based pay decreases people’s propensity to misreport for a social mission in a not-for-profit setting (Experiment 1). We similarly show that in a for-profit setting, performance-based pay also decreases misreporting propensity for a social mission, although not for a non-social mission (Experiment 2). Finally, using a framed field experiment with participants attending a conference hosted by a real charity, we show that performance-based pay reduces actual misreporting when misreporting leads to more donations for the charity (Experiment 3). These results are consistent …

Service Quality Analysis Of Mhealth Services Using Text Mining Method : Alodokter And Halodoc, Nadya Paramita, Siska Noviarisanti

International Journal of Management, Finance and Accounting

The digital transformation of health services causes an increasing number of digital health service providers in Indonesia. The user shares their experiences and reviews each other on the online platform. This study aims to understand user perceptions of m-health services in Indonesia based on m-health service quality with a big data approach. Research using text mining is derived from the results of the reviews of the application Alodokter and Halodoc. User-generated content was gathered from the platform Google Play Store in the period April to December 2020. Based on the sentiment analysis, Alodokter performs well with 73% positive and 27% …

Accounting Practicum: Case Studies Compilation And Analysis Fall 2020 And Spring 2021, Margaret Case

Honors Theses

The following thesis consists of twelve explanations on a variety of financial accounting standards. Those of which fall under the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) as directed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). In addition with the topics presented are learned material from Intermediate Financial Accounting I and II and multiple other accounting-related classes. Each topic has been analyzed and concluded in conjunction related to the thesis topic. Through the accounting case studies, an understanding of various major accounting principles and their related areas are shown. The case studies were completed with the direction of Dr. Victoria Dickinson under …

Open Meeting Minutes — August 17–18, 2021, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Division. Professional Ethics Executive Committee

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.