Accounting Essays

DUE MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013 (FOR ALL SECTIONS) Please read the syllabus and case instructions for details on the expected format and content of the case analysis. STUDY QUESTIONS Your case report should summarize the case and present a thorough analysis of the issues that you think are important. You …

Ancient Egypt covers thousands of years of history and many changes in leadership, culture, and society. As early as 5000 B.C., ancient man lived first by hunting and gathering wild foods. They resided in the Nile Valley were they learned to grow grain crops and to raise livestock. The rain …

The documentary film titled “Taxi to the Dark Side” underscores the U.S. government’s employment of psychological torture or “soft” torture in Guantanomo, Bay, Cuba as a tool to fight the War on Terror. As vicious as physical torture, soft torture was first practiced by the former Soviet Union and was …

Taxi Driver is a 1976 film written by Paul Schrader and directed by Martin Scorsese.  In the film, Manhattan taxi driver, Travis Bickle is a lonely ex-Vietnam Marine by the age of 26.  The film centers on his chronic depression and insomnia as it gradually causes him to distance himself …

Are taxes used for political leverage by one party over another?             Taxes are defined as the “sums imposed by a government authority upon persons or property to pay for government services” (Michigan Government, 2007). These taxes are appropriated for various government purposes most of which are for projects that …

The promoters in this case, Sylvia Fairplay and Joseph Dealer, do not have to file documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by virtue of the exemption available to them under Regulation D of SEC. Thus, it would prepare a Private Placement Memorandum (PPM), containing all the relevant information …

The term “the non-qualified deferred compensation” (NQDC) refers to those methods of compensation under which the participant receives payment for services long after they are rendered. This study centres attention on the use, terms, and effects of NQDC plans as they influence executives. First, taxation is particularly important to executives …

Recent decades, and especially recent years, have witnessed a phenomenon of great economic significance, a phenomenon that is having and will continue to have major implications for taxation. Income tax revenues have consistently risen as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP), now totaling 1.8 percent. The current federal income …

    Those falling under total cost represent the total of total variable cost and total fixed cost.  Not all variable costs have their variable cost per mile since variability need not vary with the miles travelled but on other factors.  Not all cost therefore will have their total cost per …

Introduction The purpose of this report is to assess the usefulness of the balanced scorecard (BSC) model within a business and strategic management accounting. To acquire such information, the model will be applied to a company and then critiqued giving both the benefits and any practical implications regarding the use …