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ACC 573 Final Exam Guide   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com                   To
calculate a company's average tax rate an analyst
would The accumulated benefit obligation
measures The major difference between accounting
for pensions an
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ACC 573 Midterm Exam Guide   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         ACC 573
Midterm Exam Guide   The two categories of
shareholders' equity usually found on the balance
sheet of a corporation are When a firm attempting
to create unique products or services for
particular market niches, in order to achieve
relatively high profit margins, this is best
known as
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ACC 573 Week 1 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Based on your
review of the SEC reporting requirements as
outlined in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, assess the
adequacy of the reporting requirements for
providing credible financial and operating
information for company stakeholders and
potential investors, indicating any gaps
identified in the
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ACC 573 Week 1 DQ 2   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Assess how
the GAAP and IFRS convergence project h
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ACC 573 Week 2 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         As a CFO of a
publically traded company, suggest how you would
create an ethical environment to ensure account
balances are correctly valued and reported so
that information is reliable for users. Provide
support for your rationale.
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ACC 573 Week 2 DQ 2   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         In todays
business environment where publicly traded
companies feel pressure to meet short-term
earnings expectations, management may be tempted
to manage earnings. Assess how a financial
statement user may be able to detect managed
earnings when reviewing the firms bala
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ACC 573 Week 3 Assignment 1 Financial Statement
Restatement and Ethics   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Write a two
to three (2-3) page paper in which you Assess
the factors that contributed to the financial
statement restatement, signifying the executive
management teams attitude toward the
restatement. Suggest how the restatement may have
been avoided during the initial reporting
process. Explain the impact to the companys
stock price when the restatement was released and
to future earnings forecast, indicating whether
or not you believe the impac
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ACC 573 Week 3 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         As part of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporate officers are no
longer able to pass the buck of responsibility
for ensuring adequate controls over financial
statements and reporting activities thus ensuring
the accuracy of financial statements. Assess the
adequacy of the provisions contained within the
Act, indicating whether or not you believe
requirements will improve the accuracy of
financial statements
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ACC 573 Week 4 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Based on your
review of the current requirements of the SEC and
FASB, assess the adequacy of the guidelines for
ensuring the transparency of off-balance-sheet
transactions to investors, indicating where
improvements may still be needed. Provide support
for your rationale.
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  ACC 573 Week 4 DQ 2   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Based on the
information found in the e-Activity, assess the
key differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS
reporting for the testing of asset impairment and
the
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ACC 573 Week 5 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Create an
argument for the use of Fair Market Accounting as
opposed to historical cost. Provide support for
your argument. Evaluate the effectiveness of
the accounting principle guidelin
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ACC 573 Week 5 DQ 2   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Assess the
risks associated with derivatives instruments,
indicating how these risks may be minimized for a
publically traded company. Provide support for
your rationale.
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ACC 573 Week 6 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         The
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act was created with the
intent of improving the quality of accounting,
reliability of financial statements to investors,
and providing oversight to accounting
professionals through the creation of a new
federal agency, Public Accounting Company
Oversight Board (PACOB). Create an argument
supporting whether SOX achieved these goals, and
whether financial data reported today is more
accurate and reliable than prior to the Act.
Provide support for your rationale. Assess the
impact to the Public Accounting Profession with
the creation of the PACOB and the inability of
the profession to be self-regulated. Indicate
your level of support for t
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ACC 573 Week 6 DQ 2   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Assess the
impact to public trust when a publically traded
company restates its financial data, indicating
how negative impressions may be minimized.
Provide support for your rationale. Evaluate the
current trend of companies restatin
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ACC 573 Week 7 Assignment 2 Accounting Quality  
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    Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in
which you Assess the roles of the Board of
Directors and Chief
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ACC 573 Week 7 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Assess the
financial performance forecasting process,
identifying the assumptions made that are most
likely to cause a gap between the forecast and
actual performance. Indicate how these gaps may
be minimized. Provide support for your rationale.

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ACC 573 Week 7 DQ 2   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Assess the
market and shareholder behaviors when a
publically traded company makes the decision not
to pay dividends to its shareholders, suggesting
how manage
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ACC 573 Week 8 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Create an
argument that use of the present value free ca
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ACC 573 Week 8 DQ 2   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Assess how
the free cash-flow method can be used when a
company is profitable yet the cash-flow values
are expected to be negative over the next five
years, indicating the likely impact on the
valuation. Provide support for your
rationale. Assess which cash-flow variables are
the most
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  ACC 573 Week 9 DQ 1   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Create an
argument supporting that using the earnings-based
valuation method yields the most accurate
results. Provide support for your argument.
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ACC 573 Week 9 DQ 2   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Evaluate the
likely impact on a firms valuation when using
U.S. GAAP versus IFRS accounting methods,
indicating which accounting standards you believ
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ACC 573 Week 10 Assignment 3 Company Valuation
(Facebook IPO)   For more classes
visits www.snaptutorial.com         Assess how
the GAAP and IFRS convergence project has
impacted SEC reporting requirements, predicting
the long-term impact of the convergence on
reporting. Provide a rationale for your
prediction.    
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ACC 573 Week 10 DQ 1   For more classes
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Create an argument supporting that using the
market-based valuation method yields the most
accurate results. Provide support for your
argument. Assess the challenges
related to using the market-based valuation
method in practice, suggesting how each of these
challenges may be overcome. Provide support for
your rati
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