paper will discuss the financial statement fraud committed by WorldCom by examining what led up to the fraud, who committed it and why, and the impact it caused on various stakeholders and the economy. WorldCom applied aggressive and undisclosed accounting tactics to provide financial statements that reflected a $10 billion profit for the years 2000 and 2001, rather than the actual combined loss of $73.7 billion that occurred (Romar, 2006). Opportunity, pressure, and rationalization were all present
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WorldCon: A Case Study of WorldCom ACCT 424B Prof. R. Hayes May 12, 2011 WorldCom is a telecommunications company that was once worth billions but is now merged with Verizon after bankruptcy due to fraudulent activities. The question is what caused one of the largest US corporations began a spiral into financial ruin. WorldCom according to John Sidgmore, a former top executive of WorldCom, stated that WorldCom generated annual revenues of over $30 billion a year, has more than 60,000 employees
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HARVARD BUSINESS I SCHOOL 9 - 10 1-09 2 REV: AUGUST S, 2003 ROBERT S. KAPL AN Wilkerson Cotnpany The decline in our profits has become intolerable. The severe p rice cutting in pumps has dropped ou r pre-tax margin to less than 3%, far below our historicallO margins. Fortunately, % our competitors are overlooking the opportunities for profit in flow controllers. Our recent 10% price increase in tha t line has been implemented without losing any business. Robert Parker, presiden
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Accredited Tertiary Courses Listing 2012 Accredited Tertiary Courses Listing 2012 – as at 26 September 2012 1 2012 Accredited Undergraduate Courses AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY The Australian National University University of Canberra NEW SOUTH WALES Australian Catholic University Australian Institute of Higher Education Avondale College Charles Sturt University Kings Own Institute Macquarie University Southern Cross University Top Education Institute The University of New England The
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Describe the source documents used to track direct materials and direct labor costs to the job cost sheet. Calculate a predetermined overhead rate and use it to apply manufacturing overhead cost to jobs. Describe how costs flow through the accounting system in job order costing. Calculate and dispose of overapplied or underapplied manufacturing overhead. Calculate the cost of goods manufactured and cost of goods sold. Lecture Presentation–LP2 www.mhhe.com/whitecotton1e 36 whi10777_ch02_036-087
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1 BUSI 1005 Management Accounting for Business Students Winter 2012 _______________________________Section________________________ D E F G H Instructor Time Day From To Raili Pollanen W/F 10:05 11:25 AT 101 Raili Pollanen DT 820 520-2600 x 2376 raili_pollanen@ carleton.ca TBA Garth Sheriff M/W 13:05 14:25 TB 340 Hilary Becker M/W 16:05 17:25 TB 342 Garth Sheriff DT 801 520-2600 x 2030 garth_sheriff@ carleton.ca TBA Garth Sheriff M/W 10:05 11:25 TB 340 Hilary Becker W/F 10:05 11:25 TB 208 Hilary
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SYLLABUS: Intermediate Accounting I- ACCT 301A (11636) FALL 2015 Department of Accounting Mihaylo College of Business and Economics California State University – Fullerton PART I: COURSE INFORMATION |Class time and location |: |MW 11:30AM-12.45PM, SGMH 2201 | |Instructor |: |Kristin Y. Li
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Chapter 4 |Accumulating and Assigning Costs to Products |[pic] | QUESTIONS 4-1 The cost of the raw materials entered into production is moved from the raw materials account to the work-in-process inventory account. The cost of manufacturing labor and overhead items are assigned to production by adding them to the work-in-process inventory account. Overhead costs are assigned (or allocated or apportioned)
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Competition Bikes (CB) is making CarbonLite and Titanium bikes. To streamline cost there need to be an investigation into which practice is most efficient and cost effective for the CB. Competition Bikes is using a traditional based costing (TBC). There needs to be a comparison between the current use of TBC and activity based costing (ABC) to decide which is most beneficial to the company. Also, the breakeven point to cost volume profit needs to be evaluated. There is a potential for a $50,000 increase
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21 - 23 References and Bibliography: 24 - 25 Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) versus Environmental Financial Accounting (EFA): If so, what is the significance of knowing the better accounting method to use when identifying environmental cost? It has become indispensable for companies to increase their responsibility regarding all facets of the environment and to acclimatize
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