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ACCT 540 Course Project Week 8  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   ACCT 540
Course Project Week 8
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ACCT 540 Week 1 Course Project  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Case
3   You have been hired as a consultant for ABC
Investment Group. ABC incorporated in 1999 and
manages investment portfolios for small to medium
size companies. The Director of the company is
not up to speed on how unrealized gains and
losses as well as realized g
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ACCT 540 Week 1 Discussion Research  For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Rese
arch   In general, what are the reasons for
conducting research? What types of research have
you conducted in the past? This section lists
options that can be used to view responses
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ACCT 540 Week 1 Homework Assignment FASB Pre-
Codification Standards  For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Access the FASB
website by clicking on the FASB Codification
Access link under Course Home. Click the log in
screen link .org/ascLogin.cfmgthttp//aaahq.org/as
cLogin.cfm. Enter your Username and Password
provided by your professor and click the FASB
Accounting Standards Codification
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ACCT 540 Week 1 On Site Activity Point  For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Acco
unting Research   Week One Class Activity   1.
Explain how the research process adds value to
the services offered by an accounting firm.
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ACCT 540 Week 2 Course Project  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Case
3   You have been hired as a consultant for ABC
Investment Group. ABC incorporated in 1999 and
manages investment portfolios for small to medium
size companies. The Director of the company is
not up to speed on how unrealized gains and
losses as well as realized gains and losses on
bonds should be accounted for. The Director has
been told that under certain conditions
unrealized gains a
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ACCT 540 Week 2 Discussion Effective Writing  For
more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com  
Effective Writing   Why is it important for
accountants to use effective writing skills?
Describe a situation where effective writing
skills are important. This section lists options
that can be used to view responses.
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ACCT 540 Week 2 Homework Assignment Management
s Decisions and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Result of Operations  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Please
complete the below problems and submit your
answers in a Word document.   Go to the SECs
website (.sec.gov/gtwww.sec.gov) and click on
search for company filings under filings and
forms.  
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ACCT 540 Week 2 On Site Activity Point  For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Prob
lem Identification and Research
Questions   Rewrite the following sentences into
shorter, more concise sentences while maintaining
the main points of the sentence.  
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ACCT 540 Week 3 Course Project  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Case
3   You have been hired as a consultant for ABC
Investment Group. ABC incorporated in 1999 and
manages investment portfolios for small to medium
size companies. The Director of the company is
not up to speed on how unrealized gains and
losses as well as realized gains and losses on
bonds should be accounted for. The Director has
been told that under certain conditions
unrealized gains and
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ACCT 540 Week 3 Discussion Internet Search  For
more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com  
Internet Search    Perform an Internet search on
any tax, law, accounting or auditing topic in
which you are interested. Summarize and provide a
general explanation of what the topic covers.
Please attach the article to your post.
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ACCT 540 Week 3 Homework Assignment FASB
Codification  For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   .equella.ecollege.com
/file/3d17f0e5-2ff2-4a8b-b4ae-60999024bae2/1/docum
entsac540_w3_homework_instruction.docxgtClick
here to download the instruction. (The
instruction can also be found in the Doc Sharing
area.)  
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ACCT 540 Week 3 On Site Activity Point  For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Iden
tification of Key Search Criteria   What are the
implications of GAAP and authoritative support to
the researcher?  
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ACCT 540 Week 4 Course Project  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Case
3   You have been hired as a consultant for ABC
Investment Group. ABC incorporated in 1999 and
manages investment portfolios for small to medium
size companies. The Director of the company is
not up to speed on how unrealized gains and
losses as well as realized gains and losses on
bonds should be accounted for. The Director has
been told that under certain conditions
unrealized gains and losses can be accounted for
in the income statement and accounted for as part
of other comprehensive income under other
conditions. The Director is also unclear as to
how to determine whether a security is impa
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ACCT 540 Week 4 Discussion Key Search Terms  For
more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com  
Key Search Terms   Your company has determined
that they have made an error in the financial
statements. What questions would you ask to
determine the key search terms for your research?
This section lists options that can be used to
view responses.
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ACCT 540 Week 4 Homework Assignment IFRS Work
Plan - Projects  For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Access the IASB and
IFRS Foundation website (.ifrs.org/gtwww.ifrs.org)
. Click on the Standards Development tab and
then Work Plan for IFRSs. In 23 pages
(12-point, double spaced), describe three
projects in the Work Plan.  
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ACCT 540 Week 4 On Site Activity Point  For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Gath
ering Data   1. Access the IASB Web site
(.iasb.org/gtwww.iasb.org) and list three of its
active projects.   2. Access the SEC Web site
(.sec.gov/gtwww.sec.gov), click International
Affairs, International Enforcement Assistance,
and list the four types of enforcement cases.
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ACCT 540 Week 5 Assignment Sample Brief
Memorandum  For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Codification    Refer
to FASB 162 (the hierarchy of accounting
information). Why is this hierarchy important,
and how can it be applied to conducting
research? Read Appendix A, Sample Brief
Memorandum, which starts on page 189 of our
textbook. In 23 pages (12-point font, double
spaced), critique the memorandum based on what
weve learned so far in the course. For example,
does the memorandum use the SECs plain English
concepts and cite authoritative sources?
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ACCT 540 Week 5 Course Project  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Case
3   You have been hired as a consultant for ABC
Investment Group. ABC incorporated in 1999 and
manages investment portfolios for small to medium
size companies. The Director of the company is
not up to speed on how unrealized gains and
losses as well as realized gains and losses on
bonds should be accounted for. The Director has
been told that under certain conditions
unrealized gains
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ACCT 540 Week 5 On Site Activity Point  For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Orga
nizing Your Research and Additional Research
Tools   Week Five Class Activity   1.What are the
advantages of SPs Net Advantage?   2.When would
one use Mergent Online?
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ACCT 540 Week 6 Course Project  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Case
3   You have been hired as a consultant for ABC
Investment Group. ABC incorporated in 1999 and
manages investment portfolios for small to medium
size companies. The Director of the company is
not up to speed on how unrealized gains and
losses as well as realized gains and losses on
bonds should be accounted for. The Director has
been told that under certain conditions
unrealized gains and
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ACCT 540 Week 6 Discussion Tax Research  For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Tax
Research   You are a CPA in practice at a local
CPA firm doing individual taxes. A client comes
into your office and says that she has her own
business but doesnt want to report all of her
income. Considering your risk, the risk to your
client, and ethical considerations, what should
you tell her? Remember to include research on the
subject! This section lists options that can be
used to view responses.
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ACCT 540 Week 6 Homework Assignment Code of
Professional Conduct AICPA  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Go to the
AICPAs Website (.aicpa.org/gtwww.aicpa.org).
Under the Research tab, click on Standards.
On the Standards page, click the Code of
Professional Conduct link. Click the on
the .aicpa.org/codeofconduct/Ethics.aspx?_ga1.150
892402.574418716.1423696489? titleAICPA
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ACCT 540 Week 6 On Site Activity Point  For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Tax
and Auditing Research, Recommendations, and
Conclusions   Explain the difference between tax
evasion, tax avoidance, and abusive tax
avoidance.  
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ACCT 540 Week 7 Course Project  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Case
3   You have been hired as a consultant for ABC
Investment Group. ABC incorporated in 1999 and
manages investment portfolios for small to medium
size companies. The Director of the company is
not up to speed on how unrealized gains and
losses as well as realized gains and losses
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ACCT 540 Week 7 Discussion Ethical
Considerations  For more course tutorials
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Considerations   Consider your course project and
what you have learned in this class. When
preparing conclusions, why are ethical
considerations important? What about when
preparing recommendations?
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ACCT 540 Week 7 Homework Assignment Accounting
Release and SEC Complaint  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Access the
Litigation section of the SECs website
at   .sec.gov/litigation.shtmlgtwww.sec.gov/litiga
tion.shtml. Click on Accounting and Auditing
Enforcement Releases. Click on AAER-3234? filed
January 20, 2011. Read the release and the
related SEC Complaint. Summarize the release and
complaint in 2-3 pages (12-point, double spaced).
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ACCT 540 Week 7 On Site Activity Point  For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Comm
unicating Your Research   1. Explain two ways to
collect evidence.   2. How are keywords used to
evaluate and collect evidence?
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