Accounting for Manufacturing Variance
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A 3 page management accounting paper. Miracle Lights, Inc. has specific standards set for the costs associated with manufacturing its Brightlite line of lighting products. It has experienced variance in the costs of manufacturing, specifically in the price of the raw materials used to produce a case of product and in the amount of raw material used in a case. The purpose here is to examine variances in each. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSacctMgmtMat.rtf
Paper Title: Accounting for Manufacturing Variance

Accounting for Overheads
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This 6 page paper is written in two parts. The first part discusses the arbitrary nature of overhead recovery, arguing that it is merely a way in which to get back indirect expense incurred by business and can never be regarded as correct or equitable. The second part of the paper looks at activity based costing and how this can add value to the organisation and help performance improvements. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEoverh.rtf
Paper Title: Accounting for Overheads

Accounting for Proposed Acquisitions
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This 10 page paper shows the student how to answer questions regarding acquisition, considering what price acquisitions should go ahead at and the way it may effect shareholders. The second part of the paper then looks at the proposed takeover of Safeway by different supermarket chain, considering it from an accounting perspective. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEqueacq.rtf
Paper Title: Accounting for Proposed Acquisitions

Accounting for Settlement Certificates
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This 5 page paper using the general accounting concepts to consider if certificates that are issues to give a discount on a product as the result of a law suit may be accounted for as a sales promotion. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEsertst.rtf
Paper Title: Accounting for Settlement Certificates

Accounting for Unrealised Losses and Gains; Should the Regulations for General Insurance Companies in Australia be Changed
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This 10 page paper considers the way in which different annual accounts users are perceived and how this is reflected in the accounting standards. The paper concentrates on the AASB 1023 which states that general insurance companies must include unrealised gains and losses in financial assets in the annual reports how this may be seen as reflecting a wider approach to the accounting that is seen in countries such as the US, where the primary user group are those with a direct financial interest. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEinsura.rtf
Paper Title: Accounting for Unrealised Losses and Gains; Should the Regulations for General Insurance Companies in Australia be Changed

Accounting in Italy and the United Kingdom; Some Differences and Similarities
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This 5 page paper looks at the way in which the accounting practices in these countries compare. With both countries being members of the single European market it may be expected that the accounting standard would be the same, but as this paper demonstrates similarities do exist, but they are by no means identical. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEitalyac.rtf
Paper Title: Accounting in Italy and the United Kingdom; Some Differences and Similarities

Accounting Information Systems and the Small to Medium Sized Business
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This 5 page paper considers the way in which accounting information systems will impact on small and medium sized businesses. The event of the event of these packages is seen as a golden opportunity, but there are also some disadvantages with the advantages. The writer takes a balanced view and includes discussion on aspects such as information availability, security, operational problems and advantages and the use of different types of computer networks and systems. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
Filename: TEaisyst.wps
Paper Title: Accounting Information Systems and the Small to Medium Sized Business

ACCOUNTING ISSUES AND CORPORATE SPYING
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This paper examines the ties between corporate spying and the accounting profession. While literature hasn't been written specifically on this topic, the paper ties these two concepts together, and offer suggestions of how companies can protect themselves from loss of information. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTaccesp.rtf
Paper Title: ACCOUNTING ISSUES AND CORPORATE SPYING

Accounting Issues; A Case Study
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This 12 page paper answers questions regarding a fictitious company Pro Tech and problems it is facing. The writer answers questions regarding how to restructure, including a chart, the adoption of activity based costing (ABC) accounting, resolving a threatened strike and the use of net present value (NPV). The bibliography cites 13 sources.
Filename: TEproteh.rtf
Paper Title: Accounting Issues; A Case Study

Accounting Methods for Combining Companies
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This 10 page paper highlights International Accounting Standard (IAS) No.22 bulletin, Accounting for Business Combinations. Questions, inclusive of case studies, are posed and answers are provided. The paper focuses on mergers, acquisitions and subsidiaries. Pooling is discussed in depth. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA048Acc.wps
Paper Title: Accounting Methods for Combining Companies