What do you think is the difference of recording financial assets in regular business transaction and in Government Accounting? **simple, clear and concise answer is much appreciated. Thank you

There currently is a debate in regards to banking cord blood.  Cord blood is the blood found in the umbilical cord and contains stem cells.  The questions around this topic are in regards to the cost of the process, the availability to everyone and whether insurance companies should be involved.Your post should address the concerns of availability and cost in regards to potential benefit or no benefit.  Make sure to provide insight into the idea of insurance companies getting involved with cord blood banking.

Big data and data analytics are becoming an important part of an accountant's methods for analyzing the different companies and their performances. The use of these elements enhances organizational performance, improves fraud detection, and increases audit performance and scope. Use the Internet to review at least two news articles or publications about current and future trends in the use of big data. Choose a company that is not publicly traded (a small or medium-sized company). Review the company, and suggest some of the ways in which big data would benefit this company.

Green manufactures agricultural equipment and is planning to develop and launch a new fuel efficient tractor.   Required: Discuss how the strategic management accounting technique Activity Based Management (ABM) could offer Green opportunities for improving performance and ways to seek to achieve cost reduction.

You are an audit senior of Sam & Partners and are in the process of reviewing the systems testingcompleted on the payroll cycle of Brown Industries Ltd, as well as preparing the audit programmes for the finalaudit.Brown operates several chemical processing factories across the country, it manufactures 24 hours a day, sevendays a week and employees work a standard shift of eight hours and are paid for hours worked at an hourly rate.Factory employees are paid weekly, with approximately 80% being paid by bank transfer and 20% in cash; thedifferent payment methods are due to employee preferences and Brown has no plans to change these methods.The administration and sales teams are paid monthly by bank transfer.Factory staff are each issued a sequentially numbered clock card which details their employee number andname. Employees swipe their cards at the beginning and end of the eight-hour shift and this process is notsupervised. During the shift employees are entitled to a 30-minute paid…

Reply fast and accurately for upvote   Inventive Response has bonds outstanding that mature in 8.5 years, have a 4 percent coupon, and pay interest annually. These bonds have a face value of $1,000 and a current market price of $1,180.30. What is the company’s after-tax cost of debt if its tax rate is 21 percent? 1.35 percent 1.70 percent 2.15 percent 2.65 percent 3.40 percent