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When there is a government surplus or an election approaching politicians propose a plan to reduce taxes. In this recent election the two candidates Al Gore and George Bush Jr. have proposed to different plans for these returns given to the U.S. citizens. Even though tax cuts are only a small portion of ones income,…

Undertakings Read the article on positions written by Alan Fox, ( 1966 ) – Industrial Sociology and Industrial Relations, Donovan Commission Research Paper No. 3, HMSO, London. A transcript is available on Moodle. Compare and contrast the two positions ( Unitarist and Pluralist ) . In kernel you will be underscoring the strengths ( rightness…

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ( PCAOB ) is a non-profit-making corporation established by Congress to supervise the audits of public companies in order to protect investors and the public involvement by advancing enlightening, accurate, and independent audit studies ( Messier ) .Another regular work that PCAOB registries is that the audits of agents and…

Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse In the case of Enron, it comes down to pure greed and a lack of accountability. From the top, there was illegal activity with Ken Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, and Andrew Fastow who raided the company as though it was their own personal bank. On top of that, the culture…

In the 1950s television became a big influence in the lives of many Americans. Television has been noted to be one of the phenomenons that shaped the life of Americans in this period that was popularly referred to as the golden age of television. By the end of the Second World War this gadget was…

Market analysis We are using PESTE and FIVE’s forces to analyze for the market. The FIVE’s are Competitor, Substitute, Supplier, Customer and New Entrants. There are five factors in PESTE which are Political factor, Economic factor, Social factor, Technological factor and Ecological factor. Political Factor Several national newspaper has reported some adverse news about Zubinos…

We have been asked by John Stewart, an investment advisor who has recently joined ACG, to help prepare some educational material for a seminar taking place later this month. In this discussion board post, we will be discussing systematic and unsystematic risk as well as a stock’s beta coefficient and how it ties into systematic…

The title of this blog entry says it all. Entrepreneurs are a different sort of person. They always believe they can do it better (Even if it isn’t always true). My personal experience tells me that about 5-10% of the people I meet qualify as the “entrepreneur type”. These are the people that stand in…

What is the authoritative literature addressing revenue recognition when right of return exists? If a transaction is within the scope of specific authoritative literature that provides revenue recognition guidance, that literature should be applied. However, in the absence of authoritative literature addressing a specific arrangement or a specific industry, the staff will consider the existing…

By exploiting core competencies firms can develop value creating strategies which are superior to their competitors. Wal-Mart are experts at using there core competencies to become superior to their competitors. There are three resources which allow a company to create a core competency. Tangible resources consist of assets that can be seen, financial resources (borrowing…