When he was asked whether he would favor the prohibition of the bilingual ballot, he simply stated, “Of course not.” Wills’ continues in the next section stating that our national identity and our federal laws are being weakened by immigration that is influenced by these bilingual ballots. He also uses this anecdote in the fourth section by showing how our laws are weakening. That these illegal immigrants are able to ask for bilingual ballots because the law is weakening and they are able to immigrate into the country in illegal ways without knowing how to speak English or know anything about our politics. Although the chief rhetorical aim of the article appears to be to inform Americans rather than persuade them as to why the bilingual ballot should be prohibited, why is Will not taking up a more serious tone if he felt so strongly about the
Ans: The most common ways were: i) Sales contingencies were not disclosed to management ii) Sales were booked before deliver was completed iii) Software revenue was recognized before services were performed iv) False sales agreements and documentations were created v) Revenue was reported at gross rather than net 3. Revenue should not be recorded for shipments that are substantially the same as a consignment. What factors would indicate a transaction that is substantively the same as consignment? Ans: The factors are: i) Buyer has lengthy return right ii) Payment is substantially contingent on resale of the product iii) Seller is required to repurchase the product at a specific price iv) Buyer does not assume risk of ownership due to future product pricing concerns 4. What is bill and hold transaction?
Running Head: BORDER PORTECTION AND IMMIGRATION Border Protection and Immigration Eric R. Kloss Excelsior College Border Protection and Immigration Americans live in a country where freedom is taken for granted, and not appreciated. Most Americans do not know the cost of freedom and are unwilling to contribute to keeping America free. Americans forget the price that so many have paid to keep America free. I feel that immigration and border security is one of the main issues associated with terrorists and the smuggling of illegal goods, and equipment into America. Changes must be enforced instantly in order to stop this illegal entry into America.
It does not reflect the substance of the transaction, though, which is that PDL has rendered multiple deliverables in sale: both the initial sale, and the subsequent sale based on points value are being sold. Accordingly, PDL must consider an alternate approach to its loyalty point program: On a sale that involves issuance of points, some of the sale value is assigned to current sales, but the retail value of points to be redeemed in the future is recorded as
The typical thought of the average American is that America is a melting pot and culture is only imported into America when in reality American Culture is an Export and companies like Coke, McDonalds, and Walmart are proving this fact. Richard Pells goes into further detail by describing Hollywood entrepreneurs as immigrant entrepreneurs. Richard Pells argument on Hollywood could not be more wrong. There are numerous flaws in his opinions on Hollywood not to mention the other arguments in the essay. This essay has
From an accounting prospective, the major problem with the calculations mentioned in the article is determining the rate of return and length of the marketing investment. While the initial value of the “investment”, i.e. marketing expense, can be easily determined, determining the real value after the investment has been made has the potential to be biased without a commonly used measurement. The value of the investment could also fluctuate from year to year based on the companies’ profitability even though marketing had not direct
1. Why did accounting fraud occur at WorldCom? There were a number of reasons that led to the occurrence of accounting fraud at WorldCom but the main reason was to boost up the price of the WorldCom stock amid a slowdown in the telecommunications industry. As Bernard J. Ebbers, Chief Executive Officer, declared in 1997, “Our goal is not to capture market share or be global. Our goal is to be the No.
All information relevant to financial asset prices must be costless, widely and quickly available. In information is costly to secure, or is known only to some investors, or spreads slowly, then asset prices might not reflect all information. 2. There must be no transactions costs in purchasing or selling financial assets. Otherwise, if news arrives that leads people to believe that some assets are more attractive, then their price may not rise to reflect this because the transactions costs involved in buying them could outweigh the gains that might be made.
Since the company excludes liability for manufacturer defects to the product and prejudiced to consumer rights to refund or even replace the product whereupon, If a consumer believes that this term of the contract being an unfair term he can complain to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) or to one of several consumer-related organizations that can act against unfair consumer contracts. Such a complaint may lead to court action. As an analysis for the reasonableness in the light of UCTA 1977, the company has to meet the following requirements: The contract / notice must not include terms which to exclude or restrict liability for breach of contract, providing an inadequate service, or providing goods that have been misdescribed, are not of satisfactory quality or are not fit for their purpose. This is the case unless such a term is reasonable, although exceptions exist, for example when
Overpayment on acquisition. It is finding by IFRS that the 1, 2, 5 and 6 in the above list are not conceptually part of goodwill, but rather to measurement errors. The two components are regard as part of goodwill are 3 and 4, defined by Johnson and Petrone(p.296) as ‘gonging concern goodwill’ and ‘combination goodwill’. Which two are contribute to the ‘core goodwill’ that IASB referred to determine the way account to goodwill. A journal titled ‘acquisition premium and cost sharing analysis’ on ’International Tax Review’ is finding that Goodwill accounting is specific on analysis of the purchase consideration allocation, allocate acquisition consideration to assets and liabilities acquired.