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Need help with materials budget; I'm lost
I'm hoping someone smarter than me can offer some guidance solving a problem for an accounting class. I don't need anyone to answer it for me, I'm just hoping someone can give me a little better...
 
Journal entries for law firm
Greetings Lawyer practices real estate law, litigation, etc.. What would be the journal entries for the following transactions in a law firm? Lawyers uses the accrual method of accounting 1) Lawyer...
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Ratings of U.S. Banks
Does anyone know of a ratings guide for U.S. Banks that evaluates the quality of their services for things like sweep accounts, security and financial control options, electronic banking, etc.?...
 
Negative Retained Earnings Balance
Hello all, I have an S-Corp and have ended a year with a negative bank account balance (due to a combination of reasons). When I start a new year, my software (MYOB) gives me a negative retained...
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Accounting career seekers FYI
The top 10 jobs that employers are having difficulty filling in 2007 are (ranked in order): 2007 Hot Jobs 1. Sales Representatives 2. Skilled Manual Trades 3. Technicians 4. Engineers 5. Accounting...
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Internal Financial Auditors - Multilingual
Location: Worldwide Description: Client seeks experienced financial auditors with 3 to 4 years' proven Big 4 auditing background. You will be doing extensive international travel, conducting audits...
 
need help understanding management variance in budgeting
I've been given this problem in my accounting class that appears, at least on the surface, to be a mistake. I feel like I need more information to answer this question. I'm told that I have the...
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COGS
I'm setting up accounts for a temporary partnership this summer. I have Cost of Goods Sold as a 500 account, or an expense. However, on the income statement, they seem to be recorded under income....
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how to account for TIF
We recently acquired a property that has a TIF (tax incentive financing) piece to it. We will be receiving money from a municipality for the next three years based on our property tax assessment...
 
150 semester hour requirement to sit for CPA exam?
Why did most states apply the 150 semester hour requirement to sit for CPA exam while some did not? Will California apply this requirement soon or later? If California applies this requirement later...
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How do I make myself into an accountant?
I used to think that accounting was a bland and disposessed of the purposefull challenges which are the hallmarks of the military, teaching, and medicine. Purpsefull challenge is over rated. If a...
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Income tax questions-2006 tax year
Facts: a.. Retired from company at age 57 in 2000 b.. Made a trustee to trustee transfer of pretax 401K to a variable annuity $600K from company to brokerage firm. c.. Took 60K per year as...
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ACCPAC Password Lister (Excel VBA Module)
' ACCPAC Password Lister ' ' passwords are stored using a reversible algorithm, and can be easily obtained by calling the relevant API functions Declare Function isamOpen Lib "a4wapi.dll" (ByVal...
 
mas90 install for newbie
Hello I have never install mas90 but I have experience with mas500. I dont think my mas90 is using sql just a simple shared folder in the server. I am using version 4. Can anyone tell me how to set it...
 
buying accounting software on ebay.
Whatever you do, don't buy accounting software from ebay, if it has been used, then you cannot transfer it to your name. I bought peachtree off e-bay, and the person that sold it to me had already...