I receive questions, queries and requests from visitors from time to time and here are your messages and my responses ... a sort of FAQ section.
Here are some of the discussions to date
I got invloved in a discussion on stewardship on AccountingWEB.co.uk ... here are my responses to a few questions that Blandina Gaudueso asked and that I was persuaded to respond to.
Richard Young is a frequent corresponent and lately he asked me to
help him with a discussion of the standard deviation and the normal
distribution. I did that and a bit more: follow the links from the standard
deviation page
a student from Canada wrote and asked about journals, ledgers and the
trial balance for bookkeepers ... I wrote a brief introduction for that.
Kenneth Frendo and I write to each other from time to time. This time Kenneth wondered if I could give him any pointers as where to to find information on financial and modelling and statistical analysis. I found a few links for him and here they are.
Following up on Trans National Companies, I volunteered to add a section on Transfer Pricing ... I also decided it warranted a page of its own.
Student Glyn us studying in North Wales and asked me how accountants can use depreciation for raising internal funds: this is what I told him!
Following a question from Richard Young, my response to a discussion I took part in concerning the role of Trans National Companies and whether they are a good or a bad thing. My personal views.
Student Sally wrote to me with a simple plea: that she was doing an assignment on historical costs in accounting and didn't know where to start.
I volunteered this one: my attempt at the outline of an answer to a question about environmental and social reporting.
A plea from a Bachelor of Commerce student in Uganda who wanted some assistance with a question relating to Accounting Concepts: this is the bare bones of what I think might be relevant together with some general guidance on putting together an answer
A question from Joe: worth a read and it concerns basic definitions of expenses, income, assets and liabilities
Charts that Communicate
Gantt Charts
NPER function: NOMINAL v EFFECTIVE interest rates
Determining Interest Rates and Using them in a Budgeting Setting
Following an e-mail request for help, I put together a Cash Budgeting Page
How do you get your name in lights? Write to me with your problem and it could end up here along with my answer!
Duncan Williamson
24 March 2003
