Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Amy Gabriel October 14, 2015 Intermediate Accounting- Case #1 Chico’s FAS, Inc. is a retail company that encompasses four brands: Chico’s, White House Black Market, Boston Proper, and Soma Intimates. The company earns revenue through the sale of women’s clothing and accessories in stores and online. Chico’s defines the critical accounting policies that they use to explain any discrepancies between the dollar amounts on the financial statements and the actual cash amount to its Audit Committee…

The CPC exam is the certified professional coder exam that is 150 questions covering the CPT book, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS book as well as basic medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, guidelines and regulations. Passing this exam and obtaining your certification shows medical facilities and physicians that you have the experienced knowledge to handle claims for them. In order to get this certification you have to become a member of the AAPC which offers this certification. Two years of…

Employment Outlook The employment outlook for accountants and auditors is expected “to grow 11 percent from 2014 to 2024, faster than the average for all occupations” (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor). This could be a good indicator that the economy is growing and businesses are looking at future growth and preparing for it. The outlook locally in the state of Idaho on the Idaho.gov website shows there are 83 job postings for accountants and auditors with bachelor’s degrees…

It is important to reflect on how you have prepared to enter the graduate labour market in terms of the steps taken so far to facilitate future goals. These steps will consist of previous work experience gained, previous qualifications gained, previous skills gained, previous extra curricular activity undertaken and previous hobbies. By analysing these past preparations, we can consider the appropriate actions to undertake, this would enable an individual to maximise their potential not only…

essay will discuss to an extent whether the impact of job satisfaction and motivation relate to a happy accountant. Job satisfaction could be defined as “the degree to which employees has a positive orientation towards employment by the organisation” Prince & Mueller (1986) cited by Brierley (1999, p. 63). Distinctively this essay will analyse whether a well-paid accountant is a happy accountant. Furthermore this essay will examine the influence of gender role and whether well-being has a…

According to Barry M. Richman and Melvyn Copen “Environment factors of constraints are largely if not totally external and beyond the control of individual industrial enterprises and their arrangements. These are essentially the ‘givers’ within which firms and their managements must operate in a specific country and they vary, often greatly from country to country.” According to Glueck and Jauch “ The environment includes outside the firm which can lead to opportunities for or threats to the…

in the region of professional accounting instruction, that prescribe technical aptitude and professional skills, utility, ethics, and attitudes. Ethics The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants regulate high-quality, internationally appropriate ethics standards for professional accountants, in close auditor fortune requirements. Public Sector the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board develops standards, direction, and resort for use by public sector entities…

The principal article used from Student Accountant was from the May 2004 issue, titled: “How to approach performance appraisal questions” by Steve Scott. Reports The major sources of data that I used in my research project were the Annual Reports of Indus Motor Company Limited and Honda Atlas Cars (Pakistan) Limited. I obtained two of the latest annual reports of Indus Motors for financial years ended 2006 and 2007 from the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE). However, for Honda Atlas, I…