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An expense and cost recovery system (ECRS) is a specialized subset of "extract, transform, load" (ETL) functioning as a powerful and flexible set of applications, including programs, scripts and databases designed to improve the cash flow of businesses and organizations by automating the movement of data between cost recovery systems, electronic billing from vendors, and accounting systems.
Environmental full-cost accounting (EFCA) is a method of cost accounting that traces direct costs and allocates indirect costs [1] by collecting and presenting information about the possible environmental costs and benefits or advantages – in short, about the "triple bottom line" – for each proposed alternative
The triple bottom line adds two more "bottom lines”: social and environmental (ecological) concerns. [1] With the ratification of the United Nations and ICLEI TBL standard for urban and community accounting in early 2007, [2] this became the dominant approach to public sector full cost accounting.
The most common tax depreciation method used in the U.S. is the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System or MACRS. This accelerates depreciation and provides greater deductions in the early years.
True Cost Accounting (TCA) is an accounting approach that measures and values the hidden impacts of economic activities on the environment, society and health. TCA is also referred to as “full cost accounting” (FCA) or “multiple capital accounting (MCA)”. [ 1 ]
Cost Accounting Standards (popularly known as CAS) are a set of 19 standards and rules promulgated by the United States Government for use in determining costs on negotiated procurements. CAS differs from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in that FAR applies to substantially all contractors, whereas CAS applied primarily to the larger ones.
Depreciation and Cost of Goods Sold are good examples of application of this principle. Full disclosure principle: Amount and kinds of information disclosed should be decided based on trade-off analysis as a larger amount of information costs more to prepare and use. Information disclosed should be enough to make a judgment while keeping costs ...
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