Yao Budget Assignment  

Analyze IT security vulnerabilities and available security and data protection technologies that can be applied to your project based on this week's readings (Essentials of MIS, Ch. 8 and Week 4 Electronic Reserve Readings). Create a Microsoft^® Word plan of no more than 350 words that includes the following:

• Describe the internal and external threats to security for your project.
• Outline which type of security and threat prevention technology you recommend for your project and how it will be implemented. Your goal is to protect the privacy and financial information of your company and your potential customers.

Cite a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed references from the University of Phoenix Library.

Format consistent with APA guidelines.

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Question 1

1. a) Describe five technologies that can support electronic commerce.                       (5 marks)
2. b) List and explain five main reasons for implementing AIS in organizations.        (5 marks)
3. c) What is the role of a database system in the implementation of AIS?                 (5 marks)
4. d) State five characteristics that make information valuable for decision making.  (5 marks)

Question 2 You have been contracted by Maisha Bora Ltd to source or develop an accounting system for them. There are a number of options available to you and two of these are either developing AIS from scratch or buying a Commercial off the shelf (COTS) Application package.  

1. a) State some of the benefits of developing the system in-house.                      (5 marks)
2. b) If you were to buy a COTS AIS, name three advantag

Suppose you are a CPA hired to represent a client that is currently under examination by the IRS. The client is the president and 95% shareholder of a building supply sales and warehousing business. He also owns 50% of the stock of a construction company. The client’s son owns the remaining 50% of the stock of the construction company. The client has received a Notice of Proposed Adjustments (NPA) on three (3) significant issues related to the building supply business for the years under examination. The issues identified in the NPA are unreasonable compensation, stock redemptions, and a rental loss. Additional facts regarding the issues are reflected below:

• Unreasonable compensation: The taxpayer receives a salary of $10 million composed of a $5 million base salary plus 5% of gross receipts not to exceed $5 million. The total gross receipts of the building supply business are $300 million. The NPA by the IRS disallows the salary based on 5% of gross receipts as a construc

Smith Manufacturing, Inc. has asked for your assistance in preparing a budget for next year's operations. Take a few moments to consider where you would begin the budgeting process.What types of information do you need?   Prepare a letter addressed to John Jones, CFO of Smith Manufacturing. In this letter be sure to request the information that is needed to begin the budgeting process. Also, provide an outline of how the budgeting process flows.

Sheetbend & Halyard Case Jack Tar, CFO of Sheetbend & Halyard, Inc., opened the company’s confidential envelope. It contained a draft of a competitive bid for a contract to supply duffel canvas to the US Navy. The cover memo from the Sheetbend’s CEO asked Mr. Tar to review the bid before it was submitted. The bid and its supporting documents had been prepared by Sheetbend’s sales staff. It called for Sheetbend to supply 100,000 yards of duffel canvas per year for five years. The proposed selling price was fixed at $30 per yard. Mr. Tar was not usually involved in sales, but this bid was unusual in at least two respects. First, if accepted by the navy, the bid would commit Sheetbend to a fixed-price, long-term contract. Second, producing the duffel canvas would require and investment of $1.5 million to purchase machinery to refurbish Sheetbend’s plant in Pleasantboro, Maine. Mr. Tar set to work and by the end of the week he had collected the following facts and assum

Sheetbend & Halyard Case Jack Tar, CFO of Sheetbend & Halyard, Inc., opened the company’s confidential envelope. It contained a draft of a competitive bid for a contract to supply duffel canvas to the US Navy. The cover memo from the Sheetbend’s CEO asked Mr. Tar to review the bid before it was submitted. The bid and its supporting documents had been prepared by Sheetbend’s sales staff. It called for Sheetbend to supply 100,000 yards of duffel canvas per year for five years. The proposed selling price was fixed at $30 per yard. Mr. Tar was not usually involved in sales, but this bid was unusual in at least two respects. First, if accepted by the navy, the bid would commit Sheetbend to a fixed-price, long-term contract. Second, producing the duffel canvas would require and investment of $1.5 million to purchase machinery to refurbish Sheetbend’s plant in Pleasantboro, Maine. Mr. Tar set to work and by the end of the week he had collected the following facts and assum

Sheetbend & Halyard Case Jack Tar, CFO of Sheetbend & Halyard, Inc., opened the company’s confidential envelope. It contained a draft of a competitive bid for a contract to supply duffel canvas to the US Navy. The cover memo from the Sheetbend’s CEO asked Mr. Tar to review the bid before it was submitted. The bid and its supporting documents had been prepared by Sheetbend’s sales staff. It called for Sheetbend to supply 100,000 yards of duffel canvas per year for five years. The proposed selling price was fixed at $30 per yard. Mr. Tar was not usually involved in sales, but this bid was unusual in at least two respects. First, if accepted by the navy, the bid would commit Sheetbend to a fixed-price, long-term contract. Second, producing the duffel canvas would require and investment of $1.5 million to purchase machinery to refurbish Sheetbend’s plant in Pleasantboro, Maine. Mr. Tar set to work and by the end of the week he had collected the following facts and assum

Create a diagram comparing accrual and cash accounting. Also include a 350- to 700-word summary of the differentiation and uses of the two.

Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your paper.

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Public finance- cost and benefitsWeek 8-Discussion