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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 are When a firm attempting to create
unique products or services for particular market
niches, in order to achieve
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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. Provide support for
your
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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. Assess how a financial
statement user may be
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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
management teams attitude toward the
restatement. Suggest how the restatement may have
been avoided during the initial reporting
process.
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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
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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.
Indicate whether
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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
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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     For more classes visits www.snaptutor
ial.com         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 for establishing
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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
visits www.snaptutorial.com        
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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