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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
•  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.

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• ACCT 540 Week 1 Discussion Research
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• Research
•  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.

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• ACCT 540 Week 1 On Site Activity Point
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• Accounting Research
•  Week One Class Activity
•  1. Explain how the research process adds value
  to the services offered by an accounting firm.

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• ACCT 540 Week 2 Course Project
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• Case 3
•  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.

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• ACCT 540 Week 2 Discussion Effective Writing
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• Effective Writing
•  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
  view responses.

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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.
•  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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• ACCT 540 Week 2 On Site Activity Point
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• Problem Identification and Research Questions
•  Rewrite the following sentences into shorter,
  more concise sentences while maintaining the main
  points of the sentence.
•  For good reasons,

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• ACCT 540 Week 3 Course Project
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• Case 3
•  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.

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• ACCT 540 Week 3 Discussion Internet Search
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• Internet Search
•  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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• .equella.ecollege.com/file/3d17f0e5-2ff2-4a8b-b4ae
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• ACCT 540 Week 3 On Site Activity Point
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• Identification of Key Search Criteria
•  What are the implications of GAAP and
  authoritative support to the researcher?
•  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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• ACCT 540 Week 4 Course Project
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• Case 3
•  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.

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• ACCT 540 Week 4 Discussion Key Search Terms
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• Key Search Terms
•  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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• ACCT 540 Week 4 On Site Activity Point
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• Gathering Data
•  1. Access the IASB Web site (.iasb.org/gtwww.iasb
  .org) and list three of its active projects.
•  2. Access the SEC Web site (.sec.gov/gtwww.sec.go
  v), click International Affairs, International
  Enforcement Assistance, and list the four types
  of enforcement cases.

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• ACCT 540 Week 5 Assignment Sample Brief
  Memorandum
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• Codification
•   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,

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• ACCT 540 Week 5 Course Project
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• Case 3
•  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.

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• ACCT 540 Week 5 On Site Activity Point
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• Organizing Your Research and Additional Research
  Tools
•  Week Five Class Activity
•  1.What are the advantages of SPs Net Advantage?

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• ACCT 540 Week 6 Course Project
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• Case 3
•  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.

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• ACCT 540 Week 6 Discussion Tax Research
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• Tax Research
•  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.

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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
  the
• .aicpa.org/codeofconduct/Ethics.aspx?_ga1.1508924
  02.574418716.1423696489? titleAICPA

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• ACCT 540 Week 6 On Site Activity Point
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• Tax and Auditing Research, Recommendations, and
  Conclusions
•  Explain the difference between tax evasion, tax
  avoidance, and abusive tax avoidance.
•  2.Identify tax research goals.

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• ACCT 540 Week 7 Course Project
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• Case 3
•  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.

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• ACCT 540 Week 7 Discussion Ethical Considerations
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• Ethical Considerations
•  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
  website at
•  .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.

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• ACCT 540 Week 7 On Site Activity Point
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• Communicating Your Research
•  1. Explain two ways to collect evidence.
•  2. How are keywords used to evaluate and collect
  evidence?

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