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Running public sector organizations requires specialist accounting and finance skills to overcome the unique challenges of the sector. Citizens rely on their governments to provide a wide range of public services from an inevitably limited budget and therefore the better that the public money is managed the more services that can be delivered. Just as there is no single best way to manage a business there is no single best way to manage public finances. Co-published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), the world's leading professional public finance accountancy body, International Public Financial Management: Essentials of Public Sector Accounting provides an expert introduction to public sector accounting and finance. This book was conceived to accompany CIPFA's International Public Financial Management (IPFM) qualifications as a resource for students that seeks to capture the essential elements of the modules they study, and reflects good practice as put forward by CIPFA in its examination syllabuses. Students of public management and public sector accounting will find this a useful text. Practitioners working in the public sector will also find this concise book vital reading in seeking value for money in providing public services.
In this book, Anna Faust examines the effects of gamification as a non-monetary incentive scheme on motivation and performance. A primary concern of managerial accounting are systems and practices that increase motivation, effort, and performance. However, in the field of management accounting and management control, previous research has focused on the effects of monetary incentives at the expense of non-monetary incentives. Gamification, as a non-monetary incentive scheme, has received little to no attention so far in the field of management accounting and management control. To address this gap, the author conducts three studies to investigate the influence of gamification on motivation and performance. Overall, this book offers new insights into the complexity of gamification as an incentive scheme.
Since the mid-1990s risk management has undergone a dramatic
expansion in its reach and significance, being transformed from an
aspect of management control to become a benchmark of good
governance for banks, hospitals, schools, charities and many other
organizations. Numerous standards for risk management practice have
been produced by a variety of transnational organizations. While
these many designs and blueprints are accompanied by ideals of
enterprise, value production, and good governance, it is argued
that the rise of risk management has also coincided with an
intensification of auditing and control processes. The legalization
and bureacratization of organizational life has increased because
risk management has created new demands for proof and evidence of
action. In turn, these demands have generated new risks to
reputation.
Managerial Accounting is a prognostic as well as a diagnostic tool and therefore useful for making key day to day decisions. However the common view, especially in the IT industry, is that Managerial Accounting is for the Accountants despite the fact that IT professionals are regularly confronted by financial situations such as project pricing, measuring performance, estimating risk, allocating costs etc. This means that every proposal needs to be vetted by the respective specialists. While this may be desirable and even necessary, the speed and reliability of the process could improve if the people who originate the proposal had knowledge of the fundamentals that go into the decision making process.
The second edition of Cost and Management Accounting: Operations and Management is a southern African text which supports the latest curriculum offered by major accounting professional bodies and higher education institutions. It has been updated to cover current developments in management accounting. Its carefully developed pedagogical approach, offering a balance between the technical and the conceptual, combined with its focus on the requirements of professional bodies, gives students a solid exposure to the cost and management accounting profession while simplifying the learning process. Retaining its student-friendly writing style and practical approach, it is the ideal text for students of cost and management accounting across many levels, from introductory to advanced, undergraduate and postgraduate.
Principles of External Auditing has become established as one of the leading textbooks for students studying auditing. Striking a careful balance between theory and practice, the book describes and explains, in non-technical language, the nature of the audit function and the principles of the audit process. The book covers international auditing and accounting standards and relevant statute and case law. It explains the fundamental concepts of auditing and takes the reader through the various stages of the audit process. It also discusses topical aspects of auditing such as legal liability, audit risk, quality control, and the impact of information technology. Brenda Porter is currently visiting Professor at Exeter University and Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.
Over the past decade, management accounting has seen changes not just within existing domains of the field but has also witnessed extensions outside its established realms of activity. Wider systemic transformations including changes in political regimes, novel conceptions of management controls, the impact of globalising forces on commercial affairs, shifts in notions of effective knowledge management, governance and ethics, and technological advances, including the rise of broadband, have all impacted management accounting endeavours. The field is as fast changing as it has ever been. This book captures key facets of current thoughts, concerns and issues in management accounting. The book consists of eighteen chapters written by distinguished scholars in the field. The topic areas covered in some chapters reflect established management accounting topics such as budgeting and responsibility accounting, contract theory analysis, contingency frameworks, performance measurement systems and strategic cost management which are considered within the perspective of changing concerns facing modern organizations and present day management thought. Other chapters deal with newly emerging concerns in management accounting, including network relations, integrated cost management systems, knowledge management pursuits, environmental management accounting and accounting and digitisation. Each chapter encompasses discussions of basic premises complemented by insights from modern day practice, research and thought. This makes the book particularly suitable for students in intermediate, advanced and executive level courses in management accounting. It also provides an extensive corpus of discussions which will inform those in practice. Readers interested in gaining direct insights into specialised management accounting areas will find this book to be an especially valuable reference source.
Kaum ein Themenkomplex wird in der steuerpolitischen Diskussion so kontrovers diskutiert, so regelmassig vorubergehend beerdigt und anschliessend wiederbelebt wie die Wiedereinfuhrung einer Vermoegensteuer. Diese Arbeit untersucht, ob eine Vermoegensteuer uberhaupt in verfassungskonformer Weise wiedereingefuhrt werden kann und, falls dies der Fall ist, welche verfassungsrechtlichen Grenzen die Politik dabei zu wahren hat. Hierbei geht die Arbeit insbesondere der Frage nach, ob der so genannte Halbteilungsgrundsatz aus dem Grundgesetz abgeleitet werden kann und wie er zu operationalisieren ist. Die Arbeit zeigt auf, dass eine substanzentziehende Vermoegensteuer verfassungsrechtlich unzulassig ware und dass selbst eine als so genannte Sollertragsteuer ausgestaltete Vermoegensteuer verfassungsrechtlich schwerwiegenden Bedenken unterliegt. Selbst wenn man diese Bedenken ignoriert, ist auf Basis der - verfassungsrechtlich erforderlichen - Anwendung des Halbteilungsgrundsatzes im derzeitigen Steuersystem uberhaupt nur dann Platz fur eine Vermoegensteuer, wenn die Vermoegensteuerschuld bei den Ertragsteuern angerechnet wird. Zustandig fur die Wiedereinfuhrung einer Vermoegensteuer waren derzeit - entgegen der allgemeinen Annahme in Politik und Rechtswissenschaft - die Lander.
Die Rechnungslegungsvorschriften nach IAS/IFRS haben, mit deren UEbernahme in europaisches Recht im Jahr 2003 und mit der ab 1. Januar 2005 in Kraft getretenen und fur alle europaischen kapitalmarktorientierten Unternehmen gultigen gesetzlichen Verpflichtung zur Konzernabschlusserstellung nach IAS/IFRS, erheblich an Aktualitat gewonnen. Im Gegensatz zu den US-amerikanischen US-GAAP, die vor dem Hintergrund der Bilanzskandale um WordCom, Enron und andere in der aktuellen Diskussion als regelbasierte ("rule-based") und daher missbrauchsanfallige Rechnungslegung kritisiert wird, werden IAS/IFRS als eine eher prinzipienbasierte ("principle-based") Rechnungslegung beschrieben. Aufgrund der Prinzipienbasierung soll bei der Abschlusserstellung und Prufung weniger das Befolgen kasuistischer Einzelfallregelungen als vielmehr verantwortungsvolles "professional judgement" der Abschlussersteller und Prufer stehen, das im Sinne des eigentlichen Geists der Regelungen ("spirit of the rules") auszuuben ist. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird die vermeintliche Prinzipienbasierung der IAS/IFRS auf breiter Basis analysiert.
Ausgangspunkt der Arbeit ist die anhaltende Hinwendung der kapitalmarktorientierten Rechnungslegung zur fair-value-Bewertung. Dieser Paradigmenwechsel gibt Anlass zu zwei Fragestellungen. Zum einen wird auf Grundlage einer Analyse der US-GAAP und der IFRS die Konzeption des Wertmassstabes fair value herausgearbeitet und dessen Niederschlag in gegenwartigen Standards dargestellt. Die Rechnungslegung zum fair value wird in einem zweiten Schritt einer umfassenden Zweckmassigkeitsuntersuchung unterzogen, um den Beitrag zur Informationsfunktion zu eroertern. Auf Basis informationsoekonomischer, investitions- und bilanztheoretischer Ansatze werden grundlegende Aussagen zur Informationsqualitat des fair value, zur Begrundbarkeit einer bilanziellen fair-value-Bewertung und zu den Eigenschaften eines fair-value-Gewinns gewonnen. Die Ergebnisse zeichnen ein differenziertes Bild der Entscheidungsnutzlichkeit der Rechnungslegung zum fair value. Wesentliche Vorzuge, wie sie in der Debatte insbesondere von Standardsetzern vorgebracht werden, werden aus konzeptioneller wie empirischer Sicht relativiert.
Cost-Benefit Analysis provides accessible, comprehensive, authoritative, and practical treatments of the protocols for assessing the relative efficiency of public policies. Its review of essential concepts from microeconomics, and its sophisticated treatment of important topics with minimal use of mathematics helps students from a variety of backgrounds build solid conceptual foundations. It provides thorough treatments of time discounting, dealing with contingent uncertainty using expected surpluses and option prices, taking account of parameter uncertainties using Monte Carlo simulation and other types of sensitivity analyses, revealed preference approaches, stated preference methods including contingent valuation, and other related methods. Updated to cover contemporary research, this edition is considerably reorganized to aid in student and practitioner understanding, and includes eight new cases to demonstrate the actual practice of cost-benefit analysis. Widely cited, it is recognized as an authoritative source on cost-benefit analysis. Illustrations, exhibits, chapter exercises, and case studies help students master concepts and develop craft skills.
Zum 01.01.2005 muss der Gesetzgeber einen Konflikt beilegen, der seit nunmehr 50 Jahren besteht und seit uber 20 Jahren das Bundesverfassungsgericht beschaftigt. Das hierzu notwendige Gesetz soll Gleichheit bei der Besteuerung der Altersvorsorge von Beamten und gesetzlich Rentenversicherten herbeifuhren. Die Arbeit nahert sich der Reformaufgabe sowohl aus juristischer wie aus volkswirtschaftlicher Sicht. Den Schwerpunkt bildet die Entwicklung eines deterministischen, mikrooekonomischen Gruppensimulationsmodells. Gestutzt auf Einkommensverlaufsschatzungen werden die Verteilungswirkungen des Gesetzesentwurfes offen gelegt. Die ausgearbeitete Alternative verdeutlicht, wie eine UEberhoehung der Steuerbelastung von Zwischengenerationen sowie Doppelbesteuerung vermieden werden kann.
Umfassend und kompetent vermittelt dieses Standardwerk den
State-of-the-Art der Konzernrechnungslegung. Die neunte Auflage
wurde komplett uberarbeitet und den aktuellen gesetzlichen
Rahmenbedingungen (BilMoG, IFRS 3, IAS 27) angepasst, ohne die
bewahrte Grundstruktur zu verandern.
Die langfristige Performance deutscher Aktien ist keine rein wirtschaftshistorische Fragestellung. Die erzielbare Rendite hat auch erheblichen Einfluss auf die aktuelle Praxis der Unternehmensbewertung und auf interne Renditevorgaben. Dennoch wurde die Entwicklung bisher noch nicht mit einem konsistenten Indexkonzept bis ins 19. Jahrhundert zuruckverfolgt. Der Autor konstruiert einen woechentlichen Performanceindex aus 30 Standardwerten von der Grunderzeit bis Ende 1959. Historische Handelsbrauche und Sonderfaktoren (Boersenschliessungen, Wahrungsumstellungen, Stoppkurse, alliierte Zerschlagungen) werden aus der Sicht eines Anlegers berucksichtigt. Die Indexermittlung erfolgt konsequent uber samtliche strukturelle Bruche hinweg. Der erstellte Index wird durch konsistente Verknupfung bis in die jungste Zeit fortgeschrieben.
Empirische Untersuchungen belegen einen mittlerweile auch in Deutschland erhoehten Verbreitungsgrad der Due Diligence bei Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). Differenziert wird bei den Untersuchungen zwischen einzelnen Teilreviews (Financial, Tax, Legal etc.) allerdings wurden bislang keine breiten empirischen Erkenntnisse zur Durchfuhrung der Due Diligence gewonnen. Die Fragestellung bei dieser Untersuchung lautet, in welchen Determinanten die Due Diligence tatsachlich durchgefuhrt wird. Determinanten der Due Diligence sind die Dauer der Due Diligence und Terminierung im Akquistitionsprozess, die Groesse und Zusammensetzung des Due Diligence-Teams, die Informationsquellen wahrend der Due Diligence, die eingesetzten Instrumente wie Checklisten u.a., die wirtschaftliche und wirtschaftsrechtliche Relevanz der Due Diligence sowie die Dokumentation und Berichterstattung uber die Due Diligence.
Das Ausscheiden von Unternehmen aus dem Konsolidierungskreis und die damit zusammenhangenden Massnahmen einer durchzufuhrenden Endkonsolidierung unterliegen keiner expliziten gesetzlichen Regelung. Vor diesem Hintergrund und den gestiegenen Anforderungen an die Aussagefahigkeit und Objektivitat der Konzernberichterstattung, verfolgt die Arbeit das Ziel, sachgerechte eund zweckadaquate Regeln fur die erfolgsrechnerische und bilanzielle Abbildung der Endkonsolidierung im Konzernabschluss abzuleiten. Basierend auf einem konsistenten und den Grundsatzen ordnungsmassiger Konsolidierung entsprechenden Grundsatzsystem werden die Erfolgswirkungen analysiert, wobei die Berucksichtigung des Totalerfolgskonzeptes im Konzernabschluss von zentraler Bedeutung ist. Darauf aufbauend wird dargestellt wie die Massnahmen der Endkonsolidierung buchungstechnisch im Konzernabschluss abzubilden sind.
Emphasizing the use of sampling in the audit of financial statements by external as well as internal auditors, this book presents technical sampling material within the context of the auditing risk model.
WARNING: This is not your typical bookkeeping book. You will not find a lot of "Industry Jargon" in this book, nor will you find your usual "do it this way because it's always been done this way" kind of advice. The authors of this book have a twisted sense of humor and it shows. (Their defense - staring at computer screens everyday has finally made them go batty.) This book was written only for the bookkeepers who are dying to try something new, easy and simple, and who don't want to do things "the same old way." If that's you, read on... *********************************** If you have dreams of starting your own lucrative virtual bookkeeping business, but have been putting it off because you're just not sure you can do it, or even get any clients, you're not alone. Every independent bookkeeper feels that way at one time or another. "How to Start a Lucrative Virtual Bookkeeping Business" was created to help get you past your own objections, create the perfect home office, and then go out and find the ideal virtual bookkeeping client - step-by-step. In this book, you will find: 10 Simple Steps to starting and running your virtual bookkeeping business. More than 30 ways to find new clients, including what-not-to-do. An additional 30 tips to help supplement your bookkeeping business. Scripts to turn your existing clients (or boss) into virtual bookkeeping clients. Advice on how to brand and market your new business on an extremely-tight budget. Multiple ways to get your clients to pay. How to recognize the warning signs of a Deadbeat Client. Advice from other bookkeeping business professionals on creating the virtual bookkeeping business you've always dreamed of. PLUS, there are links inside the book to a Bonus Page where you can download FREE "Printable" Word and PDF documents to help you implement the strategies easily into your own business. What are you waiting for? It's time to tell your boss you're making your own hours and they can take you or leave you as you are - a lucrative virtual bookkeeper business owner. *********************************** E.T. Barton and Robin Davis met back in 1976, shortly after Robin's "water broke." That's right, E.T. and Robin are mother and daughter and Robin was all of 5 years old at the time (at least that's the story Robin's sticking to ). Both mother and daughter got into bookkeeping shortly after high school (because it's in the genes), and through the years have encouraged each other to begin their own bookkeeping companies. Since E.T's passion lies in writing, and Robin's lies in bookkeeping, they've decided to team up and share their collective knowledge in a way that is simple and entertaining for the "Average Business Joe." Oh - and Bookkeepers will like it too.
Provides a range of up-to-date case studies to help students understand the real world practice of risk management in organisations Includes an overview situating the subject of risk management in the wider context of corporate governance, aiding student understanding The case studies on Tesco and Birmingham City Council are radically updated to reflect recent controversies, whilst a case study on cyber risk is added for the new edition |
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