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ACCT 540 Course Project Week 8 For more classes
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Project Week 8
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ACCT 540 Week 1 Course Project For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 ca
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ACCT 540 Week 1 Discussion Research For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Research   In
general, what are the reasons for conducting
research? What types of research have you
conducted in the past? This section list
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ACCT 540 Week 1 Homework Assignment FASB Pre-
Codification Standards For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 an
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ACCT 540 Week 1 On Site Activity Point For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Accounting
Research   Week One Class Activity   1. Explain
how the research process adds value to the
services offered by an accounting firm.   2. What
consequences are considered in the
standard-setting process?  
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ACCT 540 Week 2 Course Project For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 2 Discussion Effective Writing For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Effectiv
e 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 classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Problem
Identification and Research Questions   Rewrite
the following sentences into shorter, more
concise sentences while maintaining the main
points of the sentence.   For good reasons, the
secretary may grant extensions of time in 30-day
increments for filing of the lease and all
required bonds, provided that
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ACCT 540 Week 3 Course Project For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 sp
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ACCT 540 Week 3 Discussion Internet Search For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.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. Ple
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ACCT 540 Week 3 Homework Assignment FASB
Codification For more classes visit www.snaptutori
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ACCT 540 Week 3 On Site Activity Point For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Identificatio
n 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 classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 los
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ACCT 540 Week 4 Discussion Key Search Terms For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Key
Search Terms   Your company has determined that
they have made an error in the financial
statements. What questions would you ask to dete
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ACCT 540 Week 4 Homework Assignment IFRS Work
Plan - Projects For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Gathering
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 classes visit www.snaptutorial
.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 pa
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ACCT 540 Week 5 Course Project For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 5 On Site Activity Point For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Organizing
Your Research and Additional Research
Tools   Week Five Class Activity
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  ACCT 540 Week 6 Course Project For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 6 Discussion Tax Research For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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
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ACCT 540 Week 6 Homework AssignmentCode of
Professional Conduct AICPA For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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/codeofc
onduct/Ethics.aspx?_ga1.150892402.574418716.14236
96489? titleAICPA
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ACCT 540 Week 6 On Site Activity Point For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Tax and
Auditing Research, Recommendations, and
Conclusions   Explain the difference between tax
evasion, tax avoidance, and abusive tax
avoidance.   2.Identify tax research goals.  
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ACCT 540 Week 7 Course Project For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 los
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ACCT 540 Week 7 Discussion Ethical
Considerations For more classes
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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
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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
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ACCT 540 Week 7 On Site Activity Point For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Communicating
Your Research   1. Explain two ways to collect
evidence.   2. How are keywords used to evaluate
and collect evidence?
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