Generational accounting

contributions. They also eliminated dividends on preferred and common stock leaving the stock outstanding and continued payment on the debt instruments (Oesterle 2011). Finally in 2012, the U.S District Court dismissed the charges against the three Fannie Mae top officials ruling that there was no evidence to suggest that they intended to deceive anyone (Fiderer 2014). Effects and consequences According to Woiceshyn 2011, making an ethical or unethical decision is not a serious issue for…

For employee fraud case study, I chose the Nathan John Mueller’s embezzlement scandal. As an accounting manager of ING Reinsurance Corporation (a major financial service company) in Minnesota, Mueller stole almost 8.5 million dollars from the company from 2003 to 2007 (“Mueller Gets 8 years for $8.5 million ING Fraud”). The way he orchestrated the fraud was surprisingly rather simple. Mueller accidentally found out that ING gave him and another co-worker the authorization to request and approve…

The Adelphia scandal is the one the most extensive financial frauds ever happened at a public company. The fraud was long-lasting: the company systematically excluded billions of dollars in liabilities from its consolidated financial statements since at least 1998 till March, 2002. Huge amounts of money were hidden on the off-balance sheet affiliates' books. The company was found in 1952. In 1986 it was publicity listed. Rigas Family owned five cable television companies, which were reorganized…

formula you derived above, what cafeteria costs you would expect to be incurred at the number of meals served are 2000 and 3500. (6 marks) D. What is the major limitation of the high-low method? (6 marks) [20 marks] EAB10603_Management Accounting 1 3 CONFIDENTIAL Question 3 Genesis Wheels manufactures spoked and solid bicycle wheels. The company relies on an activity based costing system. The following information has been provided for the cost pools: cost Pool machine…

Also “in terms of interpretation, the long-term solvency ratio should be at least 1.0 but as a general rule, the higher the ratio the better the organization is doing” (Martin, 2001). The ratio for 2002, 2003 and 2004 is less than the average which means that they have nothing to liquidate. If the ratio of a nonprofit organization is less than 1.0, the organizations financial feasibility might be in question. The organization in 2002, 2003 and 2004 is doing pretty good. There is no question…

Q.1 a) Concept, package, and process: Woodland adventure playground is one of the largest in the country designed for leisure sports with adventurous and exciting experience for visitors. Along with sports like slides, ropewalks, towers and trampolines, the kids can learn responsibilities at working farmyard by having a chance to handle “livestock like pigs, sheep, fish, and chicken” (Nigel Slack). The park has to be regularly maintained to provide a safe and enjoyable experience for visitors,…

Prior to its demise, Enron, an American energy, commodities, and services company, was one of Wall Street’s highest rated conglomerate. Enron was regarded as one of the most powerful and successful corporations in the world. Unfortunately, as America would learn, their success did not come without a consequence. Enron participated in side partnerships with investment banks, and was involved in special purpose entities also known as off-the-books partnerships, in order to hide company losses.…

in either renewable or oil & gas. Therefore, I would be in charge of new project developments and monitoring the progress of these projects - such as delivering results and updates to the top management. This role will include different areas of accounting and finance, from which four areas will be discussed in this assignment. Firstly, it is important to mention that an organization is interdependent while being divided into several departments. It is thus easy to think that the other…

Materials, labor, and overhead were his responsibility. This was done to provide incentive to control all costs whether caused by use waste, damage, theft, or inefficiencies. The Apple iPhone 4 The iPhone 4 contained more than 100 components manufactured in plants located in Europe, Asia, and the United States. For examples, Samsung supplied flash memories and application processors, and Infineon (a German chip maker) supplied chips that send and receive phone calls and data. A gyroscope, new…

A cost accounting system is a process or a method used by a business to estimate the cost of their products and to determine how a firm utilizes and earns funds. It aids management in making decisions and in the planning and control of an organization. All types of businesses, whether service, manufacturing or trading, healthcare, require cost accounting to track their activities. Therefore, different firms follow different methods for verifying cost accounting. This paper focus on activity…