Accounting students are expected to demonstrate writing skills in describing, analyzing and evaluating ideas and experiences. The objective of this activity is for you to practice your writing skills,

• Research paper for this course should be written and saved as a Word document, and include a minimum of 1,000 words, (approximately full two pages), not to exceed 1,200 words.

• Please use 12-point Times New Roman font, single-spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.

• Center the title of your paper followed by your name at the beginning of the first page, immediately followed by the main body of your paper.

• Please do not include a Title Page or Abstract for this assignment.

• A third page should be included for references.

• For citation purposes only, please follow the APA Citation Style using this excellent resource.

• Your paper should incorporate five (5) full-text Articles on your approved topic and reference to FASB Codification as appropriate.

• Out of the five required reference articles, a minimum of two should come from business or accounting journals (CPA Journal, Journal of Accountancy, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, The Tax Advisor, etc.).

• The library has subscriptions to these, and students can schedule appointments with librarians to receive help with their research if needed.

• Other references may include magazines (Forbes, Businessweek, The Economist, etc.), newspapers (The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, etc.), and online articles (investopedia.com, money.cnn.com, msn.money.com, etc.).

• Please limit your use of online articles (not published in hard copy) to two references.

• Note that Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference for this paper.

• Textbooks will not count toward the five required references.

• Please refer to the following sample research paper as an excellent example of formatting and content.