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• ACCT 540 Course Project Week 8
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• ACCT 540 Course Project Week 8

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• ACCT 540 Week 1 Course Project
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• Case 3
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• 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

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• ACCT 540 Week 1 Discussion Research
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• Research
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• In general, what are the reasons for conducting
  research? What types of research have you
  conducted in the past? This section lists options
  that can be used to view responses.

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• ACCT 540 Week 1 Homework Assignment FASB Pre-
  Codification Standards
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• Access the FASB website by clicking on the FASB
  Codification Access link under Course Home. Click
  the log in screen link .org/ascLogin.cfmgthttp//a
  aahq.org/ascLogin.cfm. Enter your Username and
  Password provided by your professor and click the
  FASB Accounting Standards Codification link. Find
  and click the Pre-Codification Standards/FASB
  Pronouncements and EITF Abstracts link on the
  bottom left side of the landing

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• ACCT 540 Week 1 On Site Activity Point
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• Accounting Research
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• Week One Class Activity
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• 1. Explain how the research process adds value to
  the services offered by an accounting firm.
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• 2. What consequences are considered in the
  standard-setting process?
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• 3. Explain the importance of identifying keywords
  when identifying relevant facts and issues.
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• ACCT 540 Week 2 Course Project
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• Case 3
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• 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 can be accounted for
  in the income statement and accounted for as part
  of other comprehensive income under other
  conditions

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• ACCT 540 Week 2 Discussion Effective Writing
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• Effective Writing
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• 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
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• ACCT 540 Week 2 Homework Assignment Management s
  Decisions and Analysis of Financial Condition and
  Result of Operations
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• Please complete the below problems and submit
  your answers in a Word document.
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• 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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• On the next page, click Company or fund name,
  ticker symbol, CIK (Central Index Key), file
  number, state, country, or SIC (Standard
  Industrial Classification) to search for a
  company.
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• ACCT 540 Week 2 On Site Activity Point
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• Problem Identification and Research Questions
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• Rewrite the following sentences into shorter,
  more concise sentences while maintaining the main
  points of the sentence.
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• 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 additional extensions requests are
  submitted and approved before the expiration of
  the original 30 days or the previously granted
  extension.

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• ACCT 540 Week 3 Course Project
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• Case 3
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• 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 can be accounted for
  in the income statement and accounted for as part
  of other comprehensive income under other
  conditions. The

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• ACCT 540 Week 3 Discussion Internet Search
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• Internet Search
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•  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. Please
  attach the article to your post.
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• ACCT 540 Week 3 Homework Assignment FASB
  Codification
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  tion.docxgtClick here to download the
  instruction. (The instruction can also be found
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• Submit your assignment to the Dropbox located on
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  instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read these

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• ACCT 540 Week 3 On Site Activity Point
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• Identification of Key Search Criteria
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• What are the implications of GAAP and
  authoritative support to the researcher?
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• 1. To conduct efficient research, where should
  one start in reviewing the accounting literature
  in search of a solution to a problem?
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• 2. How can the promulgation of an accounting
  standard impact economic behavior? Discuss a
  specific example.
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• 3. Distinguish between primary authoritative
  support and secondary authoritative support.
  EXERCISES

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• ACCT 540 Week 4 Course Project
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• Case 3
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• 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 can be accounted for
  in the income statement and accounted for as part
  of other comprehensive income under

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• ACCT 540 Week 4 Discussion Key Search Terms
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• Key Search Terms
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• Your company has determined that they have made
  an error in the financial statements. What
  questions would you ask to determine the key
  search terms for your research? This section
  lists options that can be used to view responses.

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• ACCT 540 Week 4 Homework Assignment IFRS Work
  Plan - Projects
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• 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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• Submit your assignment to the Dropbox located on
  the silver tab at the top of this page. For
  instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read
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• ACCT 540 Week 4 On Site Activity Point
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• Gathering Data
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• 1. Access the IASB Web site (.iasb.org/gtwww.iasb.
  org) and list three of its active projects.
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• 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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• 3. Access the AICPA IFRS resource page
  (.ifrs.com/gtwww.IFRS.com). What are two featured
  IFRS news items?
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• 4. Access the IOSCO Web site (.iosco.org/gtwww.IOS
  CO.org), click the About IOSCO section, and list

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• ACCT 540 Week 5 Assignment Sample Brief
  Memorandum
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• Codification
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•  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 page 189 of our textbook. In 23 pages
  (12-point font, double spaced), critique the
  memorandum based on what weve learned so far in
  the course. For example, does the memorandum use
  the SECs plain English concepts and cite
  authoritative sources?

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• ACCT 540 Week 5 Course Project
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• Case 3
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• 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 can be

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• ACCT 540 Week 5 On Site Activity Point
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• Organizing Your Research and Additional Research
  Tools
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• Week Five Class Activity
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• 1.What are the advantages of SPs Net Advantage?
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• 2.When would one use Mergent Online?
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• ACCT 540 Week 6 Course Project
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• Case 3
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• 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 can be accounted for
  in the income statement and accounted for as part
  of other comprehensive income under

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• ACCT 540 Week 6 Discussion Tax Research
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• Tax Research
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• 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? Remember to include research on the subject!
  This section lists options that can be used to
  view responses.

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• ACCT 540 Week 6 Homework Assignment Code of
  Professional Conduct AICPA
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• 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
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  02.574418716.1423696489? titleAICPA
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• New Code of ConductgtRevised Online Code of
  Professional Conduct link then expand the topic
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• ACCT 540 Week 6 On Site Activity Point
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• Tax and Auditing Research, Recommendations, and
  Conclusions
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• Explain the difference between tax evasion, tax
  avoidance, and abusive tax avoidance.
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• 2.Identify tax research goals.
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• 3.Identify and explain the basic steps of the tax
  research process.
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• ACCT 540 Week 7 Course Project
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• Case 3
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• 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 can be accounted for
  in the income statement

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• ACCT 540 Week 7 Discussion Ethical Considerations
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• Ethical Considerations
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• 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
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• Access the Litigation section of the SECs
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• .sec.gov/litigation.shtmlgtwww.sec.gov/litigation.
  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 in 2-3 pages (12-point, double spaced).
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• ACCT 540 Week 7 On Site Activity Point
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• Communicating Your Research
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• 1. Explain two ways to collect evidence.
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• 2. How are keywords used to evaluate and collect
  evidence?
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