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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 and
the accounting for other postretirement benefits
is that firms                  
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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 reporting. Provide
support for your rationale.
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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 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     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
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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
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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
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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 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     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 guidelines for determining
the market value of an asset, indicating
improvements to these guidelines. Provide support
for your recommendations
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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).
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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.
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ACC 573 Week 7 Assignment 2 Accounting
Quality     For more classes visits www.snaptutor
ial.com         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     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 management should react to these behaviors.
Provide support for your rationale.
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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
cash-flow method has a more beneficial economic
meaning than earnings-based methods. Provide
support for your argument.
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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.
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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.
Assess the challenges related to using the
earnings-based valuation method in practice,
suggesting how each
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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 believe
may yield a more favorable result. Provide
support for your position.
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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 rationale.
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