Academic papers on Accounting & Personal Finance

Financial Planning, Estates & Trust
This 20 page paper discuses both financial planning and estate planning. The writer uses a hypothetical couple in their late twenties and with two young children for illustrative purposes. Several aspects of financial planning are discussed...
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Overriding Interest and Registered Land
This 9 page paper provides an overview of the issue of overriding interest and the viability of the land register. This paper considers Kevin Gray's statement that the land register cannot be relied upon as a comprehensive record of the totality of...
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Misrepresentation In Accounting
This 8 page paper considers ethics in the field of accounting. The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct is cited as the standard that accountants use. Issues such as insider trading, misrepresentation of records and tax fraud are included....
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Human Behavior in Managerial Accounting
A 17 page paper on the effects that human behavior has upon a managerial accounting system. The writer includes some basic accounting principles, and discusses how they are, and could be, effected by human behavior. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Managerial Accounting
A 20 page paper that provides an overview of the issues related to changing technologies, increasing competition and the role of management accounting in a competitive manufacturing sector. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Nonprofit vs. For Profit Financial Planning
This 8 page overview explains the essential differences in financial planning techniques between profit and nonprofit firms. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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401(K)
This 7 page paper discusses different aspects of the 401k retirement plan offered by most companies. Today's employee is looking for more in a company than in the past. One of the incentives companies are using today is a 401k program in which the...
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The Independent Contractor & the I.R.S.
The subject of independent contractor versus employee status as it concerns the I.R.S. is the subject of this 8 page paper. The 20 point test is discussed along with industries that have experienced law suits resulting in reclassification....
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Tax Fraud
This 6 page paper considers tax fraud cases. Specific ways in which people attempt to cheat on their income taxes is noted. The Internal Revenue Service's controversial program that uses paid informants is detailed. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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The Roth Individual Retirement Account Compared With Traditional IRAs
An 8 page paper discussing IRAs and comparing the new Roth IRA with the 'original' IRA. Tax and conversion issues are outlined and the advantages and disadvantages of each type of account are also covered. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Human Resource Management in Egyptian CPA Firm
A 20 page paper that provides an overview of the related economic issues in Egypt, the issues prevalent to human resources management, and then applies them to CPA firms in Egypt. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Mortgage Receivership & Foreclosure
A 10 page paper discussing the duties of the mortgage receiver appointed in some cases of mortgage foreclosure. Even though the view of 'mine' is valid only for the mortgage holder, it is one that is difficult to separate from the realities imposed...
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Coopers & Lybrand in Hungary
A 5 page paper discussing analyzing the facts presented in the Harvard Business School Case 9-692-112, focusing on the problems faced by the auditing and financial services consulting corporation in entering Hungary in 1990. Hungary had their ...
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Issues in Accounting
A 5 page overview of three areas of particular issue in Accounting: 1. Loosely defined and/or understood ethics and procedures, 2. a resulting increase in accounting fraud, and an overall 3. decreased sensitivity of the accounting profession to...
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Accrual Method of Accounting
This 12 page paper explains the advantages of using an accrual method of accounting rather than a cash method. Tax ramifications of each are also discussed. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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