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Muddy Cloud With Silver Lining? Bring It On!, Themin Suwardy Dec 2012

Muddy Cloud With Silver Lining? Bring It On!, Themin Suwardy

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

No abstract provided.


Banks' Survival During The Financial Crisis: The Role Of Regulatory Reporting Quality, Jeffrey Ng, Tjomme O. Rusticus Dec 2012

Banks' Survival During The Financial Crisis: The Role Of Regulatory Reporting Quality, Jeffrey Ng, Tjomme O. Rusticus

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

In this paper, we investigate the effect of bank transparency before the crisis on bank stability during the financial crisis that erupted in 2008. Using a large sample of private and public commercial banks in the United States, we find that transparency enhances stability. We use two measures of transparency. We develop a new measure of financial reporting transparency based on loan loss provision estimation errors. We corroborate our findings using a second measure based on the incidence of accounting restatements. We show that lower transparency before the crisis is associated with higher non-performing loans and lower profitability at the …


Comment Letters On Proposed Revised Interpretation, Aicpa Professional Ethics Division, Subordination Of Judgment By A Member, November 16, 201, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Executive Committee Nov 2012

Comment Letters On Proposed Revised Interpretation, Aicpa Professional Ethics Division, Subordination Of Judgment By A Member, November 16, 201, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Executive Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Proposed Revised Interpretation, Aicpa Professional Ethics Division, Subordination Of Judgment By A Member, November 16, 2012, Comments Are Requested By January 16, 2013; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2012, November 16, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Executive Committee Nov 2012

Proposed Revised Interpretation, Aicpa Professional Ethics Division, Subordination Of Judgment By A Member, November 16, 2012, Comments Are Requested By January 16, 2013; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2012, November 16, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Executive Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Nonprofit Funding Agencies’ Review Of Grant Recipients, Siobain Mcilvain Nov 2012

Nonprofit Funding Agencies’ Review Of Grant Recipients, Siobain Mcilvain

Honors Theses - Providence Campus

Nonprofits need to be just as responsible as public corporations. Nonprofit funding agencies have the responsibility for evaluating the organizations they fund to make sure that they are operating with high integrity, maintaining strong internal controls, remaining financially stable, and overall being good stewards of the funds received. This paper will explain the criteria that a funding agency should follow in order to affect this process, as well as how a recipient nonprofit will benefit from following the criteria.


Proposed Statements On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Review Of Financial Statements, Review Of Financial Statements—Special Considerations, November 15, 2012, Comments Are Requested By April 26, 2013; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2012, November 15, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Nov 2012

Proposed Statements On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Review Of Financial Statements, Review Of Financial Statements—Special Considerations, November 15, 2012, Comments Are Requested By April 26, 2013; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2012, November 15, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Comment Letters On Proposed Statements On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Review Of Financial Statements, Review Of Financial Statements—Special Considerations, November 15, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Nov 2012

Comment Letters On Proposed Statements On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Review Of Financial Statements, Review Of Financial Statements—Special Considerations, November 15, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Feasibility Analysis Of A Microbrewery, Dylan Warren Snyder Nov 2012

Feasibility Analysis Of A Microbrewery, Dylan Warren Snyder

Agribusiness

No abstract provided.


Disclosure And Cost Of Equity Capital: An Analysis At The Market Level, Yan Li, Holly I-Hwa Yang Nov 2012

Disclosure And Cost Of Equity Capital: An Analysis At The Market Level, Yan Li, Holly I-Hwa Yang

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This study examines whether disclosure reduces the market cost of capital. A stock’s implied cost of capital is defined as the expected return that equates its current price to the present value of its expected future free cash flows. We compute implied costs of capital for each firm and use their average as a measure of the market cost of capital. Using a sample of management forecasts issued between 1994 and 2010, we find that an increase in disclosure at the aggregate level results in a lower market cost of capital. This result is robust to alternative measures of disclosure …


Building The Cfo Function: Roles And Responsibilities, Chunqi (Tracey) Zhang, Tong Kin Andrew Lee Nov 2012

Building The Cfo Function: Roles And Responsibilities, Chunqi (Tracey) Zhang, Tong Kin Andrew Lee

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

No abstract provided.


Making Sense Of Other Comprehensive Income, Pearl Hock Neo Tan Nov 2012

Making Sense Of Other Comprehensive Income, Pearl Hock Neo Tan

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

SMU Associate Professor of Accounting (Practice) Pearl Tan commented on how other comprehensive income (OCI) is different from net income, and how SME managers and stakeholders may use the information on other comprehensive income to evaluate the business. She highlighted that it is important for owners and managers of SMEs to understand the components of OCI and commented on how it will affect reported equity and net assets. Stakeholders of an SME may also use the information on OCI to assess risks and to estimate future cash flows from the reported unrealised gains or losses.


Proposed Financial Reporting Framework For Small- And Medium-Sized Entities, Released November 1, 2012, Comments Are Requested By January 30, 2013; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2012, November 1, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Nov 2012

Proposed Financial Reporting Framework For Small- And Medium-Sized Entities, Released November 1, 2012, Comments Are Requested By January 30, 2013; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2012, November 1, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Guide: Prospective Financial Information With Conforming Changes As Of November 1, 2012; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Financial Forecasts And Projections Task Force Nov 2012

Guide: Prospective Financial Information With Conforming Changes As Of November 1, 2012; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Financial Forecasts And Projections Task Force

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.


The Development And Utilization Of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Kristen Granzow Nov 2012

The Development And Utilization Of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Kristen Granzow

Honors Program Theses

How do auditors evaluate sustainability data? As noted, assurance requires comparing data to a set of agreed-upon standards. Auditors provide reasonable assurance for financial information because they can evaluate a company's information based on its adherence to GAAP. Although reporting and auditing standards have not been agreed upon and set for CSR information, auditors are still providing assurance. They use standards developed by nongovernmental organizations discussed below and can determine the amount of assurance provided, either reasonable or limited. Two additional questions arise from this situation: what standards are commonly used to evaluate CSR reports and does a company's industry …


Building The Cfo Function: Roles And Responsibilities, Andrew Lee, Tracey Zhang Nov 2012

Building The Cfo Function: Roles And Responsibilities, Andrew Lee, Tracey Zhang

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

In May 2012, the Singapore CFO Institute, in collaboration with the School of Accountancy at Singapore Management University (SMU), embarked on this study with the objective of achieving a better understanding of the CFO function in today’s modern corporation. The study aims to answer a fundamental question – what do CFOs actually do? We examined several facets to this question: the key roles and responsibilities of CFOs; how those responsibilities are structured; whether those roles have changed in importance over time; what roles occupy the most of the CFOs’ attention and time; and what factors are challenging or enhancing the …


Building The Cfo Function: Roles And Responsibilities, Andrew Lee Nov 2012

Building The Cfo Function: Roles And Responsibilities, Andrew Lee

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

No abstract provided.


Building The Cfo Function: Roles And Responsibilities, Andrew Lee, Chunqi (Tracey) Zhang Nov 2012

Building The Cfo Function: Roles And Responsibilities, Andrew Lee, Chunqi (Tracey) Zhang

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

No abstract provided.


Letter From Jeffrey A. Porter, Cpa, Chair, Aicpa Tax Executive Committee, To Douglas H. Shulman, Irs Commissioner, Re: Request For Further Relief Due To Hurricane Sandy For Various Tax And Information Returns And Payments Otherwise Due November 15, 2012 And Beyond., Jeffrey A. Porter, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Tax Executive Committee Nov 2012

Letter From Jeffrey A. Porter, Cpa, Chair, Aicpa Tax Executive Committee, To Douglas H. Shulman, Irs Commissioner, Re: Request For Further Relief Due To Hurricane Sandy For Various Tax And Information Returns And Payments Otherwise Due November 15, 2012 And Beyond., Jeffrey A. Porter, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Tax Executive Committee

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Pension Accounting And Reporting With Other Comprehensive Income And Deferred Taxes: A Worksheet Approach, Robert E. Jackson, L. Dwight Sneathen, Timothy R. Veal Oct 2012

Pension Accounting And Reporting With Other Comprehensive Income And Deferred Taxes: A Worksheet Approach, Robert E. Jackson, L. Dwight Sneathen, Timothy R. Veal

Accountancy: Faculty Publications

This instructional tool presents pension accounting using a worksheet approach where debits equal credits for both the employer and for the plan. Transactions associated with the initiation of the plan through the end of the second year of the plan are presented, including their impact on accumulated other comprehensive income and deferred taxes. This article is intended as a supplemental teaching tool that demonstrates the impact of a plans funded status on the employers financial statements in a way that, based upon anecdotal evidence, accounting students and practitioners have found extremely beneficial beyond traditional accounting textbooks.


The Impact Of Switching To International Financial Reporting Standards On United States Businesses, Ashley Harper, Linda Leatherbury, Ana Machuca, Jodee Phillips Oct 2012

The Impact Of Switching To International Financial Reporting Standards On United States Businesses, Ashley Harper, Linda Leatherbury, Ana Machuca, Jodee Phillips

Faculty Publications and Presentations

There has been controversy brewing among accounting professionals regarding the impact of switching to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on United States corporations as deemed to converge in the near future (Deming, 2005). The viewpoint presented in this paper is that the United States should conform to the international standards primarily because a single set of standards creates uniformity and comparability for stakeholders regardless of their geographic location. This paper addresses the potential advantages and disadvantages of moving to a global set of standards as well as how the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will need to work with the …


The Convergence Of Multinational Standards And Practices In International Financial Reporting, Ashley Harper, Linda Leatherbury, Ana Machuca, Jodee Phillips Oct 2012

The Convergence Of Multinational Standards And Practices In International Financial Reporting, Ashley Harper, Linda Leatherbury, Ana Machuca, Jodee Phillips

Faculty Publications and Presentations

The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is pending a move to incorporate a single set of accounting standards across International borders. The definitive decision for uniting the standards appears to be stalemated. The pending move by the United States to adopt financial reporting practices set forth by the IFRS to encompass a single set of reporting standards bears both advantages and disadvantages for multinational corporations. This paper examines some of the difficulties that can arise by using a single set of standards and addresses two significant studies regarding converging reporting standards. The paper concludes by discussing issues that could potentially …


Agenda, Auditing Standards Board, October 16-18, 2012 Meeting, Cleveland, Oh, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Oct 2012

Agenda, Auditing Standards Board, October 16-18, 2012 Meeting, Cleveland, Oh, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, October 16-18, 2012, Cleveland, Oh; Highlights (Asb) Meeting, October 16-18, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Oct 2012

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, October 16-18, 2012, Cleveland, Oh; Highlights (Asb) Meeting, October 16-18, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Ole Miss Accountant – Fall 2012, University Of Mississippi. School Of Accountancy Oct 2012

Ole Miss Accountant – Fall 2012, University Of Mississippi. School Of Accountancy

Ole Miss Accountant

Cover story: Horne LLP Lectureship established to provide faculty support


An Analysis Of Fraud: Causes, Prevention, And Notable Cases, Kristin A. Kennedy Oct 2012

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

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.


Special Considerations In Auditing Financial Instruments, October 1, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Oct 2012

Special Considerations In Auditing Financial Instruments, October 1, 2012, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.


Changing And/Or Funding Opeb Promises: A Typology Of Local Government Responses To Gasb 45 And The Realization Of Opeb Liabilities, Juita-Elena Yusuf, Thomas Musumeci Oct 2012

Changing And/Or Funding Opeb Promises: A Typology Of Local Government Responses To Gasb 45 And The Realization Of Opeb Liabilities, Juita-Elena Yusuf, Thomas Musumeci

School of Public Service Faculty Publications

GASB Statement No. 45 addresses how governmental units account for employees' other post-employment benefits (OPEB), requiring government employers to replace OPEB reporting on a pay-as-you-go basis with an accounting of the cost of current and future benefits. This requirement and the resulting OPEB liability may prompt government employers to reconsider key questions regarding their OPEB provision. The size of the OPEB liability depends on both the benefit promises made to employees and the assets to fund these promises. We propose a typology that defines four approaches for governments to respond to GASB 45 and their OPEB liabilities. These approaches represent …


The Convergence Of U.S. Gaap And Ifrs: Revenue Recognition, Colleen A. Steele Oct 2012

The Convergence Of U.S. Gaap And Ifrs: Revenue Recognition, Colleen A. Steele

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.


The Triangular Relationship Between Audit Committee Characteristics, Audit Input And Financial Reporting Quality, Jae Bum Kim, Benjamin Segal, Dan Segal, Yoonseok Zang Oct 2012

The Triangular Relationship Between Audit Committee Characteristics, Audit Input And Financial Reporting Quality, Jae Bum Kim, Benjamin Segal, Dan Segal, Yoonseok Zang

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Using the reforms to audit committees mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the difference-in-difference approach, we examine the impact of changes in audit committee attributes (financial expertise, size and independence) on the corporate commitment to audit assurance and on the likelihood of financial statement restatements. Firms that were directly affected by the reforms experienced a greater improvement in audit inputs (measured by audit fees and the appointment of an industry specialist auditor) and a larger decline in financial statements restatements relative to firms that had already been compliant. Importantly, we find that the decline in restatements is not …


Reporting Pursuant To The Global Investment Performance Standards; Statement Of Position, 12-1, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Oct 2012

Reporting Pursuant To The Global Investment Performance Standards; Statement Of Position, 12-1, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.