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  • ACC 573 Final Exam Guide
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  • To calculate a company's average tax rate an
    analyst would
  • The accumulated benefit obligation measures
  • The major difference between accounting for
    pensions and the accounting for other
    postretirement benefits is that firms

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  • ACC 573 Midterm Exam Guide
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  • 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
  • Which of the following economic characteristics
    is consistent with a pharmaceutical company?

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  • ACC 573 Week 1 DQ 1
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  • 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 reporting. Provide support for
    your rationale.

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  • ACC 573 Week 1 DQ 2
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  • 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 2 DQ 1
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  • 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.
  • Assess the ethical requirements as outlined in
    the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, indicating whether or not
    you believe the requirements are adequate to
    ensure integrity in financial accounting and
    reporting activities. Suggest improvements that
    may be needed while providing support for your
    rationale.

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  • ACC 573 Week 2 DQ 2
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  • 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
    balance sheet, income statement, and cash-flow
    statement. Indicate how a potential investor
    might interpret these red-flags. Provide
    support for your rationale.

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  • ACC 573 Week 3 Assignment 1 Financial Statement
    Restatement and Ethics
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  • 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.

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  • ACC 573 Week 3 DQ 1
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  • 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 and
    reporting. Provide support for your rationale.

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  • ACC 573 Week 4 DQ 1
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  • 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
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  • 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 requirement to write
    down the asset value. Indicate whether or not you
    support the U.S. GAAP or IFRS approach. Provide
    support for your position.

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  • ACC 573 Week 5 DQ 1
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  • 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 guidelines for determining the market
    value of an asset, indicating improvements to
    these guidelines. Provide support for your
    recommendations.
  • Create an argument for the use of Fair Market
    Accounting as opposed to historical cost. Provide
    support for your argument.

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  • ACC 573 Week 5 DQ 2
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  • 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
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  • 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.

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  • ACC 573 Week 6 DQ 2
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  • 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 restating
    financial statements. Indicate the key drivers of
    this trend. Predict the trend over the next five
    years, providing support for your rationale.

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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 Executive Officer of a public company for
    establishing an ethical environment that
    generates quality accounting and reliable
    financial reporting for use by shareholders and
    investors. Provide support for your assessment.

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  • ACC 573 Week 7 DQ 1
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  • 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.
  • Create an argument supporting the value of
    forecasting to an organization. Provide support
    for your argument.

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  • ACC 573 Week 7 DQ 2
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  • Assess the market and shareholder behaviors when
    a publically traded company makes the decision
    not to pay dividends to its shareholders,
    suggesting how management should react to these
    behaviors. Provide support for your rationale.

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  • ACC 573 Week 8 DQ 1
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  • Create an argument that use of the present value
    free cash-flow method has a more beneficial
    economic meaning than earnings-based methods.
    Provide support for your argument.
  • Assess the challenges related to using the
    present value of the free cash-flow valuation
    method in practice, suggesting how each of these
    challenges may be overcome. Provide support for
    your rationale.

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  • ACC 573 Week 8 DQ 2
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  • 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
    sensitive to change and the likely impact on a
    firms valuation. Provide support for your answer.

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  • ACC 573 Week 9 DQ 1
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  • Create an argument supporting that using the
    earnings-based valuation method yields the most
    accurate results. Provide support for your
    argument.
  • Assess the challenges related to using the
    earnings-based valuation method in practice,
    suggesting how each of these challenges may be
    overcome. Provide support for your rationale.

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  • ACC 573 Week 9 DQ 2
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  • Evaluate the likely impact on a firms valuation
    when using U.S. GAAP versus IFRS accounting
    methods, indicating which accounting standards
    you believe may yield a more favorable result.
    Provide support for your position.
  • Determine how a firms valuation using the
    earnings-based valuation method would be impacted
    when using aggressive versus conservative
    accounting. Provide evidence supporting your
    conclusion.

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  • ACC 573 Week 10 Assignment 3 Company Valuation
    (Facebook IPO)
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  • Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which
    you
  • Evaluate the valuation and method used to
    determine the Initial Public Offering value of
    Facebook stock, indicating any miscalculations in
    the valuation that may have mislead potential
    investors and how these errors may have been
    minimized. Provide support for your response.
  • Assess the performance of the stock within the
    first year of the public offering, indicating the
    drivers of the performance and the resulting
    impact to the company performance.

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  • ACC 573 Week 10 DQ 1
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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
    rationale.

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