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An Analysis Of Fraud: Causes, Prevention, And Notable Cases, Kristin A. Kennedy

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.

Checklists And Illustrative Financial Statements For Corporations, September 20, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Auditing Revenue In Certain Industries, With Conforming Changes As Of September 1, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Do Analysts Understand The Valuation Implications Of Accounting Conservatism When Forecasting Target Prices?, Jae Bum Kim, Alexander Nekrasov, Pervin Shroff, Andreas Simon

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Conservatism in earnings does not have a direct impact on the present value of future cash flows. This paper examines whether financial analysts correctly undo the effect of accounting conservatism incorporated in their own earnings forecasts in arriving at their target price forecasts. Based on prior findings, we consider alternative valuation models/heuristics that may be used by analysts to estimate target prices, e.g. the forward P/E and the PEG ratio. Our evidence suggests that analysts fail to fully undo the effect of accounting conservatism embedded in their forecasts of earnings and earnings growth when estimating their target price forecasts. More …

Mandatory Financial Reporting Environment And Voluntary Disclosure: Evidence From Mandatory Ifrs Adoption, Balakrishnan Karthik, Xi Li, Holly Yang

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Using the mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as an exogenous improvement to mandatory financial reporting, we document evidence supporting a complementary effect between mandatory and voluntary disclosures. We find that firms in countries that adopted IFRS in 2005 experience an increase in both the likelihood and frequency of management earnings forecasts relative to firms in countries that did not mandate IFRS. We also find that the increase in management forecasts is higher in countries where prior local GAAP are more different from IFRS or legal enforcement is stronger. Consistent with the confirmatory role of mandatory reporting, we …

Gaming, September 1, 2012: Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Health Care Entities, September 1, 2012; Audit & Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Internal Control—Integrated Framework: Executive Summary, 2012, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Internal Control — Integrated Framework: Internal Control Over External Financial Reporting: A Compendium Of Approaches And Examples, September 2012, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Internal Control—Integrated Framework: Illustrative Tools For Assessing Effectiveness Of A System Of Internal Control, September 2012, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

Internal Control—Integrated Framework: Framework And Appendices, September 2012, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

White Paper: Preparation As A Nonattest Service: What Does It Mean And Why Should I Care? September 2012, Charles E. Landes

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

Comment Letters On Proposed Statement On Auditing Standards, Omnibus Statement On Auditing Standards—2012; August 31, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.

Letter From Patricia A. Thompson, Cpa, Chair, Aicpa Tax Executive Committee, To Douglas H. Shulman, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Re: Need For Irs Resolution To Systemic Irs Incorrect Letters On Form 3520., Patricia A. Thompson, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Tax Executive Committee

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

Letter From Barry C. Melancon, Cpa, Cgma, President And Ceo, Aicpa, To The Honorable Tom Harkin, Chairman, Health Education Labor And Pensions Committee, And The Honorable Mike Enzi, Ranking Member, Health Education Labor And Pensions Committee, United States Senate, Re: Encouragement To Cosponsor S. 1232, Which Would Prohibit The Department Of Labor From Moving Forward On Its Proposal To Expand The Definition Of Fiduciary Under Erisa To Include Appraisers Of Employee Stock Ownership Plans., Barry C. Melancon

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Productivity, Return-On-Capital And Stock Price Performance, Andrew Lee, Tracey Zhang

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Productivity improvements in businesses are invariably championed as value-enhancing propositions. Whether the improvements are labour-related or asset-related, the value of a business is arguably enhanced when its employees are more productive, its assets are utilised more productively, and its operations are conducted more efficiently.

Do Analysts Understand The Valuation Implications Of Accounting Conservatism When Forecasting Target Prices?, Jae Bum Kim, Alexander Nekrasov, Pervin K. Shroff, Andreas Simon

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Conservatism in earnings does not have a direct impact on the present value of future cash flows. This paper examines whether financial analysts correctly undo the effect of accounting conservatism incorporated in their own earnings forecasts in arriving at their target price forecasts. Based on prior findings, we consider alternative valuation models/heuristics that may be used by analysts to estimate target prices, e.g. the forward P/E and the PEG ratio. Our evidence suggests that analysts fail to fully undo the effect of accounting conservatism embedded in their forecasts of earnings and earnings growth when estimating their target price forecasts. More …

Banking On Productivity, Chu Yeong Lim

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Streamlining processes and improving productivity in the accounting function has been identified as the single most important challenge in a survey of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) members conducted in 2011. This is despite the majority of members indicating that they have achieved significant long term productivity improvements. Some of the other challenges identified by the interviewees include managing change in a global environment, implementing an enterprise resource planning system and connecting finance to front office. Automation and investing in data analysis/ business intelligence tools are some of the tools used by the interviewees to improve productivity (IMA, 2011). …

Productivity Measurements For Accounting Functions, Themin Suwardy

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

The finance department is under pressure to enhance its own value contribution to the business, deliver high quality information and maintain effective controls. It is subject to the same continuing internal demands to reduce the cost of its own operations. To be more effi cient, be more productive. But many finance departments are in a quandary. They are unsure how to demonstrate whether they are delivering real value to the business and to what extent they meet best practice standards for world-class finance departments.

Accounting And Productivity: Answering The Big Questions, Gary Pan, Themin Suwardy

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

No abstract provided.

Does Earnings Quality Affect Information Asymmetry? Evidence From Trading Costs, Nilabhra Bhattacharya, Hemang Desai, Kumar Venkataraman

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Information asymmetry in financial markets relates to the idea that one party to a transaction has better information than the other. Since financial reporting involves the transmission of value-relevant enterprise information, we investigate whether the quality of reported earnings can contribute to differentially informed financial market participants. Higher information asymmetry is costly as it increases the adverse selection risk for market participants and lowers liquidity. For a large sample of NYSE and NASDAQ firms, we show that (i) poor earnings quality is significantly and incrementally associated with higher information asymmetry, (ii) earnings quality disproportionately affects information asymmetry for firms with …

Energy-Efficiency Programs: A Supplemental Guide For Small Manufacturing Businesses., Brittany E. Coleman

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This research was focused on small manufacturing businesses and energy-efficiency programs on the federal, state, and local levels. Small manufacturing businesses have many types of energy-efficiency programs available to them from several different sources. Sources of information for these programs provide technical explanations that are difficult to understand. In addition, different qualifications are required for participation in different programs. The intention of this research was to form a manual for small manufacturing businesses that are energy-intensive. The purpose of the manual is to make the information about energy-efficiency programs more accessible and comprehendible for owners and managers of small manufacturing …

Teaching And Advising A New Generation Of Accounting Students, Stephen Scarpati, Patricia Johnson

WCBT Faculty Publications

A glimpse into the NYSSCPA’s 2012 Higher Education Conference.

Collaboration among practitioners and educators provides students with a bridge to the profession, and taking the opportunity to learn from each other helps ensure that students receive a relevant education that meets the needs of their future employers. For those in attendance, the NYSSCPA’s 2012 Higher Education Conference provided information that can be applied in the classroom to improve accounting education. In addition, professors gained updated insight and knowledge that will help them better advise a new generation of accounting students as they embark on the path to becoming a CPA.

Measuring Reporting Conservatism Using The Dichev-Tang (2008) Model, Jimmy Kiat Bee Lee

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This paper provides a critical evaluation of an alternative measure of reporting conservatism introduced by Dichev and Tang (2008). Although there is substantial interest in research on accounting conservatism, there is no consensus among researchers on the most appropriate measure of conservatism in empirical studies. Dichev and Tang (2008) introduce a new measure of conservatism, which they believe to be a 'natural and practical measure of conservatism (p. 1441).' However, the econometric properties of this measure have not been fully evaluated, and previous studies have not provided evidence of this measure’s construct validity. Based on a parsimonious model of conservatism, …

دور أساليب المحاسبة الادارية الاستراتيجية في خدمة الادارات الاستراتيجية للمنظمات المعاصرة في العراق, حمزة صادق حسوني

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تطبيق الإدارة الاستراتيجية للمؤسسات العراقية، من خلال دراسة هذه الأساليب والتقنيات، ومن ثم هذا الموضوع في الميدان من خلال توزيع – هذه الدراسة تهدف إلى إدخال أساليب وتقنيات المحاسبة الإدارية الاستراتيجية ودورها في خدمة أهداف إدارة المعاصرة الاستبيان في بعض الشركات. استخدمنا المنهج الوصفي التحليلي في الجزء النظري من الدراسة، حيث حاولنا أن تبين أهم الأفكار حول موضوع المحاسبة الإدارية الاستراتيجية وأساليب وتقنيات، واستخدمنا نهج تطبيق، حيث كنا استبيان المسح إلى جمع البيانات من تطبيق الشركات (7) الصناعية العراقية مع (45) الأفراد. وخلصت الدراسة إلى العديد من الحقائق مع مثل هذا الاتجاه من الشركات نحو استخدام وتطبيق المفاهيم الاستراتيجية في …

Letter From Patricia Thompson, Cpa, Chair, Aicpa Tax Executive Committee, To Ruth Perez, Deputy Commissioner, Small Business/Self-Employed Division, Internal Revenue Service, Re: Conference Call Regarding Forms 1099-B And The Reporting Of A Customer's Basis When A Security Is Sold., Patricia A. Thompson, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Tax Executive Committee

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

Letter From Patricia A. Thompson, Chair, Aicpa Tax Executive Committee, To Lisa Zarlenga, Tax Legislative Counsel, Department Of The Treasury, Re: Comments On The Definition Of Issue Under Consideration--Certain Foreign Corporations Contained In Rev. Proc. 2011-14, Section 3.09(4) And Rev. Proc. 97-27 Section 3.08(4)., Patricia A. Thompson, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Tax Executive Committee

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

Letter From Patricia A. Thompson, Cpa, Chair, Aicpa Tax Executive Committee, To Douglas H. Shulman, Commissioner, Irs, Re: Irs Announcement On June 22, 2012, Regarding Interim Changes To The Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (Itin) Application Process., Patricia A. Thompson, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Tax Executive Committee

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

Re: Comments On Proposed And Temporary Regulations Under Sections 162(A), 168, And 263(A) Regarding Deduction And Capitalization Of Expenditures Related To Tangible Property (Reg-168745-03 And Td 9564) And Revenue Procedures 2012-19 And 2012-20, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Repair Regulations Task Force

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Converging Transnational Financial Reporting Standards: Validating The Joint Fasb/Iasb Concept Of Information Quality, Jim Watkins

Doctoral Dissertations

Accelerating cross-border investing activity transformed global financial markets during the latter part of the 20th century. Due to lack of trans-cultural consistency comparability in financial reporting was compromised hindering multinational investment. In light thereof there is a movement afoot among international authorities to converge national financial reporting standards into a single international financial reporting system. In September 2010 Financial Accounting Standards Board and International Accounting Standards Board agreed on a concept of information quality to guide formulation of internationally acceptable financial reporting standards. The Boards' goal is sustenance of local relevance while achieving transnational comparability. Toward that end, instead of …