Accounting Cases; Costing and Sunk Costs
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This 8 page paper looks at two case studies supplied by the student and discusses the different accounting concepts presented in them, looks at the key learning points and considers who they may apply to other organizations. The first considers a company that increases sales, but makes a loss. The company is using absorption costing and has not accounted for costs in an effective manner. The second case looks at a company that is launching a new product and has to decide how to discontinue the older product. This case is considered in terms of sunk costs. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEcaseque1.rtf

Accounting Concepts
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The Concept of Going Concern; This 5 page paper considers the purpose and meaning of this concept and how it can be seen as supporting other accounting principles such as accruals and matching concepts as well as historical costing. This paper also consider how the going concern concept should be used, and how it may be seen as a balance to prudence and conservatism. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEgoingc.wps

ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS AND ORGANIZATIONS
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This 20-page paper discusses a variety of accounting concepts and theories, including elements of a financial statement, news releases from the FASB, the structure of the FASB and an article and literature dealing with an accounting theory issue. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MTaccorg.rtf

Accounting Concepts and Reading Accounts
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This 3 page paper is written in 2 parts. The first part defines several terms; GAAP, historic cost, the difference between accrual basis and cash basis accounting and what are meant by current and non current assets and liabilities. The second part of the paper looks at three sets of accounts and considers the way that they are presented. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEacct001.rtf

ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS, ORGANIZATIONS AND THEORIES
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This 15-page paper discusses accounting theories and practices as they pertain to organizations in general. Specific topics discussed include the FASB and FAF, SPEs, OFB and other aspects. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTfasbth.rtf

ACCOUNTING CYCLE OF MCDONALD'S CORP.
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This 3-page paper goes through the steps of an accounting cycle using McDonald's purchase of potatoes. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MTacctcyd.rtf

ACCOUNTING CYCLES
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This 2.5 page paper discusses the use of the accounting cycle and analyzes each step in the cycle. The paper also discusses the rationale for the cycle as a whole. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MTacccyc.rtf

Accounting Exercises
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An 8 page paper in two parts. Part 1 describes and critiques the budget process at River Beverages. Part 2 builds various spreadsheets for cash and cash requirements throughout one quarter. Included are a sales budget, cash receipts budget, purchases budget, cash disbursements budget and the beginning of a summary cash budget. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSacctRiverBev.rtf

Accounting for Discretionary Costs with Specific Attention on Research and Development
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This 6 page paper examines issues related with discretionary costs, paying particular interest to research and development costs. The writer discusses what they are and how they occur as well as how they are accounted for, looking at their treatment as either operational costs or capitalized costs. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TERDcosts.rtf

Accounting for Employee Stock Option Schemes
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Employee stock options schemes are not cost free to the employer. However, under certain circumstances employers did not have to account for costs in the accounts. This 7 page paper considers how and why employee stock options schemes were used and accounted for and considers the impact of FASB 123 which introduced the concept of the fair value method accounting for employee stock options as the preferred method above ARP 25 which had out forward the intrinsic value method. The paper also considered the impact and likely result of FASB 123 (R). Real company figures are used to illustrate the differences. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEfasb123.rtf