Introduction to Accounting Accounting is a profession used to make financial and business decisions. Billions of dollars exchange hands every day‚ in millions of separate business transactions. These are recorded and reported on using a comprehensive set of guidelines‚ referred to as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Brief History of Accounting Accounting was born before writing or numbers existed‚ some 10‚000 years ago‚ in the area known as Mesopotamia‚ later Persia‚ and today the
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CHAPTER 1 THE ACCOUNTANT’S ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION TRUE/FALSE 1. Management accounting information focuses on external reporting. Answer: False Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 Terms to Learn: management accounting Management accounting information focuses on internal reporting. 2. A good cost accounting system is narrowly focused on a continuous reduction of costs. Answer: False Difficulty: 2 Objective: 1 Terms to Learn: cost accounting A good cost accounting system
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Homework Week 2 Exercise E1-1 SEC – K Audit – G Sole Proprietorship – I Corporation – E Accounting – A Accounting Entity – D Audit Report – J Cost Principle – F Partnership – C FASB – L IASB – H Unit of Measure – B GAAP – N IFRS – M E1-2 Accounts receivable – Asset Cash and cash equivalents – Asset Net sales – Revenue Notes payable – Liability Taxes payable – Liability Retained earnings – Stockholders’ Equity Cost of products sold – Expense Marketing‚ administrative
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Chapter 1 – Introduction to Financial Accounting Learning Objectives: After studying Chapter 1‚ you should be able to * Discuss the different classifications of financial transactions * Define an equity investor and a debt investor and understand the difference * Discuss the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission * Name the Big Four accounting firms and define the term “independent auditor” * Define corporate governance * Discuss GAAP and IFRS and the concept of rules-based
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and percentage of sales are two accounting allowance methods used to reconcile customer accounts deemed noncollectable. When allowed by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)‚ these two strategies are preferred over direct write-off of bad debt expenses. Percentage of receivables and percentage of sales provide a business with the ability to accurately estimate the expected bad debt losses they will have in each succeeding fiscal reporting period." Percentage of sales method is a good way
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company contributes to their employee’s 401K plans. b. Chinese Airlines‚ a rapidly growing airline serving the Pacific Rim. Seeing the amount of sales that Boeing has‚ shows the reliability in their product through increased sales numbers. c. Henry James‚ a real estate investor considering building apartments in the Seattle area. Increased sales would mean the hiring rate would rise to meet workflow demands. This would be valuable because employees would need to relocate and would be looking
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ACCOUNTING SUBSTANCE OVER FORM Substance over form is an accounting concept where the entity is accounting for items according to their substance and economic reality and not merely their legal form. It is one of the key determinants of reliable information. For most transactions there will be no difference and in some cases however‚ the two diverge and the choice of how to present the transactions can give very different results. This differences occurs when an asset or liability is not recognized
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inggLecturer’s Guide Accounting for Non-accounting Students Sixth edition J R Dyson ISBN 0 273 68301 2 © Pearson Education Limited 2004 Lecturers adopting the main text are permitted to download the manual as required. Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated Companies around the world Visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk First published in Great Britain under the Pitman Publishing imprint in 1997 Second edition published
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1. Sources of GAAP and basic framework and concepts ........................................................... 3 2. Reporting net income ................................................................................................... 14 3. Income statement: Income from continuing operations ................................................................................ 17 Discontinued operations ...............................................................................
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CHAPTER 1 Financial Accounting and Accounting Standards ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE Topics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Subject matter of accounting. Environment of accounting. Role of principles‚ objectives‚ standards‚ and accounting theory. Historical development of GAAP. Authoritative pronouncements and rulemaking bodies. Role of pressure groups. Ethical issues. Questions 1 2‚ 3‚ 29 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7 8‚ 9‚ 10‚ 11 12‚ 13‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16‚ 17‚ 18‚ 19‚ 20‚ 21‚ 22‚ 23 23‚ 24‚ 25‚ 26‚ 27‚ 28 30 Cases 4 6‚ 7 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 5 8
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