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Discussion 1

What is the danger from an ethical perspective of having a CPA firm that conducts the audit of a public company to also engage in consulting for installation of a new financial information system? What about giving tax advice to an audit client? What are the possible ethical dangers of having the tax practitioners at a CPA firm that audits a client entity prepare the tax return for members of management of the client who have a financial reporting oversight role?

Discussion 2

Can a CPA be independent without being objective? Why or why not? Can a CPA be objective without being independent? Why or why not? Does your answer matter assuming you only provide only non-auditing services to the client? What if you provide both audit and non-auditing services?

Financial-Ratio-Analysis

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Purpose of Assignment

Students should understand how to use the financial information and tools learned in the class on a public company, obtain public company SEC reports, and use that data to calculate a company’s financial ratios and their comparison to industry or competitor standards.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Tutorial help on Excel® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft®Office® website. There are also additional tutorials via the web that offer support for office products.

Select one of the publicly traded corporations listed below and obtain the most current SEC Form 10-K (annual financial report) from the company’s web site (Do not use the Annual Report that is sent to shareholders):

  • Harley Davidson Corporation
  • Marriott Corporation
  • Procter and Gamble Corporation

Calculate and analyze the following ratios for your selected company for the last two years from the SEC Form 10-K: (Show all work in an excel file)

  • Current Ratio
  • Inventory Turnover
  • Debt Ratio
  • Time Interest Earned
  • Gross Profit Margin
  • Equity Multiplier
  • Return on Assets
  • Net Profit Margin
  • Return on Equity (Use three ratio DuPont method)

Compare and contrast your company’s ratios to industry and competitor standard ratios obtained from Yahoo Finance, Morningstar, MotleyFool, Macroaxis or other Internet sources, and provide a detailed answer and analysis as to why your company’s ratios are different than the industry/competitor standard.

Prepare your analysis in a minimum of 875 words in Microsoft® Word. The use of Microsoft®Word tables is encouraged.

Submit 2 files

First: a minimum of 875 words in a word document

Second: Excel file showing all the calculation, and word done.

Cite the source of the industry/competitor ratio information. Use in-text citation according to the APA guideline format.

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

ACCT430 3000 WORDS for co-up final report

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the report should be approximately 3000 – 4000, single –spaced and consider taking the followingformat General instructions for writing the final report: The report must be written in English language. The word limit is 3000-4000. If the report word count is not

within the required word limit, marks will be deducted. The font size is 12, Times New Roman, justified, 1.5 space. Main headings use font size of 16 and bold. Add page numbers in the middle bottom of the page. Plagiarism or copying from other sources will result in ZERO marks. This report must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via the allocated folder. Your work should be clearly and completely presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation.

Micro-econ

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Original work PLEASE! I do 3 different plagerizing programs to verify! Thank you!

Markets and the Economics of the Public Sector

Assignment Steps

Scenario: Imagine you have been assigned the responsibility of preparing a paper for the governor’s next economic conference.

Prepare a 1,050-word paper addressing the following:

  • Explain why equilibrium of supply and demand is desirable.
  • Explain the following concepts using the concept of consumer and producer surplus:
    • Efficiency of markets
    • Costs of taxation
    • Benefits of international trade
  • Discuss how externalities may prevent market equilibrium and the various governments policies used to remedy the inefficiencies in markets caused by externalities.
  • Analyze the difference between the efficiency of a tax system and the equity of a tax system as it refers to the costs imposed on taxpayers using the benefits principles.

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources, not including your textbook.

Format consistent with APA guidelines.

Consumer-Math-Discussion-Post-Taxes

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Taxes

Taxes are part of all are lives. In this discussion you have the opportunity to look at one particular type of tax. Choose between finding property tax, sales tax or income tax. Share your thoughts on paying taxes and post your answers to one of the three questions listed below.

  1. Calculating Property Tax Go to http://www.dat.state.md.us/sdatweb/taxrate.html. What would be the county tax on a property in Dorchester subdivision assessed at $240,000? In Allegany subdivision, what would be the difference in county property tax on a $400,000 property in Barton and one in Frostburg?
  2. Calculating Sales Tax Go to http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/. It’s August and you need to buy school clothes and supplies for your five children. You live in the northwestern corner of Connecticut, within easy driving distance of both Massachusetts and New York State. What would the sales tax in each state be on a total of $830 worth of purchases? If shopping outside the state would cost around $20 in gas, in which state would this shopping trip cost the least?
  3. Calculating Income Tax: Married Couple Go to www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040tt.pdf. The 2010 tax tables (or current year) will come up as a pdf file. What is the tax for a head of household with a taxable income of $31,430? How much tax would a married couple filing jointly pay on $66,980? What about if they filed separately?

Complete-Rough-Draft-of-Criminal-Law-Capstone-Paper

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Based on the feedback you have received on your introduction paragraph, begin writing a 3–4 page rough draft of the body paragraphs of your research paper, which should have a clear focus, problems and solutions, and reliable/scholarly sources as support. You should currently have a good supply of research notes to bring into each of your arguments. Be sure your rough draft includes the following:

  • An introduction that has been revised based on prior feedback
  • Body paragraphs organized around focused analysis and supporting evidence for each of the key points that you are researching
  • In-text citations and a reference page to document sources being used

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED ASSIGNMENT FROM WEEK 1 TO GET MY TOPIC AND THESIS STATEMENT TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Applied social psychology and the work environment

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Employee satisfaction is the product of many factors, some directly related to the work situation and some related to the individual’s personal qualities or characteristics. This week, you examine social cognitive theory and social identity theory as applied to the work environment and employee satisfaction.

For this Discussion, review the media titled: The Virtual Office and then consider the social cognitive factors that might affect their job satisfaction.

Provide a brief description of social cognitive theory and social identity theory

Then provide a brief description of the employees with high job satisfaction and employees with low job satisfaction.

Explain the reasons for their satisfaction beyond the score.

Explain how non–work-related social cognitive factors might have influenced employee satisfaction for two of the employees.

Explain two areas in which a consultant might use social psychology to maintain or improve work satisfaction.

The-past-year-has-been-rich-in-scientific-and-technological-achievements

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Answer the question on to different way.

The past year has been rich in scientific and technological achievements. Several of them received much attention in the popular media, and probably aroused your curiosity. Here are some examples: the visit of the New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto and the subsequent discovery of the world beyond Pluto; the discovery of Earth-like planets orbiting other suns; the addition of four new elements to the Periodic Table, etc. Your task is to prepare a short report (about 250 words /one page) on one such topic that especially interests you. Assume that you are writing for a young (high-school) audience for the purpose of stimulating their interest in science.

How to account for a corporation?

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Discuss interim
reporting requirements under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS), as well as provide an
example financial statement illustrating what the interim report should entail. You will also discuss reporting requirements for business segments and discuss
transparency in financial reporting. Lastly, you will consider the company’s potential international business deals, such as the impact of foreign exchange rates
and the methods for translating financial statements. You will also create a hypothetical example demonstrating the translation process, using the two methods,
to submit with your paper.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

II. Corporation: The company is also considering structuring its business as a corporation, but is aware that there are a lot of complex issues to consider
when accounting for an incorporated entity. The company is concerned about the following key areas:

B. What interim reporting requirements would the company have as a corporation? Describe the guidance related to interim financial statements
under GAAP and IFRS.

C. Generate a hypothetical financial statement illustrating what that interim reporting entails. Ensure all information is entered accurately.

D. Determine if the interim reporting requirements are the same under GAAP and IFRS. Provide an example to support your response.

E. The company also heard that they may have to report some of their business segments separately if they opt to incorporate.

1. Appraise one of the processes used to identify which segments would have to be reported separately. Provide examples to support your
response.

2. How is this process effective in supporting transparency in financial reporting? Defend your response.

3. Provide suggestions to improve this process in an effort to sustain transparency. Defend your rationale.

F. When incorporating, it is important to consider whether or not the company’s business deals internationally.

1. Summarize the impact of foreign exchange rates on the company’s financial statements. What risks do foreign exchange rates pose?

2. What are the two methods used to translate financial statements and how does the functional currency play a role in determining which
method is used?

3. Compose a hypothetical example to demonstrate the translation process using the two methods. Ensure all information is entered
accurately.

Emerging Issues in Criminal Justice Policy

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The final assignment for this course is an analysis of a contemporary policy issue in criminal justice. Note: this course builds on itself – three of your assignments and both of your journal articles may be applicable to your Final Paper. In the text, Criminal Justice Policy, Gardiner and Mallicoat (2014) lay out four emerging policy issues in “Chapter 20: Emerging Issues in Criminal Justice Policy.” In addition, numerous policy issues are presented throughout “Section II: Criminal Justice Policy in Action” in Criminal Justice Policy. For your Final Paper, select one issue to research from either Section II or Chapter 20. Each of these criminal justice policies is shaped by constitutional issues and will have future implications. Your Final Paper must:

  • Summarize the criminal justice policy by explaining how the policy affects the basic premises of the criminal justice system, its organization, and its structure.
  • Complete a literature review for the policy incorporating your two journal article reviews.
  • Analyze the criminal justice policy process including the relationships between the federal, state, and local stakeholders who influence criminal justice policy.
  • Address the constitutional issues that should be addressed by policy makers or the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Revise existing public policy to address specific criminal justice issues.
  • Explain the effects of public policy on internal criminal justice operations.
  • Analyze the effect of criminal justice policy on social justice.

Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper must:

  • Be a minimum of eight double-spaced pages in length (excluding title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
  • Include a title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  • Utilize a minimum of 10 scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources; five of these must be from the Ashford University Library.
  • Document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center