Chapter 1: The Accounting Environment – What is Accounting and Why is it Done? Accounting is a system for gathering data about an entity’s economic activity‚ processing and organizing the data and in turn‚ communicating that information to people who want to use it to make decisions. Data are unprocessed facts about an entity’s economic activity that is entered into an accounting system whereas information results from organizing and presenting the data in ways that make it useful for decision
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Vol. 3 No. 2 2007 Accounting Information Qualitative Characteristics Gap: Evidence from Jordan Ahmad N. Obaidat Tafila Technical University‚ Tafila‚ Jordan [Abstract] The general objective of financial reporting is to provide useful information to present and potential investors‚ creditors‚ and others to help them make investment‚ credit‚ and other decisions. The purpose of this paper is to find out whether there is an existing gap concerning the importance of accounting information qualitative
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Accounting Information Systems‚ 12e (Romney/Steinbart) Chapter 1 Accounting Information Systems: An Overview 1) Which of the following statements below shows the contrast between data and information? A) Data is the output of an AIS. B) Information is the primary output of an AIS. C) Data is more useful in decision-making than information. D) Data and information are the same. Answer: B Page Ref: 4 Objective: Learning Objective 1 Difficulty : Easy AACSB: Analytic 2) Information
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Accounting is the financial information system that provides these insights. In short‚ to understand your organization‚ you have to know the numbers. Accounting consists of three basic activities—it identifies‚ records‚ and communicates the economic events of an organization to interested users. You cannot earn a living‚ spend money‚ buy on credit‚ make an investment‚ or pay taxes without receiving‚ using‚ or dispensing financial information. Good decision making depends on good information
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Problem 1: California Surplus Inc. qualifies to use the installment-sales method for tax purposes and sold an investment on an installment basis. The total gain of $75000 was reported for financial reporting purposes in the period of sale. The installment period is 3 years; one-third of the sale price is collected in 2012 and the rest in 2013. The tax rate was 35% in 2012‚ and 30% in 2013 and 30% in 2014. The accounting and tax data is shown below. Financial Accounting
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for Fun Pty Ltd – as well as giving suggested solutions for each threat. Moreover‚ recommendations will be made and thoroughly explained for Mark to prevent threats based on the firm current capacity. II. What is “Safeguarding assets” means & how to achieve it with MYOB? Barron ’s Educational Series‚ Inc. (Eds 2005) defined the term “safeguarding assets” as follow: “Protecting the firm ’s assets through a good internal control system. The objective is to guard against loss of assets because
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Although the conviction was overturned on May 31‚ 2005 by the Supreme Court of the United States‚ the firm ceased performing audits and is currently unwinding its business operations. On July 9‚ 2002 George W. Bush gave a speech about recent accounting scandals that had been uncovered. In spite of its stern tone‚ the speech did not focus on establishing new policy‚ but instead focused on actually enforcing current laws‚ which include holding CEOs and directors personally responsible for accountancy
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Quiz Chapter 1 1. What is data? What is information? (p.10) Data are facts‚ which may or may not be processed and have no direct effect on a user’s actions. Information causes the user to take an action that he or she otherwise could not‚ or would not have taken. 2. List tasks of database management. (p.12) Three database management tasks are data storage‚ data retrieval‚ and data deletion. 3. What services could not public accountings provide with their audit clients? (p.22) There are:
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3. XBRL impact on the accounting information As we discuss the accounting information is important on enterprise‚ below I will further analysis on how the XBRL case the innovation on accounting information system. First‚ enhance the transparency of the accounting information. It is important to show transparency information and report to the public. Recently‚ due to domestic and foreign securities fraud cases happing on the stock market and listed company‚ accounting transparency are becoming a
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Article Critique Source: Snezana‚ K‚ Aleksandra‚ S & Rajko‚ T 2012‚ ‘Accounting Information System as a Platform for Business and Financial Decision-Making in the Company’‚ Management‚ vol. 65‚ pp.63-69. 1. Introduction This article critique will evaluate the article named ‘Accounting Information System as a Platform for Business and Financial Decision-Making in the Company’ in the journal Management which was written by Snezana Knezevic‚ Aleksandra Stankovic and Rajko Tepavac in December
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