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ACC 541 Entire Course

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• ACC 541 Week 1 Individual Assignment Accounting
  Standards Boards Paper
• ACC 541 Week 1 DQ 1
• ACC 541 Week 1 DQ 2
• ACC 541 Week 2 Individual Assignment Client
  Understanding Paper
• ACC 541 Week 2 DQ 1
• ACC 541 Week 2 DQ 2
• ACC 541 Week 3 Individual Assignment Response to
  Client Request I
• ACC 541 Week 3 DQ 1
• ACC 541 Week 3 DQ 2
• ACC 541 Week 4 Individual Assignment Response to
  Client Request II
• ACC 541 Week 4 DQ 1
• ACC 541 Week 4 DQ 2
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ACC 541 Week 1 DQ 1

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• Week 1 DQ 1
• What is the importance of the mission of the
  FASB?
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ACC 541 Week 1 DQ 2

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• Week 1 DQ 2
• Under current GAAP, goodwill is recorded when
  purchased.
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ACC 541 Week 1 Individual Assignment Accounting
Standards Boards Paper

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• The International Accounting Standards Board
  (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards
  Board (FASB) are currently working on a joint
  venture referred to as the convergence project.
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• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper describing the
  relationship between the IASB and the FASB.
  Include the following in your paper
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• A brief history of the relationship between the
  two boards and the IASB equivalents of the FASB
  original pronouncements
• An explanation of how the MSA program prepares
  the student for a professional life within the
  accounting vocation

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ACC 541 Week 2 DQ 1

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• Week 2 DQ 1
• What are the four criteria used for determining
  if a lease is to be treated as a capital lease?
  (This question can be expanded to discuss the
  income statement and balance sheet implications
  of both a capital lease and an operating lease.)
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ACC 541 Week 2 DQ 2

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• Week 2 DQ 2
• Under current GAAP, goodwill is recorded when
  purchased.
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ACC 541 Week 2 Individual Assignment Client
Understanding Paper

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• As a newly hired Staff I, you are responsible for
  analyzing the work papers for one of the clients
  of your organization. Your client is not clear
  about why you are asking for information on the
  following topics
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• Adjusting lower cost of market inventory on
  valuation
• Capitalizing interest on building construction
• Recording gain or loss on asset disposal
• Adjusting goodwill for impairment
• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word response that
  addresses your clients questions.
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ACC 541 Week 3 DQ 1

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• Week 3 DQ 1
• Capital leases and operating leases are the two
  classifications of leases described in FASB
  pronouncements from the standpoint of the lessee.
  
• Describe how an operating lease would be
  accounted for by the lessee both at the inception
  of the lease and during the first year of the
  lease, assuming the lessee makes equal monthly
  payments at the beginning of each month of the
  lease. Describe the change in accounting, if any,
  when rental payments are not made on a
  straight-line basis.

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ACC 541 Week 3 DQ 2

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• Week 3 DQ 2
• On January 1, 2006, Von Company entered into two
  noncancelable leases for new machines to be used
  in its manufacturing operations. The first lease
  does not contain a bargain purchase option the
  lease term is equal to 80 percent of the
  estimated economic life of the machine. The
  second lease contains a bargain purchase option
  the lease term is equal to 50 percent of the
  estimated economic life of the machine.
• How should Von classify each of the two leases?
  Why?

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ACC 541 Week 3 Individual Assignment Response to
Client Request I

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• While working on a consulting engagement, a
  supervisor in your team has given you an
  assignment. The client is a regional trucking
  company. A new customer has approached the client
  with an opportunity that would require 120
  trailers20 more than the trucking company
  currently owns. The client is uncertain how long
  the relationship with the customer may last, but
  the deal has the potential for significant
  growth.
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• Your supervisor has asked you to research leases
  and lease structure issues on the Financial
  Accounting Standards Board (FASB) website, in
  particular the current practice and thought
  related to direct financing, sales type, and
  operating leases.
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ACC 541 Week 4 DQ 1

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• Week 4 DQ 1
• Discuss contingencies and how they are reported
  on financial statements. What conditions must be
  met before a contingency can be charged against
  income?
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ACC 541 Week 4 DQ 2

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• Week 4 DQ 2
• The two basic requirements for the accrual of a
  loss contingency are supported by several basic
  concepts of accounting. Four of these concepts
  are periodicity (time periods), measurement,
  objectivity, and relevance.
• Discuss how the two basic requirements for
  accrual of a loss contingency relate to the four
  concepts listed above.
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ACC 541 Week 4 Individual Assignment Response to
Client Request II

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• Your client is being sued. You have asked the
  clients lawyer about the possibility of losing
  the lawsuit. The client, meanwhile, has asked you
  to describe what would happen to his or her
  financial statements. The client has also
  informed you that by losing the lawsuit, he or
  she anticipates losing the mortgage and has
  started talking to a mortgage lender. The client
  wants to know if part of the debt is forgiven, or
  if the mortgage is rewritten, or if the mortgage
  will be rewritten if he or she files Chapter 11.
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• The lawsuit also involves a patent held by the
  company. The company had acquired a hedge
  contract against the impairment of the patent.
  Aside from the recovery of the hedge, the client
  wants to know how the impairment of the patent
  will be reflected on the financial statements in
  the event of losing a lawsuit.
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ACC 541 Week 5 DQ 1

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• Week 5 DQ 1
• Explain operating segments of an enterprise.

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ACC 541 Week 5 DQ 2

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• Week 5 DQ 2
• The concept of adequate disclosure continues to
  be one of the most important issues facing
  accountants, and disclosure may take various
  forms.
• Discuss the various forms of disclosure available
  in published financial statements.
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ACC 541 Week 5 Individual Assignment Reporting
Paper

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• You are a controller in a midsized manufacturing
  company that has acquired 100 of another
  company. The acquired company includes two
  segments and two different pension plans. Both of
  these reporting issues are new to your CEO, and
  your CEO wants to eliminate the segments.
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• Write a 700- to 1,050-word executive memo that
  explains the required reporting for defined
  contribution, defined benefit, and other
  postretirement plans. Also include an explanation
  of what must happen for the two segments to be
  eliminated. (You do not need to know details
  about the segments to answer this.)
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ACC 541 Week 6 DQ 1

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• Week 6 DQ 1
• A corporation may use stock splits and stock
  dividends to change the number of shares of its
  stock outstanding.
• From an accounting viewpoint, explain how the
  stock split effected in the form of a dividend
  differs from an ordinary stock dividend.
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ACC 541 Week 6 DQ 2

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• Week 6 DQ 2
• What type of accounting or which area of
  accounting are you planning to enter as your
  profession? Why?
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ACC 541 Week 6 Team Assignment Auditing a
Publicly Traded Company

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• As a Staff I assigned to the audit of a publicly
  traded company, your senior has asked you to
  evaluate both share-based payment reporting and
  special purpose entities (SPE) reporting for the
  company.
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• Research share-based payment reporting and SPE
  reporting individually.
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• Write a 700- to 1,050-word executive memo as a
  team that includes a description of what you will
  look for to see if the client is consistent with
  the generally accepted accounting principles
  (GAAP). Pay particular attention to accounting
  treatment of share-based payment and accounting
  consolidation theory as it relates to special
  purpose entities. Keep the memo as brief as
  possible while fully exploring the issues.
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• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines,
  including appropriate citations and references.
  Run your paper through WritePointSM and
  Plagiarism Checker.
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