Off-balance sheet accounting boils down to the simple question: should the sponsoring entity consolidate or not? From the 1980s to the 1990s it was common for sponsoring companies to avoid consolidations despite the fact that they maintained control of assets of special purpose entities (SPEs). Ultimately, this allowed sponsoring companies to hide losses and debt from their own financial statements. From a principles-based view, companies should have to report the assets of a SPE on their financial
Meltdown of 2008 are two noteworthy events of inadequate accounting policies that led to economic catastrophe during the past decade. The Enron Corporation‘s flawed accounting practices were perpetuated through the utilization of fraudulent special interest entities that were used to hide losses and rising debt sustained by the company during previous fiscal periods. The Wall Street Meltdown can be highly attributed to the use of mortgage backed securities and other creative investment vehicles that
The New Zealand Government has made significant changes to the economy throughout the last 15 years. The operation and organisation of business activity in New Zealand has been affected by this changing economy. All aspects of the New Zealand Government have been altered. The reason for this change was to improve the performance by being more efficient. The key reforms are privatisation and corporatisation of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and restructuring government agencies. The most significant
3) BOT (BUILD, OPERATE AND TRANSFER) DEFINITION BOT basically is a type of contract which involves two sectors that are private and government. The government requested the private sector to provide some infrastructure for the living, so that it can helps in the development of the country. The non-government sector will design, provide finances, construct and also operates the facility (building, school, road, etc.). After some period of time, the ownership will be transferred back to government
Politics-Centrist I was pleased to find out that I was a centrist. It’s true that I favor government intervention in some cases, but in other cases, people should be able to govern themselves. Here in the land of freedom, I think it would be impossible for the government to control everyone and every activity. For example the FCC coming up with a plan to crack down on pornography distributed through cable or the “Howard Stern” show which will soon be going to satellite radio. People are paying
DISINVESTMENT OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS IN INDIA TODAY THE RUSSIAN ECONOMIC MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT CONNOTED THROUGH THE RUSSIAN FUR DOES NOT EXIST. TODAY THE CHINESE ECONOMIC MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT CONNOTED THROUGH THE MAO SUIT DOES NOT EXIST. Margaret Thatcher disrobed them. The concept of the GOLDEN STRAIGHT JACKET is avowed, to whether it were the Democrats or the Republicans, the Conservatives or the Laborites, the BJP or the Congress. The concept of the golden straight jacket has been embraced
financial statements by an entity when it controls one or more child companies or special entities. As for IFRS 12, it addresses the interest disclosure in other entities, such as: subsidiaries, and unconsolidated ‘structured entities’.
Enron was a successful American energy, commodities and services company that is better known for one of the most notorious scandals in United States history. Before their involvement in criminal activity, Enron was also one of world’s major electricity and natural gas companies and was named “America’s Most Innovative Company” by Fortune magazine six years in a row. In 1985, Kenneth Lay, founder and CEO of Enron, merged Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, Inc. to form Enron. By 1992, Enron became
structure and role of local governments within the state of Texas; the purpose and function of each type of local government; the consolidation of county and city functions into a single governmental entity; and if Texas would be better served by maintaining its several, distinct, types of government, or by consolidating them into broader units of government that would handle the various functions within a single governmental entity. The state of Texas operates under a 131 year old constitution, comprised
business breaks. Since we are in California we will discuss California business entities. Keep in mind that there are important factors to consider when choosing a business entity are: Liability personal), taxes as mentioned earlier and what is called special circumstances/requirements e.g. bylaws when an S-Corp or Corporation. What business entities are there? According to Ortega, Sole Proprietorship is the easiest business entity to form and formation generally does not require the assistance of a business
definition of an SME is intended to (a) an entity with no public accountability and (b) an entity that publishes general purpose financial statements for external users. If entities fall under the definition of having a public accountability, as stated in paragraph 1.2 ED, they are not entitled to use the proposed IFRS for SMEs. The IASB’s definition of a public account-tability is not based on a size-threshold determination; rather it is the fact that an entity has issued equity or debt securities in
The stock markets immediately responded to the restatement and the stock price dropped to less than $10 a share (Thomas, 2002). Enron and Dynegy announced the merger agreement of $7.8 billion which would have created Dynegy Corp, where 64% owned by Dynegy and 36% owned by Enron on November 9, 2001 (Enron Fast Facts, 2015). Dynegy terminated merger agreement with Enron on November 28, 2001 due to Enron’s lack of full disclosure of its off-balance-sheet debt. This immediately downgraded Enron’s rating
means an arrangement between a government / statutory entity / government owned entity on one side and a private sector entity on the other, for the provision of public assets and/or public services, through investments being made and/or management being undertaken by the private sector entity, for a specified period of time, where there is well defined allocation of risk between the private sector and the public entity and the private entity receives performance linked payments that conform (or
from different types entities possible in Singapore. A private limited company is one of the types of entities one can opt to incorporate as it automatically qualifies to be an Exempt Private Company as its shares can not be held by more than twenty natural persons instead of any corporate body. An amendment was passed in the Companies Law of Singapore in 2003 to introduce the concept of Exempt Private Company in the business field. It is one of the most favored business entities in the business world
that affect the accounting process are; 1. Business entity - the business entity assumes the data collected in an accounting system relates to a specific business. The Business entity concept assumes each business existence is separate from its owners, creditors’, employees, interested parties and other businesses. Under the business entity premise, the data collected is strictly about the business and not the owner. There are other forms of entities within the a corporations. For example, companies
is a form of cooperation, interaction, compromise some elements related to both individuals and institutions, or the parties involved directly and indirectly receiving benefits and consequences. The values that underlie a collaboration is a common purpose, common perceptions, willingness to their processes, mutual benefit, honesty, compassion and community-based. The concept of collaboration is also defined to describe a relationship of cooperation undertaken certain parties. The many notions expressed
company that controls one or more other entities also known as subsidiaries to present the statement. The parent company must also present how much control they have over their subsidiary(s), and that control determines exactly what must be accounted for on the consolidated financial statement ( Warfield, Gribble, etc, 1996). Disclosures are another part in the financial statements, and are required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The purpose of the disclosure is to explain recognized
Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd. , and it sets the rock in which our company law rests which stated that the legal entity distinct from its
Internationalization of Accounting Standards for Consolidation - Japan: A Case Study The purpose of this paper will be to examine problems with internationalization of accounting standards for consolidations on methods from an international perspective - specifically, in the US and Japan. This is an especially timely topic as standardization of financial markets is a prerequisite to international free trade. Given the trends toward greater globalization, the motivations of companies for seeking
will include not only information about the graveyards themselves, but also the buildings, individual gravestones and the records of people buried there. [Emphasis added] Key words and phrases (highlighted) were used to determine the appropriate entities and their attributes, and to help determine the kinds of queries that might be useful for key stakeholders. This database will serve a diverse range users, each with different needs. Prior to constructing this database, I created a list of questions