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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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  
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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
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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.
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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.
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