Generational accounting

The business scandal that occurred at Fannie Mae Chocolate Industry was when they manipulated accounting to collect millions of dollars in underserved bonuses and deceive investors. They were fined for 400 million dollars. Fannie Mae struggled to emerge from an $11 billion accounting scandal.The penalty that was given for them was the largest penalty ever in a accounting fraud case.The company also agreed to limit the growth of its multibillion-dollar mortgage holdings. Fannie Mae never admitted…

Numerous laws were broken in the Enron scandal. The mail and wire fraud statutes of U.S. law criminalize the use of wires the enable a scheme to defraud or to obtain money by fraudulent means (Seitzinger, Morris, & Jickling, 2002). The honest-service statue, the law Skilling alleged broke that was then overturned, defines the fraud as a scheme to deprive another of the intangible right to honest service. Enron was subject to quite a few other laws that were broken. The company was supposed…

In this paper, it will be argued that Cadez’s (2011) Strategy, strategic management accounting and performance: A Configurational Analysis, is an interesting but challenging piece of research. The argument will be developed through a critical review of Cadez’s paper, discussing in turn its research methods, and practical implications. The paper reports a study of 254 of the largest Slovenian manufacturing companies although only 109 were usable. The research is concerned with manufacturing…

The purpose of accounting is to identify, record and provide financial information concerning a business. An effective accounting system is one of the most crucial aspects of having a successful business. No matter what type of business it is or how large or small it may be, accounting will play an important role in its overall success. Even though accounting systems can be traced back for thousands of years and have developed in many different ways over time, todays businesses primarily use…

Concepts of CVP (Cost Behaviour Analysis?) Contribution Margin Contribution margin (CM) is a cost accounting concept that allows a company to determine the profitability of individual products (Investopedia, 2015). In short, it is equivalent to the revenue less the total variable cost (Horngren, Datar, & Rajan). The CM per unit measures the amount of each unit sold contributes to cover fixed costs and increasing profit and also considers what happens when sales and production increase by one…

Riordan Manufacturing has identified a need to integrate their accounting information systems. For the revenue cycle, the hardware and software selection requirements are described in the following paper. The process includes answering important questions regarding internal controls, the persons who require access to the different types of information, and what types of reports should be generated. Finally, the decision on where the accounting information should be stored will be discussed.…

With this in mind, Sheryl explained that Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) analysis would be useful to Thomas after he gathered some basic information about costs, revenues, and units of service. She explained that CVP is a fundamental management accounting tool that is useful for planning, control, and decision making. It explores important relationships between costs, volume or activity levels, and…

1.1 Purpose The purpose is to analyse an issue regarding the cost allocation among divisions and how to better allocate the maintenance service cost internally and enhance the efficiency and motivation of their performance. 1.2 The issue The method provided by Johnson leads issue to the Delta Division because it cannot be implemented in an optimal manner. Additionally, Johnson promised that the Delta Division only needed to pay $10,000 monthly after the conversion of its maintenance service…

Anagene Inc., a genomics instrument company, manufactures Anagene Cartridges (a device that analyzes both single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and short tandem repeat (STR) forms of DNA for experimental use to find the best way to fight a specific diseases). The President and CFO of the Anagene, Inc., Gerald Kelly, currently faces difficult issues in predicting future profits from fluctuating gross margins. At the January 2001 board meeting, Kelly was questioned about the 40% increase in…

Although the assistant did a wonderful job, she is pretty obviously using her duties as both cash handler and the person making accounting entries to embezzle money, because she can deal with vendors and customer and the associated accounts payable and accounts receivable, while entering all data into the accounting system, writing checks, and reconciling the company bank accounts and line of credit balances. Another example is that the repair technicians are free to order…