At Congressional hearings investigating the rise and fall of these public corporations, government investigative bodies (i.e., the Joint Committee on Taxation) and others (including this column's authors) pointed out that the rules on
accounting for income taxes left room for managers to manage earnings through the tax provision without detailed disclosure.
While the number of students earning bachelor's degrees in
accounting is rising, fewer are getting doctorates.
During its post-closing adjustment review process, the company should accumulate and review any significant nonposted reconciling items identified from the reconciliations and other uncorrected/unrecorded
accounting entries identified during other review processes to determine whether the books should be reopened and any or all of these entries posted.
For this, we can analyze the effects of postretirement benefit
accounting reform by looking at how the financial market's view of plans will change--that is, we will ask how
accounting reform will affect the share prices of plan sponsors.
However, as I will discuss in a moment, a number of important issues warrant further consideration, especially before dramatic moves are made toward increased fair value
accounting.
"A lot of what we are trying to do right now is maintain the status quo on
accounting for insurance contracts," he said.
Six key business processes must be modified and connected to implement this transaction-based approach: acquisition planning and contract writing; receipt, acceptance, and pay and work in process; military equipment valuation; asset accountability; fixed asset
accounting; and financial reporting.
Further, minimizing the amount of manual processing of information by tax department personnel in the interface between company financial
accounting systems and tax return preparation software (e.g., data accumulation, preparation of reclassification and consolidating journal entries, and preparation of Schedule M adjustments), is important to reduce the significant amounts of personnel and other costs associated with the data accumulations, especially in large enterprises.
Like other online professional
accounting systems, users could work anytime, anywhere, with anyone.
A management
accounting system drives fundamental manufacturing performance improvements that customers can see and measure (improved quality and shorter cycle times).
The bank and the company's shareholders sued the
accounting firm for
accounting malpractice.
In contrast, by mechanically adjusting book income for the $2 million increase in the allowance for bad debts account, ABC could not claim any portion of the $800,000 deduction until a write-off entry is recorded for financial
accounting purposes.
Others are students again, pursuing PhDs in
accounting with an eye toward becoming university professors.
New research conducted by Robert Half International (RHI), Next Generation Accountant: A New Outlook on a Timeless Profession, identifies how changes to the
accounting profession are making this a dynamic time for practitioners, elevating their visibility and responsibilities, as well as the level of trust placed in them.
California's Experience Rating System determines each employer's tax rate by
accounting for direct benefit charges; contributions paid in; average size of payroll; and any non-charged benefits or socialized costs.
